Rumors have swirled this week that President Obama may delay his expected executive announcement on immigration until after the midterms. Such a move would be devastating to families like Pedro’s, who are in danger of losing their father to deportation even though he is the family’s caretaker and is...
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The Daily Show’s news correspondent Michael Che sat down with one of the mainstays of the anti-immigrant movement — Jim Gilchrist of the Minutemen — in a segment that aired last night. As Gilchrist talked about the children at the border in terms of invasion and apocalypse, Che had...
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Bloomberg View (Opinion): Are Democrats Deluding Themselves? Latin Post: Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Immigrant Advocates Want Obama to Act on Immigration Before November 2014 Elections Huffington Post: Why The White House And Republicans Both Failed To Stop The Border Crisis Politico: Senate Democrats urge President Obama to delay immigration...
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Here’s Francis Wilkinson at Bloomberg weighing in on why President Obama should act now on immigration and deportations, rather than waiting until after the midterms or later. Basically, the electoral map already looks bad for Democrats this fall. Democrats should want Obama to shake things up and possibly improve the playing...
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An executive action from President Obama makes all kinds of legal, moral, and political sense — and it would have economic benefits as well. According to a new report from the Center for American Progress, an estimated $21.2 billion in additional payroll taxes would be collected over five years if...
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Yesterday, forty national faith leaders delivered a succinct, one-sentence message to President Obama urging him not to compromise the lives of children fleeing violence in any future executive action. With new reports of Honduran children being killed following their deportation from the US and Mexico, the short message underscores...
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Reuters: To delay or not: Timing on immigration reform holds risks for Obama Politico: Luis Gutiérrez to Barack Obama: Act on immigration now Roll Call: Congressman, Immigration Activists Urge Obama to Act Before Elections The Hill: Immigration advocates to Obama: Don’t let Dems ‘stand in the way’ BHuffington Post:...
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News reports suggest that the President may delay big executive action on immigration until after the November elections, due to complaints from scared Democrats in red states. If this happens, it will be because Democrats have simply forgotten all the lessons we thought they learned in the 2008, 2010,...
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