Huffington Post (Blog): In Virginia, the Power of Showing Up By Michael Keegan Politico: Inside the House GOP’s immigration push By Jake Sherman and Seung Min Kim Roll Call: GOP Leadership Tees Up Immigration for Retreat By Matt Fuller Roll Call: This Year’s Legislative Acid Test: Immigration Rewrite By...
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Well, this is rich. A new ad from the anti-immigrant group Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) invokes the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr–right in time for MLK Day–by once again trying to blame black unemployment on immigrants. It’s a tactic that opponents of immigration reform have tried many...
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In the Senate, a deal to pass an unemployment insurance extension seems to have fallen apart, but one of the amendments proposed in the process may continue to haunt Republicans. The GOP is supposed to be reaching out to Latino voters, not that anyone would be able to tell...
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Roll Call: Ayotte Pressured by Immigration Advocates By Humberto Sanchez Latino Post: Immigration Reform 2014: New Jersey, Pennsylvania Lead Immigration Reform by Enacting DREAM Act Legislation By Jessica Michele Herring New York Times: Republican Ideas on Immigration Could Legalize Up to 6.5 Million, Study Says By Julia Preston National...
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One political hot topic today is the new biography of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, entitled “The Loudest Voice in the Room” and allegedly published despite Ailes’ best efforts to squash it. It’s easy to see why he didn’t want people to read it: the book charges that he once...
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Republicans are supposed to be reaching out to Latino voters, but last year all they did was stall on immigration reform, pass the enforcement-only SAFE Act out of committee, and give Steve King a vote on his amendment to deport DREAMers. This year isn’t looking much better. Senate Republicans this week clamored to...
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McClatchy: Obama is using executive power to affect immigration law By Anita Kumar VOXXI: House GOP could back immigration reform with path to legal status By Griselda Nevarez Roll Call: Democrats Whipping Ayotte Amendment, With Immigration Politics Center Stage By Meredith Shiner MSNBC: GOP amendment pits unemployed against undocumented...
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For more about today’s big story on how more than 100 Ohioans walked 20 miles to stop the deportation of Ricardo Ramos, check out this news piece from Channel 3 WKYC news:
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