Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is at it again—apparently making up Texas friends with property overrun by border crossers. During an appearance on a Texas radio show this morning, Cornyn claimed that people all over the world are now crossing the border through Texas and that any immigration reform that...
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President Obama gave interviews to Univision and Telemundo yesterday in which he expressed confidence that immigration reform would be accomplished this summer. The Senate Gang of 8 is “actually making progress” on immigration, he said. “I’m actually optimistic.” Otherwise, the President noted, he has his own legislation waiting in...
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At the end of this week’s back-t0-back oral arguments at the Supreme Court against Prop 8 and DOMA, we wanted to lift up this piece by Immigration Impact highlighting the fact that the outcome of these cases will affect the immigration world, as well. From same-sex bi-national couples to how gay...
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Last week we wrote about a letter that six anti-immigrant Senators sent to Chairman of the Judiciary Committee Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT). The Senators, out to stall and eventually kill immigration reform, complained that the legislative process was moving too quickly and requested more time to hold more hearings,...
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In today’s news, Sens. John McCain, Jeff Flake, Chuck Schumer, and Michael Bennet are scheduled to tour the border; the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for DOMA, which has significant implications for bi-national same-sex couples and immigration equality; and President Obama is scheduled to sit down for an...
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Yesterday we wrote about a New York Times story on immigrants in detention who are forced into solitary confinement for 22 to 23 hours a day and weeks on end. The method of imprisonment—already considered a form of torture—is especially horrific when imposed upon immigrants, who are held for...
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SEIU will begin to air $300,000 in ads nationwide on Wednesday, calling for immigration reform with a path to citizenship. The ad is part of a seven-figure television ad campaign from SEIU, according to the Washington Post. As the ad intones: Our immigration system is broken, and Congress has a chance...
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A month after Sen. John McCain faced hostile Tea Partiers opposed to immigration reform at an Arizona town hall, McCain was at it again—and this time found lots of love from Arizonans applauding McCain’s leadership on immigration legislation. Yesterday in Arizona, Mi Familia Vota Education volunteers, with other community...
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One month after Sen. John McCain faced hostile Tea Partiers at an Arizona town hall, McCain saw love from a roomful of immigrants this week who came to give him their support for immigration reform. Check out this great Twitterpic showing that Republicans CAN grow support from Latino voters by leaning...
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Eye-opening piece by Ian Urbina and Catherine Renz in the New York Times this weekend, about immigrants who are put into detention and then—for various reasons—are held in solitary confinement. The United Nations has likened long-term solitary confinement to torture, and has called for a ban on the practice...
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