In addition to repeatedly claiming that immigration reform will not do enough to secure the border (despite the fact that we already spend $18 billion on immigration enforcement every year, and that the Senate bill will add a total of $40 billion more), immigration reform opponents have been arguing...
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Momentum is building for immigration reform. More than 100 top GOP donors signed a letter to Republican lawmakers this week, asking them to pass immigration reform that addresses the 11 million. House Republicans are coming out in support of citizenship. But Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who fancies himself the...
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In her weekly column, Maribel Hastings, from America’s Voice, argues that if the House of Representatives approved Steve King’s amendment to defund DACA, their best way to apologize for King’s anti-immigrant comments would be to allow a vote for immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Here’s her column,...
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Politico: Menu for House GOP: Immigration à la carte By Seung Min Kim Washington Post: A narrow border-security agreement could pave the way for broad immigration reform By Ed O’Keefe National Journal: Inside Boehner’s Strategy to Slow Walk Immigration to the Finish Line By Chris Frates Politico (Playbook): How...
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We warned House Republicans: following Steve King’s latest outrageous comments about most DREAMers being drug runners with “calves the size of cantaloupes,” there would be growing consequences for the Republican Party if House GOPers failed to disassociate themselves from Steve king (in terms of actions, not just w0rds). Today, PPP...
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Over the weekend, Thousands of Immigration Reform Supporters Appeal to House Leaders’ Sense of Justice Below is the second article in the series, “Immigration Reform Summer,” by Gebe Martinez, Advisor to America’s Voice Education Fund. This article is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper...
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Immigrants, advocates, labor leaders, the faith community, and many others across the nation held rallies and events in favor of immigration reform with a path to citizenship last week, many of them this past weekend. Advocates demonstrated in Chicago, asking Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) to support immigration; in Colorado with Rep....
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Daily Beast: Cecilia Munoz, Quarterback of Obama’s Immigration Reform Efforts By Eleanor Clift Latinos Post: Immigration Reform News 2013: New Poll Shows Latino Vote in Battleground States Could Make or Break GOP in 2014 Midterm Elections By Bary Alyssa Johnson Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Paul Ryan lays out immigration proposals in...
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According to Buzzfeed this morning, Steve King isn’t done with his DREAMers-are-drug-runner comments yet. Saturday on Fox News, King said that an anonymous border patrol agent said that his recent comments–that most DREAMers are drug runners with “calves the size of cantaloupes”–were maybe off by ten pounds. As King...
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By Yoli Navas: “Qué Pasa” is our weekly roundup of news, opinion, and links from Spanish-Language online news publications: This week Spanish language media covered the reactions to Representative Steve King’s (R-IA) anti-immigrant comments towards DREAMers and the KIDS Act hearing in the House Immigration Subcommittee. Univision: Rising controversy and rejection...
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