Immigration reform advocates earlier this year vowed to further step up the pressure on House Republicans to pass immigration reform, and — in the words of Elise Foley — “it looks like Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) might not get to eat breakfast in peace until the House addresses immigration reform.”...
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Yesterday, House Republicans ONCE AGAIN voted against prosecutorial discretion and programs like deferred action (DACA), when they passed a bill (the ENFORCE Act) that would allow Congress to sue the President in federal court if he tries to use his executive authority on certain laws. Effectively, the vote pits...
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Roll Call: Immigration Doesn’t Have the Votes Yet, Ryan Says By Daniel Newhauser Cleveland Plain Dealer: Conservatives say they won’t move on immigration reform because they don’t trust President Obama By Sabrina Eaton National Journal: House’s Most Conservative Members Soften Tone on Immigration By Sarah Mimms Fusion: House GOP...
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Jay Carney: So it is, in my view, in our view, pretty amazing that today House Republicans went in the opposite direction by passing legislation targeting the deferred action for childhood arrivals policy that removed the threat of deportation for young people brought to this country as children, known...
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Today, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney gave extended remarks on the GOP failure to pass immigration reform — and their foolish double-down on anti-immigrant policies like the bills to curb prosecutorial discretion being considered today. Below is a transcript and video: Q And then separately on immigration, House Republicans...
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Today, the #Fast 4 Families bus tour stopped in Aurora, Colorado, where dozens of immigration reform advocates called on Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) to support legislation that stops the separation of families. Present at the event was Mayor Steve Hogan, a Republican who supports immigration reform and called on Coffman...
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Associated Press: Washington detention center hunger strike on Day 5 Associated Press: Immigration Detainees On Hunger Strike Threatened With Force Feeding, Attorney Claims EFE: Activists Ask Boehner To Show “Courage” In Pushing Forward Immigration Reform NBC News: Immigration Activists Hit National, State Fronts By Sandra Lilley and Suzanne Gamboa...
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CPAC came to a conclusion over the weekend, and anti-immigrant types like NumbersUSA’s Rosemary Jenks and Center for Immigration Studies’ Mark Krikorian complained that there just wasn’t room for them at the conference this year. “It used to be that at CPAC there was at least one panel that...
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