By Yoli Navas: This week, Spanish language media has been following the movement of the Senate debate on a bipartisan immigration reform bill as well as the SAFE Act, which was approved the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. Below are a few highlights: Noticiero Univision: La Reforma...
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What gives, Darrell Issa?? In February of this year, the conservative Congressman from California had laudable words to say about immigration reform and citizenship, saying: I think all of us Republicans know that we don’t want a class of residents that will never be offered an opportunity for citizenship. We’re...
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As the Gang of 8 immigration bill heads toward a final vote next week in the Senate, Charlie Cook at the Cook Report has an excellent reminder of why Republicans should play ball. They’re in serious demographic danger as a party, and they need to expand their tent. It’s unknowable...
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One-by-one, the major arguments and excuses used by opponents of immigration reform to justify their opposition are being demolished. From the fiscal and economic arguments against immigration reform that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scoring of the Senate’s immigration bill eviscerated, to the “not enough border security” excuse, answered...
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Wednesday night, you may have seen this tweet from Jon Ralston. We sure did: The @LasVegasSun site has been temporarily turned into a huge ad to pressure @SenDeanHeller on immigration. Wow: http://t.co/bK3LLH68s3 Wow indeed. — Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) June 19, 2013 Wow indeed. This is what the front page...
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Bloomberg: Senators Reach Border Security Deal in Immigration Bill By Kathleen Hunter and Laura Litvan Politico: Immigration deal would double size of Border Patrol By Manu Raju, Burgess Everett, Seung Min Kim Arizona Republic: Major deal on migrant reform By Dan Nowicki and Erin Kelly MSNBC: Democrats let GOP...
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Conservative Fox News show host Bill O’Reilly came out in support of the Senate Gang of 8 immigration bill today, while discussing the legislation with Gang of 8 member Jeff Flake (R-AZ) on his show. O’Reilly said the bill wasn’t perfect, “but it is the right thing to do”–and...
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Whoops. The Republican attempt to rebrand and remarket itself to minority voters continued to flail this week, in the midst of a Senate floor debate and cross-currents over competing border security amendments. Yesterday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) held a six-hour long anti-immigrant rally/rant/”debate” during which speakers and Tea Partiers...
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Leaders in Florida, Texas and Illinois Target Senators with Ads, Polling, and Statewide Actions Listen to DRM Coalition’s new Spanish language radio ad targeting Senator Rubio here. As Senate leaders are set to announce an agreement on a border security deal, community leaders from key states are escalating pushback...
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Update (12: 35 PM): The Cornyn amendment has been tabled by the Senate, by a 54-43 vote. John Cornyn’s border-trigger, citizenship-killing amendment is likely to come up on the Senate floor today — and it’s going down to defeat. Details are emerging about another deal on border security from Senators...
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