President of the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council Ken Palinkas made a lot of headlines this week claiming that terrorists are looking for ways to exploit our borders and sneak into the US. As the Washington Times quoted Palinkas saying: In addition to the extremely real and serious threat...
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Today, the Democratic National Committee is hosting the Women’s Leadership Forum, featuring all-stars from President Obama to Hillary Clinton to Vice President Biden and others — making it the perfect opportunity for DREAMers and immigration reform advocates to voice their displeasure with Obama’s deportation policies and his delay on...
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When President Obama announced that he was delaying his executive action on immigration, advocacy groups slammed his decision and pointed out that Democrats will be the ones to suffer — both in 2014 and 2016, when the Democratic presidential contender will have to mobilize Latino voters while confronting Obama’s record...
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At MSNBC today, Steve Benen points out the recent election-year Republican hypocrisy behind a series of ads attacking Democrats for supporting an immigration reform bill that 14 GOP Senators voted for. First, there was Michelle Nunn, the Democratic Senate candidate in Georgia who was blasted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee...
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Los Angeles Times: 5 Democratic senators join failed effort to block Obama on immigration Talking Points Memo: Senate Will Vote On GOP Motion To Block Obama ‘Executive Amnesty’ Politico: Funding bill becomes immigration battle Huffington Post: Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions Fail To Force Vote On Blocking Executive Action On...
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Following a procedural vote that failed on the Senate floor this evening, in which Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) attempted to pass a procedural motion so they could bring forward a bill that would prevent future executive action on immigration by President Obama and strip work...
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It’s been a year since we stopped Pedro’s deportation. But when his renewal came up this year, immigration officials denied it and are trying deport him instead. Pedro could have been eligible for the relief President Obama had been considering, but now that he’s said he won’t act until...
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Support for Legal Status, Path to Citizenship and Immigration Reform Remain Strong, Especially When Given Details Five public polls that included questions regarding immigration policy have been released in the past week. Three were national polls, sponsored by the New York Times/CBS News, Washington Post/ABC News and NBC News/Wall...
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The Senate, via last year’s bipartisan supermajority vote in favor of comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship, has already spoken about its policy preferences for immigrants and DREAMers. But apparently that’s not enough for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who today is trying to pull a Steve King by...
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More than 200 police jurisdictions nationwide have ended their cooperation with automatic ICE holds, and Long Island is now one of them. Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco this week ended his department’s cooperation with ICE holds, in which immigrants who are detained by police traffic or other minor violations are automatically...
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