A US district court in Texas today dismissed Kris Kobach’s lawsuit against the deferred action (DACA) program which has for almost a year now granted DREAMers temporary relief from deportation. The suit was dismissed on procedural grounds, and the court held that the Civil Service Reform Act–a law governing...
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The following is a press release from the Alliance for Citizenship: Hundreds of Events in August will Target Key Members and Urge the House to Take Up Immigration Reform The American people support reform with a path to citizenship. The Senate passed a comprehensive, bipartisan bill and now it’s...
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While Anti-Immigrant Forces Will Make Some Noise, In-District Action to be Driven by Pro-Reform Majority Ahead of the impending August recess, pro-immigration forces are on the move with hundreds of grassroots events planned from coast to coast. A number of media outlets today highlight the momentum, unprecedented organization, and...
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Jorge Ramos–Univision’s news anchor and a man who has been called the “Walter Cronkite of Spanish-language news” has an op-ed today at ABC News/Univision blasting the Republican Party for its intransigence on immigration reform. Ramos notes that a couple weeks ago–before Steve King’s latest comments about DREAMers being drug runners...
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MSNBC: Reformers wary as House GOP considers its own ‘path to citizenship’ By Benjy Sarlin Politico: Immigration groups to target House GOP By Anna Palmer Bloomberg: Immigration Supporters Plan to Hunt Down House Members By Julie Bykowicz BuzzFeed: Immigration Reform Activists Prepare Major August Blitz For Republican Support By...
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In addition to repeatedly claiming that immigration reform will not do enough to secure the border (despite the fact that we already spend $18 billion on immigration enforcement every year, and that the Senate bill will add a total of $40 billion more), immigration reform opponents have been arguing...
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Momentum is building for immigration reform. More than 100 top GOP donors signed a letter to Republican lawmakers this week, asking them to pass immigration reform that addresses the 11 million. House Republicans are coming out in support of citizenship. But Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who fancies himself the...
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The immigration reform movement is ready for the August recess. Advocates are organizing events, gearing up for town halls and making sure members of Congress feel the heat. The demand? Give us a vote on citizenship. The fact is that a bipartisan majority for immigration reform with an inclusive...
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In her weekly column, Maribel Hastings, from America’s Voice, argues that if the House of Representatives approved Steve King’s amendment to defund DACA, their best way to apologize for King’s anti-immigrant comments would be to allow a vote for immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Here’s her column,...
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Politico: Menu for House GOP: Immigration à la carte By Seung Min Kim Washington Post: A narrow border-security agreement could pave the way for broad immigration reform By Ed O’Keefe National Journal: Inside Boehner’s Strategy to Slow Walk Immigration to the Finish Line By Chris Frates Politico (Playbook): How...
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