Over the weekend, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) appeared for the first time on Univision's Al Punto – the Spanish language equivalent of Meet the Press. His interview followed President Obama.
So what did Boehner have to say?
When asked whether he would "consider" supporting legalization of the undocumented workforce,...
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Aug 10, 2009
Made in LA is back! PBS will air an encore broadcast of the Emmy award-winning film that documents the lives of three Latina immigrants; Lupe Hernandez, Maria Peneda, and Maura Colorado all work in the garment industry and seek to win basic labor protections from a well-known clothing retailer,...
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Aug 7, 2009
Senator Mel Martinez, one of the few Republican Senators who had it right on immigration, announced that he would not return to the U.S. Senate after the August recess.
The Senator has long been an advocate of coming up with sensible, practical and fair solutions to fixing our broken immigration...
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Aug 6, 2009
Sotomayor was finally confirmed today, which not only makes this a proud day for the Latino community, but a historic day for all Americans.
Unfortunately, what should have been a proud moment of bipartisanship was tarnished by the divisive votes of so many Republican senators who opposed Sotomayor.
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Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced changes to detention policies that have been in place since 2006. According to the New York Times:
"Details are sketchy, and even the first steps will take months or years to complete. They include reviewing the federal government's contracts with more than 350...
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Today, we released a new video calling on DHS secretary Napolitano to investigate Bush-era home raids and focus on real, comprehensive immigration reform instead of half-baked enforcement measures that are only making communities less secure.
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Jul 24, 2009
It's official, Heath Shuler is back trying to insert himself into the immigration debate. The only problem? He didn't get it in 2008 and he still doesn't get it today.
It's almost as if he has a cheat sheet of ineffective policies that are becoming a revolving door for his...
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Yesterday the White House rescheduled the immigration meeting set for next Wednesday, June 17th to the week of June 22nd. The meeting will bring together key leadership in Congress and kickoff the Adminstration's work on immigration reform. It was originally scheduled for June 8th, but was delayed as a...
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Chuck Todd: "The GOP better come up with a story about how they can be considered a national party when they can't keep a moderate Republican like Specter in the party. This was a survival decision by Specter because he has been chased out of the...
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Apr 14, 2009
Our immigration system is broken, and if you think that because you are a citizen this doesn't affect you, then you should read today's Associated Press piece. In it, Suzanne Gamboa describes how the rights of citizens and non-citizens alike are being violated: "The American judicial system...
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