More than 200 Democrats from the House and Senate — led by Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid and Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi — filed an amicus brief yesterday supporting “the Obama administration’s appeal to the Supreme Court to take up a legal case that has stalled President Barack...
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English (en español al final de la página): Mother Jones: How Marco Rubio Gave In to Democrats on the Immigration Reform Bill By Pema Levy New York Times: Lindsey Graham Assails Ted Cruz and Warns of Voters’ Deserting Republicans By Alan Rappeport National Journal: Graham Attacks Cruz, Trump on...
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On the heels of two open letters to Congress in support of refugees — one letter signed by 20 national security experts including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and a second letter signed by the Mayors of over 60 U.S. cities — more than 1000 rabbis signed a...
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Earlier this week, we noted GOP Presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s shift from supporting a path to legal status during the 2013 immigration debate, to a far-right approach nearly identical to Mitt Romney’s “self-deportation” plan now that he’s entered the 2016 election. Cruz’s effort has mainly been to get to the...
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English (en español al final de la página): Fox News Latino: Mark Zuckerberg announces $10 million campaign to promote immigration reform AP: Texas Sues Feds to Block Resettlement of 6 Syrian Refugees Buzzfeed News: Texas Sues Federal Government, Nonprofit To Stop Syrian Refugee Resettlement By Kyle Blaine and Chris...
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Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid called out leading GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans — including those complicit in mainstreaming Trump’s hatred by cowardly remaining silent as he spews xenophobic rhetoric — in a blistering floor speech on the Senate floor earlier today. “We all know...
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While some two dozen Republican Governors have publicly announced Syrian refugees are not welcome in their states — a political stunt these Governors cannot lawfully back up — a host of national security experts, military leaders, and over 60 mayors have signed letters telling Congress to uphold American values...
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Yesterday, we learned that the Supreme Court rejected the attempt by Texas to delay consideration of the immigration executive action lawsuit. This was an important development. After the Fifth Circuit ruled against the Obama administration last month, the Department of Justice immediately appealed to the Supreme Court, with hopes...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Wary of Donald Trump, G.O.P. Leaders Are Caught in a Standoff By Jonathan Martin National Journal: Hispanic Republicans Hope Trump Doesn’t Win Nomination By Jack Fitzpatrick Vox: The real reason the media is rising up against Donald Trump...
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Peter Beinart of The Atlantic is out with a new piece about the “Trump Effect” on other 2016 candidates, using Jeb Bush and John Kasich’s appearances on Sunday talk shows as examples. On CBS’ Face the Nation, Jeb Bush refused to answer direct questions about whether Trump’s plan to...
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