Apr 22, 2016
Crossposted from Medium. This week, America’s Voice released new polling that showed Donald Trump had an astounding 87% unfavorable opinion among Latino voters. No surprise given his venomous campaign rhetoric. This week, we’ve also seen a new spin on the GOP frontrunner: a “Donald Trump has been sounding more Presidential”...
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English (en español al final de la página): Time: Poll: Latino Voters ‘Enthusiastic’ to Vote Against Trump By Daniel White NBC: Poll: Trump Poised to Get Lowest Vote Ever Among Latinos By Stephen A Nuno The Hill: Trump effect motivating Latinos to vote: poll By Rafael Bernal Think Progress:...
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More than 100 Nebraska DREAMers broke into cheers yesterday as the state legislature overrode Gov. Pete Ricketts veto of a bill that would allow DACA recipients to apply for professional licenses. 30 votes were needed to override Ricketts — undocumented youth won 31 in the end. Though the legislation...
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English (en español al final de la página): Medium (Op-ed): 3 Ways House Republican Leaders Misled the Supreme Court to Score Political, Not Legal, Points By Tom Jawetz McClatchy: How the Republican candidates compare on immigration By Lesley Clark, William Douglas, and Maria Recio NBC: NY Latina Voters Strongly...
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English (en español al final de la página): Medium (Op-ed): Two Reasons Why the Republican Legal Arguments Against DAPA and DACA Are Deeply Flawed By Matt Hildreth Buzzfeed: Clinton Steady With Latinos, But Math Gets Tougher For Sanders After Big New York Loss By Adrian Carrasquillo The Hill:Guatemalan president...
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As hundreds of immigrant families rallied outside the Supreme Court yesterday, one of our movement’s youngest champions asked the Court to protect her family and millions of others around the nation. Sophie Cruz is one of the estimated 4.5 million US citizen children around the nation who have at least...
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for United States v. Texas, the Republican lawsuit that is blocking DAPA and DACA+. Outside the building, thousands of immigrant families and their allies rallied in support of the executive actions that would finally give millions the chance to live free from the fear of deportation. They...
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Republicans don’t like DAPA and DACA, but policy preferences have no sway before the Supreme Court. The truth is, Republicans are trying to litigate a political dispute at the Supreme Court, and yesterday’s oral arguments proved the anti-immigrant motivation behind the case. Maybe that’s why known hate group, FAIR,...
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Last Sunday, Senator Richard Blumenthal met with a DAPA-eligible family as part of the ongoing “DAPA Dinners” campaign. Ana, her husband Isaias, and their two daughters sat down with Senator Blumenthal in New Haven, Connecticut, just one day before the family traveled to Washington D.C. for the Supreme Court...
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English (en español al final de la página): The Monitor (Texas, Opinion): Voices on Deferred action for immigrants case Talking Points Memo: Rep. King Scolds Immigration Activists: Are You ‘The America We Can Expect?’ By Sara Jerde Politico: King, Gohmert clash with pro-immigration protesters By Sarah Wheaton Reuters: Immigration...
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