GOP Needs to Build Stronger Relationships With Latino and Asian American Voters, Not Bigger Walls and Detention Centers A new Pew Research report, released on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, documents startling demographic changes to the U.S. population and the American electorate in recent...
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La lección es: enfréntate a los bravucones o sé aplastado Con la sorpresiva noticia esta mañana sobre la renuncia al Congreso del presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, John Boehner, mucho se especula en torno a lo que esto significa para el futuro del liderazgo, tanto de ese cuerpo...
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Lesson Is: Either Stand Up to Bullies, Or Get Run Over With news of Speaker of the House John Boehner’s (R-OH) resignation from Congress, many are left to speculate on what this means for future leadership in the House as well as the Republican Party writ large. A new...
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Yesterday, we noted that the entire Republican presidential field was tacking to the right on issues of immigration and immigrants, highlighting new examples of how even the supposedly pro-reform candidacies of Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush getting caught in the nativist undertow generated by the extreme, anti-immigrant comments of...
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“Esperemos que el poderoso mensaje del Santo Padre toque los corazones de nuestros líderes” Enseguida compartimos una declaración de Frank Sharry, director ejecutivo de America’s Voice, en respuesta al discurso de esta mañana del Papa Francisco en el Congreso de Estados Unidos: “Hoy, el Papa le habló a la...
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Cleveland, OH—This morning, Pope Francis addressed Congress where he, once again, reminded Washington about the human dimensions of the immigration debate. Standing in front of Republican leaders who blocked a comprehensive immigration reform bill and continue to demagogue immigrants and their families, the contrast between the Pope’s message and...
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“Let Us Hope that Our Leaders Take the Holy Father’s Powerful Message to Heart” Following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, responding to this morning’s address from Pope Francis to the U.S. Congress: “Today, the Pope spoke to the common humanity that binds us...
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Five-year-old Sofi Cruz has tugged at our hearts, and we know she’ll tug at yours, too. She made headlines earlier today when she eagerly broke through a security barricade as Pope Francis’s motorcade passed through downtown Washington, D.C. But rather than turn her away, Pope Francis motioned to his security detail,...
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Down the line, the Republican presidential field is moving further to the right on immigration policy and politics. While polling frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson have offered the most chilling and explicitly anti-immigrant paeans to the nativist wing of the party, even supposedly pro-reform candidates like Senator Marco...
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Lo han logrado. Llegaron tal como lo habían previsto desde su salida el pasado 15 de septiembre desde un centro de detención en el condado de York, en Pennsylvania, hasta esta ciudad capital. Son las 100 mujeres que recorrieron 100 millas con la esperanza no solamente de coincidir con...
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