Yesterday's announcement of the Obama Administration's important step towards bringing deportation practices in line with its enforcement priorities already is generating predictable responses from many Republicans and their mass-deportation allies. Typical of the reaction was the statement from Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ), who noted, "This plan amounts to...
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Yesterday's announcement of the Obama Administration's important step towards bringing deportation practices in line with its enforcement priorities already is generating predictable responses from many Republicans and their mass-deportation allies. Typical of the reaction was the statement from Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ), who noted, "This plan amounts to...
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Below is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice Education Fund, on today's announcement from the Obama Administration about bringing deportation practices in line with enforcement priorities.
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Criticism of the Obama Administration's Secure Communities deportation program has reached a new apex, as elected officials and law enforcement leaders offer serious rebukes of the program and immigrant communities and newspaper editorial boards call for it to be scrapped altogether. Among the recent developments...
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Just as they have in past election cycles, Republican presidential candidates are struggling with the issue of immigration. Judging from early lessons from the burgeoning 2012 race, the Republicans' strategy appears to be: stick to their border security sound bites and avoid the other immigration issues at all...
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Just as they have in past election cycles, Republican presidential candidates are struggling with the issue of immigration. Judging from early lessons from the burgeoning 2012 race, the Republicans' strategy appears to be: stick to their border security sound bites and avoid the other immigration issues at all...
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On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security unilaterally cancelled its Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) on Secure Communities (S-COMM), an immigration enforcement program of the Obama administration that was sold to state governments as a way to identify and deport serious criminals. Over the past several months, Governor Patrick...
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In anticipation of yesterday's meeting with President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, the Obama Administration announced policy changes earlier this week designed to facilitate foreign entrepreneurs' entry and permanent residency in the U.S. Unsurprisingly, elite technology and business leaders from Silicon Valley reacted positively to the...
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New comments by the head of the Republican Party demonstrate that when it comes to appealing to Latino voters, the GOP still just doesn't get it. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairperson Reince Priebus "dismissed the idea that the party's support among Latinos will be hurt over immigration," according to...
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New comments by the head of the Republican Party demonstrate that when it comes to appealing to Latino voters, the GOP still just doesn't get it. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairperson Reince Priebus "dismissed the idea that the party's support among Latinos will be hurt over immigration," according to...
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