Over the weekend, Fox New’s Laura Ingraham brought on Bob Dane, a spokesman for the Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR, considered to be a hate group), to slam the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and pretend that hate groups don’t exist. “There’s a legal definition as to what...
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Starting TOMORROW and continuing through this week, groups supporting immigration reform–like SEIU–are asking that you exercise your rights for immigration reform. The immigration debate is underway, and it’s crucial that we let Congress know that we support reform, and that immigration reform MUST include a path to citizenship! Please...
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Over the weekend, Jeb Bush gave immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship a bear hug, columnist George Will said that “any plan that does not envision as an end point, citizenship” will not work, and Bob Dane (a spokesman from the hate group FAIR) went on Fox News...
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It’s been a big week in immigration, with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush first coming out against citizenship in immigration reform legislation–then being forced to walk back to his old, pro-citizenship position. It goes to show how far the debate has come in such a short amount of time,...
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Huffington Post (Blog): Immigrants Yearn to Be Americans, Not a Permanent Underclass By Frank Sharry National Journal: What Undocumented Workers Really Want By Fawn Johnson MSNBC: Matt Staver on “The Cycle:” The push for immigration reform is getting some help from an unlikely source San Antonio Express-News: Castro talks...
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The Keeping Families Together Bus Tour is now well underway, with busfuls of immigrant families across the nation traveling around to key Congressional districts, asking the Congress members to support immigration reform. Georgia has just completed its bus tour, Oregon yesterday had a powerful kickoff with over a hundred...
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This week, Mitt Romney returned to national attention with an interview on “Fox News Sunday”—his first public appearance since the 2012 election, and instantly made it clear that with him, nothing has changed. The man who promised to veto the DREAM Act, advocated for self-deportation, brought immigration advisors like...
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The Paramus Post: Americas Voice Urge House Speaker Boehner for Public Censure of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Over Jessica Bravo Comments By Mel Fabrikant National Journal: Why Lindsey Graham Isn’t Acting Like a Worried Man By Jill Lawrence Politico: W.H. seeks tech’s help on immigration By Michelle Quinn National Journal:...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has an imaginary friend—and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee wants everyone to know it. A few weeks ago, Cornyn tweeted about a “friend” of his who said that “300 ppl” were coming across his property every night: Friend on border sez 300 ppl coming across...
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The power of immigration reform WITH a path to citizenship is on full display this week, continuing to hammer down Jeb Bush days after his book revealed that he no longer believed a path was necessary. Instead of using his position to bring Republicans into the immigration debate, as...
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