One desperate tactic in the playbook of those who oppose immigration reform has been to try and split the coalition of supporters, by pitting immigrants and African Americans against each other. Nativists have tried time and time again to paint the specter of immigrants taking jobs away from African...
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Now that the process of immigration reform is in full swing (markup for the Senate bill will start next week, and a House bill is expected soon), the anti-immigrant nativists have been out and about trying to kill the bill any way they can. The Center for Immigration Studies,...
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The Hill: Advocates dig in for immigration fight By Russell Berman Politico: Marco Rubio: Gang of Eight’s immigration bill can’t pass the House By Seung Min Kim Los Angeles Times: John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger talk immigration reform at USC By Cindy Chang Huffington Post: John McCain On Immigration: Republicans...
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Apr 30, 2013
New York Times: Immigration Splits Senator From Mentor By Ashley Parker USA Today: Tech companies driving the lobbying on immigration By Fredreka Schouten and Alan Gomez Laws.com: America’s Voice Education Fund and the Debate on Immigration Reform Voxxi: Deferred action: 99.5 percent of requests approved? USCIS refutes claim By...
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The immigration world is still waiting to see what House Republicans will do with an immigration bill on their side of the Hill, and Judiciary Committee chair Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) has already indicated that he wants to move House legislation in pieces. Greg Sargent writes in the Washington...
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Cross-posted at Left in Alabama A lower court’s ruling striking down most of Alabama’s HB 56 law will stand, we learned when the Supreme Court announced it would not not hear the state’s appeal to revive its worst-in-the-nation anti-immigrant law. It was two years ago that Alabama passed HB 56, a horribly strict...
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Voxxi (Opinion): Some Republicans stuck in the past when it comes to immigration reform By Lynn Tramonte NBC Latino: Graham: Economy will “fall apart” without immigration reform By Sandra Lilley and Lori Montenegro Arizona Republic: Reform tied to immigrant taxes By Dan Nowicki PolicyMic: Immigration Reform 2013: House Republicans Are...
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Cross-posted at Burnt Orange Report If there’s such a thing as a GOP demographic doomsday clock, it’s ticking down to the day when Latino voters turn Texas blue and the Republicans cease winning national elections. A new post at The Hill from columnist Brent Budowksy argues that that day...
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The Hill (Opinion): Look to the next 100 days for historic breakthrough on immigration reform By Frank Sharry Washington Post: House conservatives to push own immigration agenda By David Nakamura and Ed O’Keefe Los Angeles Times: House Republicans offer piecemeal approach on immigration By Lisa Moscaro The Hill: Judiciary...
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During a week in which House Republicans announced a plan to do immigration legislation piecemeal and some Senate Republicans, led by Jeff Sessions and Chuck Grassley, continue to insist that we must slow down immigration reform, Gang of 8 members Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ)...
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