Mar 12, 2015
The Hill: Senator seeks to end ‘birthright citizenship’ By Jordain Carney The Hill: Republicans cast a wary eye at new round in immigration fight By Bernie Becker National Journal: Conservatives Keep Losing to Leadership. Can They Change the Game? By Sarah Mimms Wall Street Journal: Politics Counts: How Safety of GOP Seats Fuels...
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Yesterday, Iowa community members and local faith leaders delivered more than 25,000 signatures in support of Pastor Max Villatoro to regional ICE headquarters in Omaha. Pastor Villatoro was arrested by immigration officials in the early morning hours of March 3rd and is now dangerously close to deportation and separation...
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Huffington Post: Non-Republicans Welcome (But Not Really) At ‘Bipartisan’ Iowa Event For 2016 Hopefuls By Samantha Lachman AP: Judge orders hearing on allegations in immigration lawsuit New York Times: Judge Blocking Obama on Immigration Has Reputation for Fairness in Texas By Julia Preston Los Angeles Times: Judge’s new order makes it harder for...
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Mar 10, 2015
Steve King: Moocher? In a recent Roll Call piece, Rep. Steve King alleges Speaker John Boehner cancelled his scheduled (and taxpayer-funded) trip abroad in retribution for opposing the DHS bill that eventually passed Congress and avoided a security shutdown: It’s payback, King said, for his opposition to funding the...
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AP: Iowa Community Rallies Around Max Villatoro, A Pastor Facing Deportation To Honduras By Kourtney Liepelt Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Scott Walker earns praise, criticism for flip on immigration reform, ‘amnesty’ By Craig Gilbert Latinos Post: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Doesn’t Believe in Amnesty, Again Backtracks on Immigration Reform Reuters: Texas federal judge leaves...
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Immigration has consistently been a hot-button issue for GOP primary voters, and candidates like Scott Walker are already shifting to hardliners in an attempt capture those votes. One candidate, however, continues to walk a fuzzy line. In Iowa for an agricultural event over the weekend, Jeb Bush told an...
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The topic at the Ag Summit in Iowa was supposed to be about agricultural policy, but pastor and former Governor Mike Huckabee instead used his time to bash the very people who keep that industry running: immigrants. Kira Lerner and Igor Volsky of ThinkProgress report: At the Iowa Agriculture...
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Politico: The Iowa Ag Summit: 10 takeaways By James Hohmann AP: Iowa Ag Forum Displays GOP Rift on Immigration Reform NBC News: At Iowa Ag Summit, Immigration Separates Republican Hopefuls By Leigh Ann Caldwell Washington Post: Iowa agriculture summit splits GOP 2016 field on subsidies, immigration By Philip Rucker and Dan Balz Fusion: Jeb...
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Some Republicans are so obsessed with the immigration issue that they just make things up. Steve King is the king of that. But, he’s not alone. On the House floor late last month, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) alleged: “Every day, all along border states, maybe other places, there are...
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Los Angeles Times: Central Valley congressmen epitomize California GOP’s immigration woes By Noah Bierman The Hill: Senate Dems press McConnell on Lynch nomination By Jordain Carney Roll Call: Senate Democrats Press McConnell to Schedule Lynch Confirmation Vote By Niels Lesniewski Reuters: Senate Democrats Step Up Pressure for Vote on Attorney General Washington Post: Lynch’s...
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