On Wednesday, April 10, tens of thousands of community, labor and immigrant rights supporters and immigrant families will converge on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, urging Congress to pass common sense immigration reform in 2013 that includes a clear and direct path to citizenship for the nation’s...
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New York Times: Rubio, Amid Planning, Is Yet to Commit on Immigration Bill By Ashley Parker Roll Call: ‘Gang of 8’ Immigration Bill Set to Drop By Humberto Sanchez National Journal: What’s Next for Immigration Reform By Rebecca Kaplan Talking Points Memo: Immigration Advocates Tell Marco Rubio To Fall...
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Lots of news this week, which started out with the business-and-labor agreement on immigration reform and continued with Marco Rubio’s insistence on slowing down an immigration bill. Here’s a roundup of the news you might’ve missed: New polling by Small Business Majority shows that business owners around the U.S. support immigration...
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The Hill: First key fight in immigration battle is what to name the reform bill By Molly Hooper NewsBusters: On Pacifica, Leftist Claims Victory in AP Stylebook Change, Hope for Victory on Immigration Next By Tim Graham Talking Points Memo: Poll: Republicans Want Citizenship Or Bust On Immigration Reform...
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Yesterday we wrote about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)’s apparent belief that citizenship is a “poison pill” for immigration reform, and argued that Ted Cruz is the real poison pill–if the GOP takes his advice. Today, Cruz was in Lubbock, Texas, for one of the last days of the Easter...
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It’s that time of year again! Netroots Nation 2013 will be in sunny San Jose, CA during June 20-23 this year, and America’s Voice Education Fund is teaming up with Democracy for America to offer 10 scholarships to immigration bloggers, organizers, and activists. Click here to apply for your...
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Yesterday, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Joey Kennedy took a whack at Senator Jeff Sessions for trying to stall immigration reform in their home state* newspaper, with a column entitled “Do Nothing? Now that’s something Sen. Jeff Sessions can do.” As Kennedy writes: I guess it makes sense that U.S. Sen....
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The Birmingham News: Do nothing? Now that’s something Sen. Jeff Sessions can do By Joey Kennedy New York Times (Opinion): Priced Out of Citizenship By Rahm Emmanuel and Luis Gutierrez Wall Street Journal: Trumka Warns on Immigration Touch-Back Option By Sara Murray Washington Post: Labor, faith leaders oppose cuts...
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Update: Lamar Smith’s office has announced that he plans to keep using the term “illegal immigrant”–“and trusts the the AP will keep quoting people who do so as well.” Immigration activists and advocates yesterday were abuzz with excitement when the Associated Press announced it was dropping the use of the...
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The momentum of immigration reform this year, the broad agreement to start discussing immigrants as—you know—people, and years-long campaigns to push the public to “Drop the I-Word” had a huge victory yesterday, when the Associated Press announced that they no longer recommend that journalists use the term “illegal immigrant”...
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