Below is a press release on new polling from Public Policy Polling and the Alliance for Citizenship: PPP Pollster Says: “House Republicans Could Face Voter Backlash” As House Republicans get ready to hold their immigration summit on Wednesday, July 10, Public Policy Polling released seven new polls today showing voters—including...
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Cross-posted at Latino Decisions Despite growing popular support among non-Latinos both nationally and in key swing states in favor of immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship, the conventional wisdom suggests that the bipartisan legislation that recently passed the Senate faces an uphill battle in the Republican controlled...
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Cross-posted from Cincinnati Inquirer: It’s hard to say what’s more disheartening: Sen. Rob Portman’s vote against the toughest immigration bill in Senate history, or his feeble justification for abandoning it. In an op-ed penned on this page last week, Portman, R-Terrace Park, who actually claims to support immigration reform,...
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By Yoli Navas: “Qué Pasa” is our weekly roundup of news, opinion, and links from Spanish-Language online news publications: With last week’s passage of S. 744, the Senate bipartisan immigration reform bill, Spanish language media has been focusing on the next step for immigration reform, passing legislation through the House of...
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Cross-posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos: On Thursday June 27, the U.S. Senate voted 68 – 32 to pass comprehensive immigration reform that included significant border security components, as well as a path to legal status and eventually citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in...
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By Yoli Navas: This week, Spanish language media has been following the movement of the Senate debate on a bipartisan immigration reform bill as well as the SAFE Act, which was approved the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. Below are a few highlights: Noticiero Univision: La Reforma...
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Below are remarks from Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), who delivered a speech on the House floor about today’s markup of the SAFE Act in the House Judiciary Committee: Remarks on Immigration, U.S. Congress, June 18, 2013 Mr. Speaker — Later today, the Judiciary Committee will mark-up the first immigration-reform...
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The following blog is a cross-post from Michael Macleod-Ball, Chief of Staff at the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, writing about the Senate state of play and the immigration bill’s continuing progress on the Senate floor: The full U. S. Senate took up the potentially historic bill to overhaul the...
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By Yoli Navas: “Qué Pasa” is our weekly roundup of news, opinion, and links from Spanish-Language online news publications: The Senate began debating the bipartisan immigration reform bill, as well as Obama’s push for Congress to pass the bill, and the amendments that are being proposed. Below are a few highlights:...
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The following is a press statement from the Alliance 4 Citizenship, Partnership for a New American Economy, and Republicans for Immigration Reform: New State Polls Shows Public Backs Elected Officials Who Vote for Senate Gang of Eight Bill On the heels of the US Senate’s first vote on the...
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