One of the most interesting angles in the Jeb Bush reversal on citizenship this week has been his fellow Floridian (and 2016 rival) Sen. Marco Rubio’s response. Rubio predicted to Talking Points Memo today that Bush would eventually swing back to his traditional support for citizenship, given his long...
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Last month we brought to you the story of Jessica Bravo and anti-immigrant super-hardliner Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA). When Jessica, a DREAMer, came to Rohrabacher’s office to ask him to support immigration reform, he screamed at her that he “hate illegals” and told her “now I know where you...
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It is safe to say that Day One of the immigration book media tour for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush did not go exactly as planned. Numerous observers condemned Gov. Bush for walking back on his past support for citizenship and called it a politically damaging flip-flop. Today, Gov. Bush said he would support...
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Following the news yesterday that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush apparently had a change of heart about supporting a path to citizenship, a tide of criticism from the media, activists, and advocates is now causing Bush to walk back his new stance. On Morning Joe today, Bush said that he would support immigration...
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an anti-immigrant ultra-extremist who is responsible for state laws like Arizona’s SB 1070, hasn’t been much seen or heard from in the current immigration debate. And if the Kansas-based grassroots group Sunflower Community Action has anything to say about it, he’ll stay out...
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) appeared on Telemundo’s Enfoque with Jose Diaz-Balart this weekend to talk about politics, the sequester, and immigration reform. Warner is a moderate Democratic Senator who is up for reelection in 2014. Warner has made it clear he supports immigration reform and recently invited a DREAMer to be...
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Despite the growing number of Republicans supporting immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship, we know that some GOP holdouts still don’t get it regarding good immigration policy, politics, and the GOP rebranding effort to Latino voters. However, we never thought we’d have to count former Florida Governor Jeb Bush...
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The pro-immigration reform movement has long been familiar with the Tanton network, a body of anti-immigrant organizations (some considered to be hate groups) all founded by a single man—John Tanton. Tanton was associated with white supremacists and eugenicists, corresponding with Ku Klux Klan lawyers and writing screeds like about how a...
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At Talking Points Memo is a list of reasons why immigration reform will pass this year, including the fact that anti-immigrant opponents are more marginalized now than ever. Gang of 8 members John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Jeff Flake met with Congressional Republicans last week to promote the Senate...
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Mar 1, 2013
Roll Call: House Immigration Negotiators Mull Citizenship Compromise By David Harrison Voxxi: Pathway to citizenship: Republicans face ‘balancing act’ By Raisa Camargo Roll Call: House GOP Seeks Immigration Solution By Daniel Newhauser and David M. Drucker ABC/Univision: How the GOP Could Break an Unwritten Rule and Pass Immigration Reform...
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