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Must-Read News on Immigration Reform, August 1, 2014

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Arizona Republic: Response to border crisis falls apart on Capitol Hill

Associated Press: McConnell offers immigration amendment

Associated Press: Immigration Issue Produces Congressional Disarray

New York Times: Rebellion Inside G.O.P. Scuttles Vote on Border Bill

Washington Post: Tea party opposition puts fate of House Republican border bill up in the air

Politico: GOP leaders stumble on Day One

The Hill: Emergency border bill stalls in Senate

TIME: As Time Runs Out, Congress Is Gridlocked on Immigration Reform

USA Today: White House denounces GOP immigration proposal

Roll Call: House Leaders Postpone Border Supplemental, Delay Recess, Blame Obama (Updated) (Video)

National Journal: After Delay, House GOP Plans Second Try on Border Bills

Washington Post: Republicans deliver another self-inflicted wound

Fox News: House GOP leaders hold out hope for border crisis fix, after vote fizzles

Politico: House GOP in disarray: Border fight delays recess

National Journal: The House Is Not Happy With Kevin McCarthy for Delaying Recess

Roll Call: Sessions, Cruz Helped Sink Border Bills

Politico: Ted Cruz stands by border position

Politico: Bid to slow border kid deportations

The Hill: House Republicans scramble to find votes for border measure

Roll Call: Republicans Regroup on Border Funding Bill

Wall Street Journal: GOP Leaders Attempt to Regroup on Border Bill

Washington Post: Doing nothing on border crisis better than handing out return tickets to rape victims

NBC News: New Detention Facility Opened for Immigrant Families With Kids

The Hill: Report finds detention center workers exposed to contagious diseases

Reuters: Boehner warns on unilateral immigration action by Obama

The Hill: Boehner: Obama will cement ‘legacy of lawlessness’ with immigration order

Politico: House lawsuit doesn’t stop Obama executive orders

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Cantor to resign from Congress Aug. 18

Huffington Post: Over 100 Faith Leaders, Immigrant Activists Arrested At White House For Protesting Deportations

Detroit News (Michigan): U.S. Rep: Don’t send Honduran children to Detroit, it’s too dangerous

La Opinión (Editorial): Suing Obama

Washington Post (Editorial): Congress shirks its duty to deal with a humanitarian crisis

Washington Post (Plum Line): Morning Plum: House GOP struggles with immigration monster it created

Washington Post (Right Turn): Responding to Obama’s immigration edicts

New York Magazine (Blog): Ted Cruz Punks John Boehner Again, This Time on Immigration

New York Times (Opinion): On the Border, Who Gets to Be a Refugee?

National Journal (Opinion): Will America Turn Its Back on Desperate Child Refugees?

The Hill (Congress Blog): Family detention: A shame and a waste

Huffington Post (Blog): The Real Enemy Isn’t Undocumented Immigration, It’s Rick Perry and Sean Hannity

Huffington Post (Blog): We Must Honor the Rule of Law for Desperate Children at the U.S. Border

Lincoln Journal-Star (Nebraska – Editorial): Editorial, 8/1: Don’t ‘go big’ on immigration

Miami Herald (Florida – Opinion): Easy fix to offer relief to immigration courts

Green Bay Press Gazette (Wisconsin – Opinion): Wanted: A solution to address broken immigration system

Baltimore Sun (Maryland – Letter to the Editor): Refugee claims of migrant children must be taken seriously [Letter]