Last Thursday, Stephen Colbert aired this takedown of conservatives who go out of their way to express sympathy and compassion for children fleeing violence — and then call for their immediate deportation. Watch the clip below: The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive As...
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Bloomberg View (Opinion): Obama Alone Will Decide the Immigration Debate MSNBC: Many deported ‘recent border crossers’ aren’t recent — or near the border Dallas Morning News (Texas): Border bill fits Rep. Henry Cuellar’s history of bipartisanship Burnt Orange Report (Texas): Anti-Immigrant Protesters Express ‘Compassion’ For Refugee Children By Demanding...
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At the Colorado Independent today is this great column from Mike Littwin, who asks important questions about the GOP’s absurd response to the children fleeing violence crisis. For instance: since the children are running away from horrific violence, sexual abuse, and gang wars, how exactly is ending a program...
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Associated Press: Immigration crisis: Children migrant issue turns political Fox News Latino: Sen. Ted Cruz Moves Front And Center In GOP Response To Border Crisis Associated Press: Migration spotlights Mexican ‘coyote’ smugglers Roll Call: Obama Convenes Meeting on Border Crisis as Flood of Migrants Slows Politico: Issues pile up...
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h/t the Imagine 2050 blog at Center for New Community: Stephen Steinlight, the Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Immigration Studies, along with his CIS cohorts have said some pretty outrageous things before. But this time he may really have gone too far. Speaking at the Highlands Tea Party in...
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Building on the post we published this morning: check out pictures of this weekend’s anti-immigrant flops juxtaposed with photos of our pro-immigrant rallies last October:
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Today, immigration reform advocates with United We Dream are holding a mock funeral for the Republican Party to signify the GOP’s impending electoral doom. Republicans know they need to attract more Latino voters to stay viable as a party — yet the House has refused to take action on...
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Associated Press: Child migrant surge shifts politics of immigration Washington Post (Plum Line): Morning Plum: How Republicans are trying to hamstring Obama on immigration Mother Jones: Ted Cruz Is Playing a Long Game on Immigration Politico: Obama’s foes on border crisis: Democrats The Hill: Obama border bill divides Dems...
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