If Successful, Lawsuit Would Deny State Millions in Tax Revenue & Subject Thousands of Ohio Families to Deportation Last week, the State of Ohio joined nineteen other states in suing the federal government over the President’s recent executive action on immigration. In addition to subjecting thousands of Ohio families...
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President Obama’s speech today begins at 3:50 PM ET. Why Nashville? From the Washington Post: The city has one of the fastest growing immigrant populations in the United States, including Mexicans, Burmese, and as many as 11,000 Kurds lured by the modest cost of living, job opportunities and an...
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Implementation of President Obama’s new executive action on immigration will begin sometime next year, and a number of Democratic mayors led by New York City’s Bill de Blasio met this week to share and discuss coordination efforts. Read more from MSNBC: “Mayors to make Obama immigration order a reality“:...
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President Obama dropped by the set of The Colbert Report yesterday, where he took over a segment and gave an interview about his recently announced immigration executive action. Obama emphasized that his executive order is “scrupulously within the law” and something that past Democratic and Republican presidents have done. Watch the interview...
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MSNBC: Mayors to make Obama immigration order a reality Bloomberg: De Blasio Gathers Mayors to Support Obama Immigration Order Roll Call: Bowser Joins Mayors in NYC to Develop Immigration Strategy NPR: Democratic Mayors Back Obama’s Immigration Plan, Citing Economic Benefits Politico: New chairman to take softer tone at RSC...
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Leading editorial boards are weighing in strongly against the Republican response to President Obama’s sensible executive action on immigration. The nation’s largest Spanish language newspaper eviscerated Republicans’ anti-immigrant and anti-Latino obsession in a must-read editorial that should scare Republicans who care about making inroads with Latino voters in 2016. ...
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January 26, 2015 EDIT: Nevada and Tennessee are officially onboard, bringing the total number of plaintiff states to 26. December 22, 2014 EDIT: As of today, Texas and 24 other states have announced that they are suing President Obama over his recent immigration policy changes. They further made it clear that their...
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The last federal shutdown, in 2013, cost the nation an estimated $24 billion and tanked GOP poll numbers. But some Republicans are apparently hankering for another shutdown in response to President Obama’s executive action, which means they have an incentive to downplay the last one. Check out this recent clip of Rush...
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Politico: Profiling guidelines to be unveiled AP: Obama, GOP-led Congress prepare for veto shutdowns Politico: Massive funding bill kicks off 113th Congress’ final chapter Roll Call: Immigration Not High on McConnell Agenda New York Times: For Obama, a Go-It-Alone Push Fits the Times National Journal: Will Immigration Plan’s Launch...
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Republicans have been reacting in all sorts of extremist and ugly ways since President Obama announced his new executive action for immigrants. But one of the most extreme may be this interview published today by Right Wing Watch, featuring ALIPAC’s William Gheen discussing everything from immigrants to Christmas to...
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