The Colorado ASSET legislation – a state tuition bill that will allow young immigrants living in Colorado to pay in-state tuition for college – has just passed a final vote in the Colorado House today with a 40-21 vote margin, its last step before arriving on the desk of...
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It’s been a big week in immigration, with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush first coming out against citizenship in immigration reform legislation–then being forced to walk back to his old, pro-citizenship position. It goes to show how far the debate has come in such a short amount of time,...
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The botched Jeb Bush media tour and related controversy over his immigration positioning dominated this week’s immigration news. But the debate also clarified the fact that a road to earned citizenship is already the mainstream position on immigration reform. As Mayor Julián Castro and Frank Sharry remind us, citizenship...
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Huffington Post (Blog): Immigrants Yearn to Be Americans, Not a Permanent Underclass By Frank Sharry National Journal: What Undocumented Workers Really Want By Fawn Johnson MSNBC: Matt Staver on “The Cycle:” The push for immigration reform is getting some help from an unlikely source San Antonio Express-News: Castro talks...
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Cross-posted at Huffington Post. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to…be part of a permanent underclass in American society…”? Oops. Wrong America. While the italicized words above are mine, the opening words come from the inspiring poem by Emma Lazarus. Inscribed on the pedestal of...
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The Keeping Families Together Bus Tour is now well underway, with busfuls of immigrant families across the nation traveling around to key Congressional districts, asking the Congress members to support immigration reform. Georgia has just completed its bus tour, Oregon yesterday had a powerful kickoff with over a hundred...
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This week, Mitt Romney returned to national attention with an interview on “Fox News Sunday”—his first public appearance since the 2012 election, and instantly made it clear that with him, nothing has changed. The man who promised to veto the DREAM Act, advocated for self-deportation, brought immigration advisors like...
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The Paramus Post: Americas Voice Urge House Speaker Boehner for Public Censure of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Over Jessica Bravo Comments By Mel Fabrikant National Journal: Why Lindsey Graham Isn’t Acting Like a Worried Man By Jill Lawrence Politico: W.H. seeks tech’s help on immigration By Michelle Quinn National Journal:...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has an imaginary friend—and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee wants everyone to know it. A few weeks ago, Cornyn tweeted about a “friend” of his who said that “300 ppl” were coming across his property every night: Friend on border sez 300 ppl coming across...
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Editor’s note: This column by Maribel Hastings was originally published in Spanish at La Opinion and Huffington Post Voces. The Spanish language version can be viewed here. WASHINGTON, DC – In an interview on NBC’s Today Show Monday, former Florida governor Jeb Bush said it’s premature to declare whether he’ll...
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