Today is World Refugee Day, and some members of Congress are using the opportunity to speak compassionately about the children at the border fleeing violence. As they and others have made clear, the children are refugees who are traveling to the US as well as other countries to escape...
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Washington Post (Plum Line): Hillary: Minors crossing border must be sent home The Hill: Conservatives not satisfied with House GOP election outcome San Francisco Chronicle: Bakersfield Republican: A leader, but not the face, of GOP CNN: Five things to know about Kevin McCarthy, the new House majority leader Washington...
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Despite Past Comments Supportive of Reform, Recent Comments Are Hardly Encouraging The first major decision facing newly elected House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will be whether immigration reform will secure a place on the House’s July legislative calendar. Unfortunately, despite representing an agriculture-heavy district with a sizeable Latino voter...
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Colorado Independent (Colorado): Cantor loss spotlights sticky immigration politics shaping Coffman-Romanoff race Associated Press: First Lady Makes Pitch for Immigration Overhaul Washington Post: Michelle Obama: Immigration is president’s top legislative priority Politico: Pro-immigrant group chides Hillary Clinton Huffington Post: Hillary Clinton: Unaccompanied Minors ‘Should Be Sent Back’ Fox News...
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Jun 18, 2014
Iowa Republican in Driver’s Seat Unless and Until House Republican Leadership Takes Action – And Soon Washington, DC – In an extended interview with the authors of the “The Way North” series from the New York Times, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) makes clear that he plans to drive the...
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As the Obama Administration continues to delay action on fixing his administration’s deportation policy, we’re seeing more indications, via NBC/WSJ’s latest poll, that his approval rating has suffered with Latino voters. From the Wall Street Journal: Another ominous trend for Democrats heading into a midterm election that tends to...
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U.S. News & World Report: Obama’s LGBT Order Leaves Immigrant Groups Wanting More By Lauren Fox Huffington Post: It Won’t Be All Cheers For Obama At LGBT Fundraiser As Immigrants Plan Protest By Elise Foley Wall Street Journal: Hillary Clinton Defends Obama on Deportations By Laura Meckler Washington Times: Hillary: Illegal immigrant children must be sent...
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June 15th marked the two year anniversary of the President’s creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for DREAMers. This was arguably the most important immigration policy change in decades and one that has changed the lives of more than 600,000 young immigrants who are Americans in all but paperwork....
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Check out this new infographic from Latino Decisions highlighting their new survey which finds Republicans have a lot riding on their next move on immigration reform. With only 10 days left before Rep. Luis Gutierrez’s deadline for legislation, it’s beginning to look like the GOP is all but doomed to fall off the demographic cliff.
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Washington, DC – Addressing the surge of children fleeing violence in Central America and arriving at the borders of the U.S. and other countries is a humanitarian crisis, not a political football. As Leslie Velez of the U.N. High Commission for Refugees recently told National Journal, “It’s a humanitarian crisis in...
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