Following recent debates on immigration, legalization, and citizenship sparked by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Jeb Bush, the Center for American Progress today held a panel and released a report on the economic benefits of immigration reform that creates a pathway to citizenship. Entitled “The Economic Effects of Granting...
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In anticipation of a Senate hearing today on immigrants and their right to due process, the American Immigration Council has released a report entitled “Two Systems of Justice: How the Immigration System Falls Short of the Ideals of Justice.” The report explores how the justice system is different for...
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One day after Rand Paul’s embrace of immigration reform with citizenship, and two weeks after Jeb Bush’s, it’s become clear that creating a pathway to citizenship is the mainstream position in the immigration debate. If there’s something that should be learned from Bush and Paul’s big news stories on...
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Surprise, surprise. Republicans who don’t want immigration reform to pass are now trying to “slow down” the process by complaining that the debate is moving too fast. Here’s what that really means: Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), and...
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It’s been a whirlwind of a day, following Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)’s hyper-evolution on immigration reform with citizenship and the back-and-forth of what he actually supports. Paul has gone on the record supporting immigration reform with citizenship before, saying that we don’t need to “make it an easy path for citizenship, there...
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At today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on ICE’s recent release of hundreds of immigrants from detention, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R – AL) asked Director Morton a question that immigrant rights advocates have been asking for years: “Is it possible that you are detaining more people than you need to?…...
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In a speech to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce this morning, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) made a compelling personal and political case for Republicans to embrace immigration reform. The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Rand Paul is a hot political property...
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One day after the RNC report supporting immigration reform, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)–a Tea Party darling, filibuster star, and citizenship supporter–gave a speech supporting immigration legislation. As he said this morning: Prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows...
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The Republican National Committee took a serious step toward reclaiming its big-tent-party status today, when it announced that it will spend millions this year on minority outreach and endorsed comprehensive immigration reform. It was a move toward reason and rationality, and a tiny hint that Republicans might be willing...
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It’s a shame that Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) showed up to bully the witnesses of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the needs of women and families in immigration reform, because, as our own mothers always used to say, the worst thing you can do...
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