Check out this new infographic from Latino Decisions highlighting their new survey which finds Republicans have a lot riding on their next move on immigration reform. With only 10 days left before Rep. Luis Gutierrez’s deadline for legislation, it’s beginning to look like the GOP is all but doomed to fall off the demographic cliff.
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Washington, DC – Addressing the surge of children fleeing violence in Central America and arriving at the borders of the U.S. and other countries is a humanitarian crisis, not a political football. As Leslie Velez of the U.N. High Commission for Refugees recently told National Journal, “It’s a humanitarian crisis in...
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For all of you watching the World Cup, you know the U.S. national soccer team won it’s first game against Ghana on Monday. But what you might not know is that without Immigration, half of the U.S. World Cup soccer team would disappear. As Jorge Rivas with Fusion writes, For...
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Jun 16, 2014
Washington Post (Plum Line): Morning Plum: The great right wing rebellion of 2014 fizzles By Greg Sargent CNN: Immigration reform: Kevin McCarthy’s ‘House of Cards’ Jacksonville Business Journal: 5 reasons why immigration reform may not be dead after all By Kent Hoover CBS News: GOP Chairman, Senator at odds...
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***SUNDAY: Community Mass and Media Availability** Sunday, June 15th at 11:30am-12:30pm. Rosary to Follow. St. Casimir’s Church–8223 Sowinski Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44103 UPDATE: One Year Stay Just Granted to NE Ohio Father and Husband Family and Community Pleased with ICE Change of Heart, Decision to Grant Temporary Relief to...
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Latin Post: Immigration Activists to Republicans: GOP Must Move on Reform This Year By Nicole Rojas Colorado Statesman (Colorado): Hoyer, Romanoff, back immigration reform By Ernest Luning Politico: No immigration in GOP’s June plans By Seung Min Kim Washington Examiner: House Republicans’ summer agenda is missing one pretty big...
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Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first time that House Republicans gave Steve King a vote to deport DREAMers. Trying to end DACA is pretty heinous — and it’s just one of the many extremist reasons why King has made headlines over the years. From the time that King called immigration...
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As we recently wrote, Republican leadership in the House has refused to schedule a vote on immigration reform — yet they continue to find time to let Rep. Steve King (R-IA) rant and rave against immigrants and offer up votes to go after them. Last June, the House passed a Steve King amendment...
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U.S. Attorney, David J. Hickton — who was appointed by President Obama — has decided to go after Alfredo of all people, a model citizen and father. Alfredo is a constant and active father in his children’s lives. Because of his status, Alfredo lived in constant fear of getting picked...
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President Obama is deporting 1,010 immigrants every single day. This is just unacceptable. Our families need relief and we won’t stop till we win it. We’ve been calling on Republicans to pass immigration reform for months and it looks like they’re shutting the door on reform. If they do,...
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