Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) appeared on the Washington, DC NPR affiliate’s“Kojo Nnamdi Show.” And once again, he made it painfully clear why he should not be entrusted with driving the House immigration agenda forward. According to MSNBC’s Benjy Sarlin’s assessment of yesterday’s radio appearance, “Goodlatte...
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In today’s Washington Post, former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff trots out the typical Republican complaints about President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “I understand when the decision was made not to deport the so-called ‘Dreamers’ it was seen as very humane. But for people skeptical and...
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Much of Washington, DC is consumed by the debate over attacking Syria—not just the actual issue, but what the debate means legislatively for other issues like immigration. But as we know, immigration isn’t like other issues. We addressed this yesterday in a press release titled, Seeing Through the House GOP’s...
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MSNBC: GOP rep expects October immigration reform vote By Benjy Sarlin International Business Times: House Dem Leadership’s Game Plan – Apply Pressure, Keep The Issue Alive By Laura Matthews Bloomberg: Congress Hits the Brakes on Immigration Reform By Kristen Hinman New York Times: Business Leaders Tell Lawmakers Not to...
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Fox News Latino: With Syria Latest Obstacle, Immigrant Advocates Step Up Pressure For Reform Bill Forbes (Blog): Immigration Debate: What’s More Important, Border Security Or Protecting Immigrant Workers? By Nathaniel Parish Flannery Voxxi: As lawmakers return to Congress, what’s next for immigration reform? By Griselda Nevarez Latin Post: Immigration...
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The pressure on the House of Representatives from faith communities is increasing as Congress returns from August recess. Today marked the beginning of a 40 day action for immigration reform by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition in an attempt to show the importance of reform and to remind House members...
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These days, Republicans are once again making procedural excuses for not passing immigration reform–claiming that the calendar for the rest of the year is too crowded to pass legislation. The Washington Post today has a fantastic editorial calling this out–and calling out the standard-bearer for this do-nothing Congress, Rep....
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Influential House Republicans are pushing the storyline that immigration reform is being crowded off the congressional calendar due to Syria and other issues. While the attempt to solidify the conventional wisdom about reform may help diminish expectations, other voices are seeing through the excuses. As the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent notes...
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The Black American Leadership Alliance’s (BALA) We Are America tour — originally intended by organizers to be a nationwide series of demonstrations against immigration reform — went out with a whimper in Phoenix, Arizona last weekend. Even with a line-up featuring disgraced former Arizona State Senator and SB 1070...
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We know, we know–August recess, and immigration reform summer, is over, and the verdicts on how pro-reform advocates won the summer are in. Before we head into fall and the renewed pressure on Congress that our side will bring, however, we thought we’d take one more look at the...
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