Check out this great Storify from Reform Immigration FOR America:
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One desperate tactic in the playbook of those who oppose immigration reform has been to try and split the coalition of supporters, by pitting immigrants and African Americans against each other. Nativists have tried time and time again to paint the specter of immigrants taking jobs away from African...
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Now that the process of immigration reform is in full swing (markup for the Senate bill will start next week, and a House bill is expected soon), the anti-immigrant nativists have been out and about trying to kill the bill any way they can. The Center for Immigration Studies,...
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Yesterday, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) stated that the best arguments to convince his Republican colleagues to support immigration reform were political in nature: “if we don’t do this, we can’t begin the conversation with our Hispanic voters, and all you have to do is the math. Do the math...
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The Hill: Advocates dig in for immigration fight By Russell Berman Politico: Marco Rubio: Gang of Eight’s immigration bill can’t pass the House By Seung Min Kim Los Angeles Times: John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger talk immigration reform at USC By Cindy Chang Huffington Post: John McCain On Immigration: Republicans...
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The following is a cross-posted press release from the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), Immigrant Justice Network (IJN), Mi Familia Vota (MFV), National Immigrant Law Center (NILC), and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB): As the Senate Judiciary Committee begins work to amend the Senate...
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Yesterday, speaking with New Orleans radio talk show host Garland Robinette, Mark Krikorian, head of the anti-immigrant think tank Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and the intellectual author of the “self-deportation” strategy, offered a fresh reminder why Latino voters have rejected candidates and parties who listen to him. According...
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Cross-posted at Left in Alabama: Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected Alabama’s appeal to consider the state’s 2011 “show me your papers” anti-immigration law, formally known as HB 56. As a refresher, Alabama’s anti-immigrant law made international news for its Draconian “self-deportation” provisions, including targeting the...
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Cross-posted from Laws.com After many months of bargaining and compromise, the so-called “Gang of Eight”, a bipartisan group of senators, has come up with legislation that promises to genuinely reform our immigration system. This legislation would tighten border security even further, expand legal immigration for the next 10 years,...
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New York Times: Immigration Splits Senator From Mentor By Ashley Parker USA Today: Tech companies driving the lobbying on immigration By Fredreka Schouten and Alan Gomez Laws.com: America’s Voice Education Fund and the Debate on Immigration Reform Voxxi: Deferred action: 99.5 percent of requests approved? USCIS refutes claim By...
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