Jun 13, 2013
TIME: Chuck Schumer and the Art of the Deal By Alex Altman ABC/Univision: Inside the Amendment That Could Threaten Immigration Bill By Jordan Fabian The Atlantic: On Immigration, Rubio Is Good for the GOP, Cruz and Sessions Are a Drag By Garance Franke-Ruta Voxxi: How lawmakers speak about immigration...
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Steve King could not make it clearer that he hates undocumented people. Last week, it was a House amendment that would strip funding for DACA and lead to the deportation of DREAMers. Today, he’s tweeting about how young students are ‘invading’ his office: 20 brazen self professed illegal aliens have...
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Long Island has come a long way since the days of Steve Levy. A new poll released today by Harstad Strategic Research found that the vast majority (eight out of 10) Long Islanders “somewhat” or “strongly” favor immigration reform with a path to citizenship. The survey spoke to 755...
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A new piece by the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent captures why the border security amendment being pushed by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) “is designed for the express purpose of killing the bill.” The piece is below: This morning, GOP Senator John Cornyn unveiled his much-anticipated amendment to the Senate...
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This morning, John Cornyn introduced his border security amendment to the Gang of 8 immigration bill–and many in the immigration reform world agree that it’s a poison pill. Harry Reid knows it, Chuck Schumer knows it, and now Greg Sargent at the Washington Post is calling Cornyn out on it. As Sargent wrote:...
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This week, the Senate voted by a 82-15 margin to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the immigration bill, S. 744…
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NBC Latino: Senate votes yes to proceed with immigration bill – what’s next By Sandra Lilley Yahoo News: Rubio introduces amendment to toughen English requirement for immigrants By Liz Goodwin Huffington Post Latino Voices: Marco Rubio English Amendment Would Tighten Language Requirements In Immigration Reform NBC News: Aiming to...
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View the roll call here: YEAs —82 Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Baldwin (D-WI) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Blunt (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burr (R-NC) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Chiesa (R-NJ) Coats (R-IN) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Coons (D-DE)...
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