That font of political wisdom on the politics of immigration, Steve King, has some advice for Marco Rubio: Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the tea party stalwart and potential 2014 U.S. Senate candidate, thinks Sen. Marco Rubio (R-IA) has hurt his 2016 prospects in Iowa with his leading role on...
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Roll Call: Reid: 60 Votes on Immigration ‘Pretty Easy’ By Niels Lesniewski Wall Street Journal: Immigration Bill Slow to Stir Foes’ Passion By Miriam Jordan US News and World Report: Anti-Amnesty Groups Face Mounting Odds in Immigration Fight By Lauren Fox Bloomberg: Senate Democrats Plan June 10 Start on Immigration Bill...
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Last summer, we covered a civil rights trial against Arizona’s notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio and allegations that he and his Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office have been discriminating against Latino drivers on the basis of race. Last week, a federal judge officially found that the anti-immigrant practices of Arpaio and...
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Asian and Latino leaders in Nevada have asked him to support immigration reform. He’s met with key DREAMers and told them that he likes the Gang of 8 immigration bill so far. Now Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) is making the most public statement he has to date about where...
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Bloomberg: White House Woos Hispanic Leaders in Immigration Push By Lisa Lerer National Journal: For the Future of Immigration Reform, Look to 1986 By Fawn Johnson National Journal: Letter From Judiciary: How to Survive a Markup By Fawn Johnson MAJOR NATIONAL IMMIGRATION HEADLINES Washington Post: Conservatives stymied in attempts...
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May 24, 2013
This Memorial Day, America’s Voice and America’s Voice Education Fund would like to take time to honor our men and women in uniform. We’d also like to congratulate our military DREAMers, who won a big victory this week when the Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senator Blumenthal’s amendment 12, which would...
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Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the thirteenth in a series of weekly press briefings, or Immigration Reform “Office Hours.” Each week, a different and diverse group of speakers shares the latest information on the players, politics, legislation and other developments in the debate in...
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Now that the Senate Judiciary Committee has passed the Gang of 8 immigration bill out of markup, it is now in Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)’s hands, and Reid has said that he will bring the bill to a vote in June. And, Reid recently promised, “I will do...
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Fox News Latino: House Republican Leaders Say They Will Not Rubber-Stamp Senate Immigration Bill Associated Press: House Immigration Group Resolves Dispute By Erica Werner CNN: House immigration plan’s near death experience By Deirdre Walsh Politico: Wild, wacky world of House immigration talks By: Jake Sherman and Seung Min Kim...
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More than 100 influential conservative economists today released an open letter to Congressional leadership calling for immigration reform and highlighting its economic benefits. The letter’s signers comprised a who’s who of notable conservative economists, including Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Art Laffer, Glenn Hubbard, Ed Lazear, Larry Lindsey, June O’Neill, George Schultz and more (many of...
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