Once thought to have been the GOP's solution to its Latino problem, Marco Rubio's move to the right on immigration (from his previous stance of saying as little as possible on the issue) is a dubious strategy, to say the least, to curry favor with Latino voters. This is...
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This report explains why the forced E-Verify approach as advocated by Reps. Gallegly, Lungren, Bilbray, and their allies in Congress is a potential disaster for the nation's economy – in particular, California's precious agriculture industry. The same approach is also a precarious political move for California Republicans, who are...
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Last week, New America Media asked an important question about an industry directly impacted by immigration: Slow Flow of Immigrants Already Impacting California Farms? Some say yes. Others, not yet. But if Lamar Smith's E-Verify bill passes nationally, there will be a worker shortage -- and crops rotting in...
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Jul 11, 2011
It's the rare piece of legislation these days that generates outrage from state and local business organizations, the labor movement, and a range of faith denominations across the country. Yet that's exactly what is happening in response to the mandatory E-Verify legislation being championed by Representative Lamar Smith...
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It's the rare piece of legislation these days that generates outrage from state and local business organizations, the labor movement, and a range of faith denominations across the country. Yet that's exactly what is happening in response to the mandatory E-Verify legislation being championed by Representative Lamar Smith...
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In an 11 am press conference in Montgomery, Alabama today, the American Civil Liberties Union, along with the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Immigration Law Center, the Asian American Justice Center and the Asian Law Caucus have filed a class action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of HB...
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Andy Mathe is fighting the fight of his life. He could literally be deported at any moment. Andy's father is a Rwandan refugee. Four years ago in Rwanda, Andy's family started receiving death threats. Someone even tried to kidnap Andy's younger sister. Soon after, Andy's father brought...
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Anyone who wondered why America's Voice gave Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) the "hypocrite of the year" award in January only had to watch his performance at last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the DREAM Act. His "performance" was filled with misinformation, cynicism and demagoguery.
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Rep. Lamar Smith's battle with Markos Moulitsas (of Daily Kos) continues. Rep. Lamar Smith has very, very thin skin. He does not like to be criticized, nor does he allow any critique of his flawed E-Verify legislation go unrebutted. The problem for Smith is that he's got no facts...
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