SEIU has announced that it is launching a seven-figure ad buy to further the push for immigration reform, which today is facing a cloture vote in the Senate. The ads feature Republicans, law enforcement officials, veterans, small business owners, and DREAMers talking about why we need immigration reform. The...
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Yesterday Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) came out in favor of the Gang of 8 Senate immigration bill, making her the first non-Gang of 8 Republican to do so. Today, the Chicago Tribune has a great editorial calling out its junior Senator, Republican Mark Kirk, for not yet taking a similar...
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Wall Street Journal: Immigration Bill Faces Early Tests By Sara Murray and Corey Boles Washington Post (Blog): Marco Rubio’s careful immigration dance By Greg Sargent MSNBC (The Cycle): Is compromise near on immigration reform? New York Times: Immigration Legislation Draws Many Amendments as It Heads to Floor By Ashley...
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On CBS’s “Face the Nation” yesterday, Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) announced her support of the Senate’s immigration bill, including its path to citizenship provision. Now according to Chuck Todd and the NBC News Political Unit, “There are at least 60 votes for the bill.” The developments of recent days...
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Nevada Senator Harry Reid spoke on the Senate floor today regarding immigration reform. Here’s the video and his remarks as prepared for delivery are below: For most of her life Anna Ledesma has been afraid. She was a model student at Centennial High School in Las Vegas – an...
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A number of print outlets ran great pieces this weekend on the need for immigration reform, from the New York Times to USA Today to the Washington Post. One of them was the New Hampshire Union Leader, which ran an op-ed from five former chairmen of the state Republican...
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The Hill: Immigration reform hinges on Rubio proposals for border security By Alexander Bolton National Journal: The Two Faces of Marco Rubio By Rebecca Kaplan Bloomberg: Top Democrats Ready to Oppose Views to Save Immigration By Kathleen Hunter Talking Points Memo: GOP In A Bind As Dems Reject Cornyn’s...
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In this week’s address, President Obama talked about the Gang of 8 immigration bill, which hit the Senate floor yesterday. The President urged the Senate to act quickly to pass the bill in order to fix our broken immigration system. Watch the video here. Transcript is below: Remarks of...
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