Mar 31, 2015
AP: U.S. Appeals Judge’s Hold On President Obama’s Immigration Executive Action NBC News: U.S. Files Appeal of Texas Judge’s Hold on Immigration Action Vox: The government can’t enforce every law. Who gets to decide which ones it does? By Dara Lind Washington Times: ‘Dreamers’ despair as Obama, Democrats abandon...
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Can simply being Latino be enough to help Ted Cruz win over Latino voters in 2016? According to La Opinion — the most-read Spanish-language daily in the nation — probably not: Cruz’s chances to win the Republican nomination are slim, as the list of aspiring nominees to the 2016...
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Huffington Post: Immigration Reform Advocates To Lose Champion With Harry Reid Retirement By Elise Foley AP: Wiggly Words on immigration policy from 2016 GOP contenders By Nicholas Riccardi VOXXI: Could a Latino boycott doom Hillary Clinton’s presidential dreams in 2016? By Tony Castro Houston Chronicle (Texas): Wisconsin governor reiterates...
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From Mediaite comes a report that an immigration action town hall hosted by Rep. Luis Gutierrez earlier this week was interrupted by anti-immigrant activists infamous for also having protested the transfer of child refugees in Murrieta last summer. This particular event, billed “Keeping Families Together” and hosted by the...
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Dozens of DREAMers from immigrant rights groups, State University of New York, and the City University of New York are now in day three of their hunger strike in support of the NY DREAM Act. Over 50 DREAMers began the strike after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced earlier this week...
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USA Today: Walker’s immigration stance under scrutiny By Catalina Camia AP: Gov. Scott Walker’s Immigration Stance at Center of Dispute Washington Post: Scott Walker softens immigration stance, dinner participants say By Robert Costa Wall Street Journal: Scott Walker Shifts Stance on Immigration at Private Dinner By Reid Epstein Vox: Scott Walker isn’t lying on...
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Yesterday afternoon, over 50 New York DREAMers and their allies pledged a hunger strike after Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would be dropping the NY DREAM Act from the annual budget. Gov. Cuomo — who had campaigned on making the DREAM Act a reality, and up until last week...
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AP: Christie Joins Legal Fight Against Obama Immigration Reform Huffington Post: Chris Christie Joins Legal Fight Against Obama Immigration Programs By Elise Foley MSNBC: Immigration executive action lawsuit appeal put on the fast track By Amanda Sakuma Buzzfeed News: Sen. Chuck Schumer: The Tea Party “Hates Immigrants” By Andrew Kaczynski ABC News: Lawmakers to...
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When the Republican-led NY State Senate failed to pass the DREAM Act by a razor-thin margin last year, Governor Andrew Cuomo made the legislation a pivotal part of his re-election campaign and promised to include the bill in his next budget. Cuomo won, and when he again touted the...
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AP: Appeals Court Sets April Hearing on Obama Immigration Action Wall Street Journal: Federal Appeals Court to Hear Arguments on Immigration Ruling By Nathan Koppel Politico: Appeals court sets arguments in Obama immigration suit By Josh Gerstein The Hill: Court to hear appeal on Obama’s immigration actions By Elliot Smilowitz Roll Call: Lynch’s Republican...
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