The Hill: Union applauds DHS funding deal By Keith Laing Bloomberg: What Did Conservatives Win in the DHS Battle? Almost Nothing By David Weigel Politico: The Senate’s anti-immigration warrior By Seung Min Kim Politico: Feds press judge to rule by Monday on immigration order stay By Josh Gerstein Bloomberg: Obama Sets Monday Deadline for...
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Vox’s Dara Lind highlights an alarming divide between the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement priorities and the Border Patrol agents tasked with carrying out those policies on the ground. While President Obama’s November 2014 expanded DACA and DAPA programs are currently on hold following a judge’s ruling, the Obama Administration’s...
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Speakers at the NCLR’s annual Capital Awards blasted Congressional Republicans last night, following weeks of chaotic infighting over immigration action and bringing the nation’s security to the brink of a shutdown. Republican House leaders finally did bring up a clean DHS bill for passage, but only after stripping the...
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VOXXI: DHS funding feud ends: How it hurt the GOP’s image with Latinos By Griselda Nevarez SocialistWorker (Editorial): Putting politics ahead of immigrants’ lives Buzzfeed: NCLR President Will Attack Republicans: You Don’t Care About Latinos By Adrian Carrasquillo Bloomberg: House Moves to Avoid Homeland Security Shutdown With Funding Vote By Billy House...
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Frank Sharry, Founder and Executive Director of America’s Voice, and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey will be honored tonight at the 28th annual NCLR (National Council of La Raza) Capital Awards gala. In a statement, NCLR writes: “Under Sharry’s leadership, America’s Voice has spearheaded advocacy efforts to push for...
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Speaker John Boehner appears to be on the verge of allowing a clean DHS funding bill to come up for a floor vote — and the only price was shooting the Republican brand in the foot. Republicans promised responsible governance before taking their largest Congressional majority in decades. But...
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District Chronicles: Immigrant advocates not worried about judge’s ruling By Elena Shore AP: 5 misperceptions about the Homeland Security impasse Fusion: Why the never-ending DHS shutdown fight matters to you By Ted Hesson Wall Street Journal: Explaining the Showdown Over DHS and Immigration MSNBC: Congress restarts clock on DHS funding fight By Amanda Sakuma...
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From the New York Times comes a heart-wrenching op-ed from Ehiracenia Vasquez, a member of the Texas Organizing Project. Ehiracenia, like millions of other families across the country, is eligible for the immigration relief announced by President Obama late last year. A long-time resident of Texas and mom of...
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It was barely a year ago when anti-immigrant carnival barkers like Mark Krikorian complained they were shut out of the annual CPAC event after organizers decided they needed to revamp their damaged image following Mitt Romney’s 2012 disastrous showing among Latino voters. Well, that makeover didn’t last too long....
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Washington Post (Plum Line): Morning Plum: Homeland Security fight could have messy ending for Democrats, too By Greg Sargent Wall Street Journal: Jeb Bush Parries Skeptical Questions About Immigration and Education Policies By Janet Hook and Rebecca Ballhaus Politico: Scott Walker on immigration: ‘My view has changed’ By Leigh Munsil The Hill: Jeb...
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