In an interview with CQ yesterday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reiterated his support for comprehensive immigration reform and even “suggested that he could support citizenship…with preconditions, including an emphasis on granting citizenship first to immigrants who are currently waiting to receive it,” writes CQ reporter, John Gramlich. Said Graham,...
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Matt Rhoades, Mitt Romney’s campaign manager, has added his voice to the ranks of other Republicans lamenting choices the Party made on immigration. At a forum hosted by the Harvard University Institute of Politics and reported on yesterday, Rhoades admitted that the campaign’s decision to move to the hard...
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In the burgeoning legislative debate over immigration reform, leaders of the DREAMer movement of young aspiring Americans drew an important line in the sand this weekend. At a conference convened by United We Dream, one of the leading organizations created of, by, and for DREAMers, the organization’s members made it...
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Some Republicans get it. Because of the party’s historic losses among Latino voters in the 2012 elections they are calling for the GOP to adopt a new brand image on immigration. Some still don’t get it. These Republicans seem to hope that they can do something that looks like immigration reform and address their...
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As the legislative debate around immigration percolates, the issue of what constitutes real reform is at the heart of the discussion. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund: Real immigration reform means putting 11 million undocumented immigrants on the road to full citizenship. We will...
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For a Republican Party in need of a new brand image on immigration and a big change with Latino voters, their initial legislative efforts are not measuring up to the depths of their challenges. Yesterday, retiring Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) introduced the ACHIEVE Act,...
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Editor’s Note: We’ve updated our House and Senate Races to Watch reports! Please check them out here: House Races Post-Election Scorecard Senate Races Post-Election Scorecard In the lead up to November 6th, America’s Voice tracked a range of competitive House and Senate races where Latino, Asian, and naturalized citizen voters could prove decisive. A...
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Immediately following the 2012 elections, Republican leaders began to talk openly about the stark choice they face as a party: appeal to a diversifying America, or risk extinction as a national party. Evidently, the House GOP missed the memo. After an election in which immigration hard liners helped define...
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Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA) has long been a leading anti-immigrant Member of Congress. Rep. Bilbray currently chairs the extremist House Immigration Reform Caucus and is a former lobbyist for the Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR), which the Southern Poverty Law Center designates as a hate group. Yet after California redrew its congressional districts last...
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Immigration reform has cemented its status as the first non-fiscal/budgetary issue on the post-inauguration agenda, with backing for reform continuing to build on the Republican side of the aisle. Over the past few days, a series of Republican governors have joined the Republican House and Senate leaders expressing support...
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