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PBS Newshour: Immigration reform emerges as key issue in primary contest facing Eric Cantor By Rachel Wellford Wall Street Journal: Eric Cantor May Get Immigration Signal in Tuesday’s Vote By Laura Meckler Associated Press: Supreme Court: Children over 21 go to back of visa line Reuters: Supreme Court rules... Continue »

Watch out, Steve King.  Another anti-immigrant hardliner in Iowa is rising, and adopting anti-immigrant positions King would be proud to call his own. Think Progress today covers a recent interview between Mickelson in the Morning, a local conservative radio program, and Brad Zaun, a current state senator running for... Continue »

At Politico today is a great profile of journalist Jorge Ramos, who has been called everything from the “Walter Cronkite of Hispanic news” to the “Mexican Anderson Cooper.”  The profile detailed Ramos’ passionate advocacy for issues like immigration reform, and his willingness to confront those in power — the way he did... Continue »

What an Ex-Minuteman, Tom Tancredo, and Eric Cantor Have in Common Washington, DC – So much for the modernization of the Republican Party. In California, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly has a very real chance to win the state’s Republican primary in early June.  Donnelly is a former Minuteman, who once likened... Continue »

New Piece Reminds Us Who’s Really Driving the House Republican Agenda As the House Republicans continue to block a vote on immigration reform (and as Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) continues to let them), a new piece from Caitlin Dickson of the Daily Beast reminds us who’s... Continue »

This week, Jorge Ramos and Greg Sargent exposed the real GOP platform on immigration, and the fact that what they stand for is more deportations, since they don’t want President Obama to take executive action. Yesterday, the Supreme Court helped an application of that fact make headlines, when it declined to hear the case of Fremont,... Continue »

BuzzFeed: Lawmakers Concerned Executive Action On Immigration Could Mean Legal Limbo For Undocumented By Kate Nocera Washington Post: Biden defends remarks that undocumented immigrants are ‘already Americans’ By Katie Zezima Roll Call: Biden, Pelosi Mark Cinco de Mayo With Call for GOP Action on Immigration By David Eldridge The... Continue »

According to newly released Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) numbers, ICE only used prosecutorial discretion (PD) in 6.7% of immigration cases between October 2012 and March 2014.  The numbers once again underscore the deportation practices of an Obama Administration that supports immigration reform, yet keeps deporting those who would qualify for... Continue »

Associated Press: AP Newsbreak: US Weighs Curbing Deportations By Erica Werner The Hill: AFL-CIO demands deportation exemption to promote worker safety By Tim Devaney Washington Examiner: John Boehner’s double-speak rattles House immigration foes By Byron York Wall Street Journal: GOP Beats Democrats to Spanish-Language Airwaves By Beth Reinhard TIME:... Continue »