Leadership in Lockstep with Steve King and Anti-Immigrant Agenda The so-called divide between establishment Republicans and the anti-immigrant wing of the party sure isn’t visible early in the 114th Congress. Instead, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and others in House Republican leadership are picking up where they left off last...
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Two Years Ago, GOP Lined Up for Reform; One Year Ago, House GOP Leadership Introduced Immigration Principles; This Week, GOP Voting on Harshest Anti-Immigrant Bills in Years The Republican fall from grace on immigration is complete. Two years ago, in the aftermath of the 2012 elections, Republicans lined up...
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Jan 9, 2015
Legal Experts, Advocates, and DREAMers Discuss the State of Play in Congress, the Courts, and Politics As the Battle to Protect the Most Profound Immigration Policy Changes in a Generation Begins To listen to a recording of today’s call, click here. With the start of a new year and a...
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Next Week GOP Moves to Do Away With Fixes to Our Broken Immigration System That didn’t take long. With all the happy talk inside the beltway regarding bipartisan legislative progress, one of the top priorities of the Republican leadership is to take action on legislation that would maximize deportations...
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As of later today, the Republican Party will officially control both congressional chambers. GOP leaders in both the House and Senate have pledged to demonstrate their ability to govern in a responsible manner. Yet when it comes to immigration policy, it is already clear the “new” Republican majority looks...
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It’s increasingly clear that various legal challenges to President Obama’s executive actions on immigration are more about politics and generating headlines than actual constitutional considerations. Yesterday, Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard the first legal challenge directly about the constitutionality of...
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New Website Captures Humanity of Administrative Action with Videos and Stories from Families Who Benefit and Conviction of Those Still Fighting for Relief Denver, CO – As families across the country gather this week to celebrate the holidays, millions more will be able to celebrate with the security that...
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2014 was a transformative year for the politics and policy of immigration, and moreover, for the history of this county. Thanks to an ever-growing pro-reform movement, President Obama finally made good on his promise to take action on immigration in the face of Congressional inaction, and very soon, five...
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New UWD Video a Reminder that Dreamers Prepared to Hold GOP Accountable, Demand Specific Answers on Essential Immigration Questions A must-watch video from United We Dream (UWD) features Dreamers asking Senate Republicans a simple question – “Do you want to deport my parents?” The video features interactions between UWD...
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Yesterday brought the news that Arthur Schwab, a federal judge in Pennsylvania, ruled that President Obama’s executive action for immigrants is unconstitutional. There’s no injunction — the ruling was completely off the cuff and has no actual consequences on the President’s executive actions. But it’s just a reminder that playing...
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