“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…”? Not so much. The town of Murrieta, California is joining the ranks of famously anti-immigrant cities and states (think Arizona, Alabama, Hazleton PA, Farmer’s Branch TX, Fremont NE) after a few hundred residents blocked the road and forced three buses carrying undocumented...
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Salon: Opinion: GOP created a nativist monster: How radical wingnuts seized the party By Heather Digby Parton The Associated Press: Obama Faces Advocate Demands on Immigration By Jim Kuhnhenn and Erica Werner The Hill: Immigration advocates to Obama: Go big By Mike Lillis Politico: Luis Gutierrez: Obama can ‘heal’...
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Just how much demographic trouble is the GOP in, now that legislative immigration reform has officially been declared dead and President Obama is poised to take executive action without Republicans? Check out these two pieces from Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post and Jonathan Chait at New York Magazine....
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The President Promised to Lead and the GOP Was Left Behind It can be hard to notice a tipping point when immersed in the day-to-day developments of an issue, but we predict yesterday will create a “before and after” moment in the immigration debate – like the June 15,...
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Washington Post: Obama pledges to redirect immigration enforcement, conceding defeat on overhaul By Zachary Goldfarb and David Nakamura New York Times: Obama Says He’ll Order Action to Aid Immigrants By Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Julia Preston NPR: Obama’s No-Win Immigration Predicament By Frank James The Associated Press: Obama: I’ll...
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Makes it clear he won’t be intimidated into inaction by Republican demagoguery Today President Obama met with advocates in the White House, and then went out to the Rose Garden to make remarks on immigration. Here is a response from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Today President...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Speaker Boehner has made it absolutely clear that he won’t lift a finger to fix our broken immigration system so President Obama is right to protect families from being torn apart. Speaker Boehner is out of excuses and his failure of leadership is enormous....
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Los Angeles Times: Obama’s bid to deport children complicates immigration reform effort By Lisa Mascaro and Brian Bennett New York Times: Obama to Seek Funds to Stem Border Crossings and Speed Deportations By Julia Preston Washington Post: Obama to ask for more than $2 billion in emergency funds to...
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America’s Voice Executive Director Frank Sharry was on Hardball last night, speaking with Politico’s Rachel Smolkin about the Republicans’ electoral mistake in failing to pass immigration reform. In a segment called “Grand Obsolete Party?”, Frank made it clear that this year’s legislative push was a chance for Republicans to...
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Rep. Darrell Issa took an extreme step when he suggested that a good response to children fleeing violence story is to end DACA — and resume deporting DREAMers. Today, United We DREAM and other advocates let him know what they think about that idea, with a takeover of his...
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