New Blog Post from Colorado DREAMer Highlights Gardner’s Extremism on Immigration Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) is going to have a tough time appealing to the state’s growing Latino population this November. A new Huffington Post blog post from Isaias Vasquez, a Colorado DREAMer and current college student, highlights Cory...
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In Another Attempt to Force Republican Leadership to Hold an Immigration Vote, Democrats Highlight 30 Republicans Who’ve Spoken Up for Reform But Refuse to Act This morning, House Democrats announced a new strategy to force a vote on HR 15, the bipartisan immigration bill in the House, targeting 30 Republicans who...
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Republicans in the House of Representatives seem to be planning to run out the clock on immigration reform this Congress, to the detriment of the country, New Mexico, and their own political interests. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and his fellow Republicans have offered weak excuses for...
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The Obama deportation machine has come under fire recently for ramping up the deportation of immigrants with strong family ties and little or no criminal record. Not only is there a moral imperative to stop separating American immigrant families with these practices, but there’s a fiscal one as well:...
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Republicans Continue to Risk White House in 2016 by Making Steve King Face of the Party in Immigration In analysis at the FiveThirtyEight.com website titled “Like Bush, Many Republicans Are Moderate on Immigration, Nate Silver assesses the political implications of Jeb Bush’s recent “act of love” comments regarding undocumented immigrants. After examining Republican...
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As Comprehensive Immigration Reform Stalls and Non-Controversial ENLIST Act Wavers, Fringe Republican House Members Continue to Prove their Stronghold Over House Leadership and House Agenda It’s been quite the couple of weeks for the extremist Rep. Steve King (R-IA) caucus. In the wake of comments from their ringleader himself...
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Must-read at Politico is the story of Howard Dean Bailey, an immigrant from Jamaica who served his country — and then was deported. Bailey was 17 when he followed his mother from Jamaica to the US, immigrating legally with a green card. After high school, he enlisted in the...
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Apr 10, 2014
Rep. Paul Ryan Was Set to Headline Fundraiser with Rep. Steve King, But Iowa GOP Goes to Great Lengths to Say King Declined Invite Weeks Ago Questions Remain: Why Was King’s Name Listed on the Invite Just Days Ago? And Why Was Paul Ryan Willing to Appear Alongside Steve...
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