Washington Post (Opinion): How did we build an immigrant movement? We learned from gay rights advocates. By Frank Sharry Huffington Post (Blog): Got Any Spare Change (Theory)? By Jared Bernstein Arizona Republic: Senators closer on migrant measure By Dan Nowicki USA Today: GOP stresses minority outreach in self-critique By Catalina Camia Politico: Chuck Schumer optimistic… Continue »
McClatchy Newspapers: Senators lean toward point-based immigration system, giving workers more of an edge By Franco Ordonez NBC Latino: Gang of Eight will meet immigration timeline, says aide By Sandra Lilley ABC/Univision: White House: Missed Immigration Deadline No Cause for Alarm By Jordan Fabian Washington Post: Schumer says immigration deal is nearly ready in the… Continue »
This week, conservative opposition to immigration reform continues to fall away, with the RNC releasing its report and Rand Paul supporting immigration with a path to citizenship. As Benjy Sarlin at Talking Points Memo wrote yesterday, even Tea Partiers are now coming around to supporting immigration. Some now wonder if we’ve hit a tipping point on immigration,… Continue »
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 immigration, it’s that citizenship is clearly… Continue »
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 and into becoming and being taxpaying… Continue »
