The nationwide March for Immigrant Dignity and Respect was technically last week, but immigration reform advocates and allies this weekend continued to push for reform. Thousands of people showed up for rallies in Chicago and Omaha, Nebraska this last weekend, while activists in Tucson, Arizona engaged in an act of civil...
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Northern Voices Online News: Immigration reform 2013: House Republicans to benefit from the bill, says a poll Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: Despite prayer, rallies, immigration reform not getting attention By Georgia Pabst USA Today: Conservative ‘fly-in’ aims to sell House GOP on immigration By Alan Gomez NBC Latino: Immigration talks...
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Before Ted Cruz was a default-pushing gadfly egging Republicans on in fiscal issues, he was a gadfly who pushed the Senate to oppose immigration reform with a path to citizenship (despite being born in Canada himself). “I think the reason that President Obama is insisting on a path to...
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Yesterday, PICO California and America’s Voice released new district-level polling and analysis finding that voters in three key California districts overwhelmingly support immigration reform with a path to citizenship (and specifically, HR 15, the House bill which legislates both) and that the Congressmen representing those districts would benefit enormously if...
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Roll Call: ‘How Democracy Works Now’ Documentaries Premiere at New York Film Festival By Jason Dick International Business Times: 2013 Immigration Reform: Another Casualty Of Government Shutdown? By Laura Matthews KPCC (California): Immigration poll puts pressure on Central Valley lawmakers By Kitty Felde Fresno Bee (California): Fresno gathering promotes...
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According to new polls from Magellan Strategies, the vast majority of likely voters in three Republican-held districts—CD-10, CD-21, and CD-22—support immigration reform that creates a path to citizenship for 11 million aspiring Americans. These findings confirm the results of hundreds of other surveys conducted over the past few years....
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Immigration reform advocates have enjoyed a fantastic few days displaying the power of our movement. Last Saturday, tens of thousands of activists joined at more than 180 events in 40 states around the nation to demand action on immigration reform. On Tuesday, we brought it back to Washington, DC,...
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Politico: Polls: Immigration reform could aid GOP By Seung Min Kim National Journal: The Two Filmmakers Who Spent 12 Years Shooting a Movie About Congress By Fawn Johnson National Journal: Republican Rebranding? What Republican Rebranding? By Beth Reinhard NBC Latino: Evangelical leaders call for immigration reform: “If one part...
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