House members opposed to immigration reform are apparently so marginalized now that the leader of their own specifically designated space for hating on immigrants, the House Immigration Reform Caucus, doesn’t agree with them. Some of the most notorious anti-immigrant Republicans in the House, all with their own storied history...
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The Senate Gang of 8 immigration bill will likely not be publicly released until sometime next week. But, Washington being Washington, details about the bill are already leaking out, including this troubling piece from the AP: A bipartisan immigration bill soon to be introduced in the Senate could exclude...
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Associated Press: Immigration Bill Could Exclude Hundreds Of Thousands From Citizenship: Senate Aide By Erica Werner Associated Press: Senate group wraps up details on immigration bill, expects a rollout for measure next week By Erica Werner New York Times: Immigration Bill Is Expected to Open Opportunities Based on Work...
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The following is a press release from the New Democrat Coalition: Today, New Democrat Coalition Chair Ron Kind (WI-03), Vice Chair Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), Immigration Task Force Chairs Reps. Jared Polis (CO-02), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and Joe Garcia (FL-26), and other New Dem Members released a framework for...
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined with an all-star lineup of technology leaders and executives today to launch a new bipartisan political advocacy group that advocates for immigration reform, called FWD.us (“forward US”). The PAC will focus on “comprehensive immigration reform that allows for the hiring of the best...
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Yesterday’s “Time is Now” rally for immigration reform was a huge success, drawing as many as 100,000 immigration activists, advocates, and supporters to the Capitol lawn. But of course, not everyone there was fighting for immigration. By our count, about 3-5 people weren’t–and they turned out to be pretty...
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The big news of today: yesterday’s massive rally for immigration reform on the Capitol lawn, the upcoming Senate immigration legislation, and a new NBC/WSJ poll finding that a clear majority–64% of respondents–support immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. NBC News: Awaiting Senate bill, reformers push for immigration action...
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Today the Progressive States Network, leading national group of pro-immigrant state legislators, announced that state lawmakers from 16 different states have either introduced or plan to introduce resolutions in support of comprehensive immigration reform. As State Senator Angela Giron (Colorado), Chair of the National Immigration Working Group said: The fact that...
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Yesterday the polling group Public Opinion Strategies (POS) released the results of “a set of special focus groups” conducted with Hispanic voters in Las Vegas, NV, and posted the first of what will be a series of blog posts on its findings. When the Nevada Latinos were asked what they thought...
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National Journal: The Rubio Trap By Fawn Johnson and Shane Goldmacher National Journal: 5 Senate Staffers to Watch on Immigration By Rebecca Kaplan ABC/Univision: 4 Arguments Against a Long Wait for Citizenship By Ted Hesson Yahoo News: Rubio seeks to assure GOP that immigration overhaul will create toughest enforcement...
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