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Two must-read pieces from ThinkProgress and the Daily Beast today highlight the ugly hypocrisy from Donald Trump. While the leading Republican Presidential candidate has spent the last few weeks demonizing an entire community of immigrants, those same immigrants have been, to a very large extent, responsible for his massive...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: A Hillary Clinton Match-Up With Marco Rubio Is a Scary Thought for Democrats By Jeremy Peters New York Daily News: Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign hires well-regarded advocate Lorella Praeli as Latino Outreach Director By Albor Ruiz Fox...
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Republicans are today wrapping up a week-long stretch of anti-immigrant hearings, one of which resulted in approval of a bill that would repeal last year’s immigration action (who needs those Latino voters, right?) “Comprehensive mass-deportation” aside, Elise Foley noted an amendment that was ultimately rejected during the hearing: A...
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First, a number of outlets are pointing out how biased this week’s ruling was. As Think Progress writes, the question now is whether Hanen’s ruling can be sustained by higher courts that may not be as biased as he is: Judge Andrew Hanen is a George W. Bush appointee whose past...
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About a dozen potential GOP presidential candidates are gathering this weekend at Steve King’s Iowa Freedom Summit, where they’ll hang out with Iowa voters, potentially build a base for their 2016 run, and just maybe make some mistakes that could cost the Republican Party enough Latino votes to lose the...
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The new House Immigration Subcommittee assignments are out, and its Republican members for the 114th Congress will include Chairman Trey Gowdy (SC), Raul Labrador (ID), Lamar Smith (TX), Steve King (IA), Ken Buck (CO), John Ratcliffe (TX), and Dave Trott (MI). We’re likely to get around to all the...
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The following is a press release from Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer‘s office: Over a year after the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill with a strong bipartisan vote of 68-32, House Republicans have yet to take action to fix our nation’s broken immigration system. Despite their empty rhetoric about immigration...
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Apr 25, 2014
Reuters: Obama administration may unveil new deportation policy in two stages By Julia Edwards and Richard Cowan Huffington Post: Obama Faces Growing Rebellion Against The Secure Communities Deportation Program By Elise Foley Huffington Post: GOP Senators Accuse Obama Administration Of Suspending Immigration Law ‘At Its Whim’ By Elise Foley...
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MUST-READ New York Times: More Deportations Follow Minor Crimes, Records Show By Ginger Thompson and Sarah Cohen New York Times (Editorial): Yes He Can, on Immigration — New York Times: Immigration Bill Splitting House G.O.P. By Jonathan Weisman and Ashley Parker Huffington Post: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Demands Deportation Changes...
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Mar 31, 2014
Washington Post (Plum Line): Morning Plum: Pressure mounts on Obama over deportations By Greg Sargent NPR: Activists: We Want An Emancipator, Not A ‘Deporter In Chief’ By Richard Gonzales CNN: Why the ‘Cesar Chavez’ biopic matters now By Cindy Y. Rodriguez Reuters: Mexico finds 370 abandoned immigrant children New...
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