Mar 22, 2013
Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the fifth in a series of weekly press briefings, or “Immigration Reform “Office Hours.” Each week, a different and diverse group of speakers will share the latest information on the players, politics, legislation and other developments coming down the pipeline as...
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McClatchy Newspapers: Senators lean toward point-based immigration system, giving workers more of an edge By Franco Ordonez NBC Latino: Gang of Eight will meet immigration timeline, says aide By Sandra Lilley ABC/Univision: White House: Missed Immigration Deadline No Cause for Alarm By Jordan Fabian Washington Post: Schumer says immigration...
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Update: According to Talking Points Memo, a group of hardline conservative Tea Party House members have written a letter to Rand Paul saying that they support his efforts to negotiate an immigration bill. “We write to offer you support, encouragement, and assistance as we work together to identify the principles...
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Mark Krikorian, head of the anti-immigrant “think tank” Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), is feeling a bit lonely this week. Surveying the likely GOP presidential contenders for 2016, he lamented to the conservative Weekly Standard, “I’m honestly looking for someone I can support in 2016.” Krikorian’s glum assessment of the potential 2016 Republican...
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Flip back the count. It’s been zero days since Congressional Republicans last called a CIS witness to a hearing. All over Washington, Republicans are deciding that getting with the program on immigration reform and shutting up about their nativist tendencies is the best way to go. The RNC released...
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Cross-posted at Latino Decisions Recently there have been a series of high profile endorsements for comprehensive immigration reform from the Republican Party. Immediately after the November 2012 election Bobby Jindal made a plea for more civility and and less stupidity on the immigration issue. Before too long, it was the Gang of 8 in...
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This week, conservative opposition to immigration reform continues to fall away, with the RNC releasing its report and Rand Paul supporting immigration with a path to citizenship. As Benjy Sarlin at Talking Points Memo wrote yesterday, even Tea Partiers are now coming around to supporting immigration. Some now wonder if...
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Picture this, if you can: A roomful of House Republicans have nothing but praise for a fellow Republican who has just come out in favor of immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. As they express support for some version of immigration reform, they are asked if any of...
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Following recent debates on immigration, legalization, and citizenship sparked by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Jeb Bush, the Center for American Progress today held a panel and released a report on the economic benefits of immigration reform that creates a pathway to citizenship. Entitled “The Economic Effects of Granting...
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In anticipation of a Senate hearing today on immigrants and their right to due process, the American Immigration Council has released a report entitled “Two Systems of Justice: How the Immigration System Falls Short of the Ideals of Justice.” The report explores how the justice system is different for...
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