You can’t make this stuff up. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has been living in his anti-immigrant bubble for so long, he has no idea how much the world has changed. Further proof was provided today. On the very day that the Republican National Committee tried to distance itself from...
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Just one more thing about the CPAC conference that took place this last weekend: on Saturday, conservative commentator Ann Coulter made an appearance that Politico called “a stand-up comedy routine more than a speech,” in which she attacked Marco Rubio and other Republicans for supporting immigration reform. As Coulter...
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According to a new Republican National Committee (RNC) analysis of the Party’s shortcomings in recent elections, the GOP’s embrace of hardline anti-immigrant policies is at the heart of their problems with Latino voters. And as a new Latino Decisions poll makes clear, if the GOP successfully changes its position...
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President Obama nominated Thomas E. Perez, the nation’s top civil rights enforcer, as the new secretary of Labor today, another sign of immigration reform’s current significance on the national stage. Perez is the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and has led the Administration’s efforts against...
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A new Republican National Committee (RNC) analysis of the Party’s shortcomings makes clear that the GOP’s recent embrace of hardline anti-immigrant policies is at the heart of their problems with Latino voters. The new RNC analysis states, “We must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform,” and notes that “If Hispanic Americans perceive...
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In a stunning rebuke of the anti-immigrant extremists at CPAC, the Republican National Committee today came out in support of comprehensive immigration reform, admitting that the Party’s approach to Latino voters helped doom them in the last election. In an “autopsy” report of the GOP’s problems and the path...
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Mar 15, 2013
Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the fourth 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...
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The New York Times reports that the “bipartisan group of House members that has been meeting quietly for nearly four years to discuss an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system is nearing agreement on a framework, and is briefing their respective leadership this week.” Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) said, “I...
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As we’ve mentioned many, many times, there’s growing momentum for real immigration reform. Over the past couple days, we’ve added some new allies from the environmental community. Yesterday, writing in the Los Angeles Times, Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org and one of the leading voices in the environmental...
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After the first day of CPAC yesterday, in which Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) and other conservatives tried to make the case for immigration reform without citizenship, and the latest news that Senate Gang of 8 members are considering passing legislation that weakens family-based visas, Republicans should remember that we need immigration...
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