President Obama announced his long-awaited executive action for immigrants last night and Republicans and conservatives, well, let’s just say they are not taking it well. Commentators and legal experts concur that President Obama is well within his legal authority, and that yesterday’s executive order is no different from moves taken by former Presidents Ronald Reagan...
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Boston Globe: Defying GOP, Obama acts on immigration Huffington Post: Immigration Activists Celebrate Bittersweet Victory After Obama Grants Relief McClatchy: Obama moves ahead on immigration overhaul Financial Times: Obama to shield 5m from deportation risk Newsweek: ‘Deporter in Chief’ No More: Obama Announces Relief for Millions of Immigrants CBS4...
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Quite a few Congressional Republicans are losing it over President Obama’s upcoming executive order on immigration — but the one who takes the cake may be Kris Kobach, Kansas’ Secretary of State and the party’s notorious architect of all things anti-immigrant. Kobach has already cost Republicans one presidential election,...
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Watch Lorella Praeli, Director of Advocacy & Policy for United We Dream, on Chris Hayes today — partial transcript below. In response to a question about how Republicans will claim that tonight’s executive action is “amnesty,” Lorella tells Chris Hayes that Republicans had the chance to act, and they didn’t....
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Tonight, President Obama will announce a sweeping executive action that will change life for millions of immigrant families. While advocates are beginning to celebrate, opponents of immigration reform are beginning to lose it completely. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) likened Obama’s executive action to the Japanese internment camp order (and was slammed...
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Bloomberg: Immigration Reform Is Just Too Hard for Congress Daily Beast: The Coming GOP Freakout Over Immigration Huffington Post: Immigration Advocates Brace For Big Win, Then Backlash Washington Post: Obama to detail his executive action on immigration, setting up clash with GOP PBS Newshour: Debating the implications if Obama...
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Watch below as former RNC Chair Michael Steele tells Republicans to “get a grip” on immigration. “You’re sounding tone-deaf,” he counsels them, before advising them to pass the Senate immigration bill as a response to Obama’s executive action plans. “You have the solution in your hand.” (Steele is right: extremist...
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So far, all that we know about this week’s huge executive action news is that President Obama will be making a speech tomorrow night — followed by another speech on Friday. Who exactly the executive action will cover isn’t official yet, though news reports are estimating 4-5 million immigrants....
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On the Senate floor, @SenatorBoxer brought out a chart w/ all the executive actions taken on #immigration since 1956. pic.twitter.com/ImSzyzGdMt — Immigration Policy (@ImmPolicyCenter) November 19, 2014
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As news swirls today about President Obama’s impending executive action — scheduled to be announced tomorrow — Rep. Luis Gutierrez joined immigrant farm, food, and commercial workers from across the country to remind Americans of the people behind our Thanksgiving meals and to call on Obama to deliver the most...
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