May 17, 2011
President Barack Obama was right about a lot of things when he pushed for immigration reform last week. Not that it's going to make any difference. Disillusionment on the issue is pervasive. Most observers correctly interpreted his speech in the border town of El Paso as a political ploy...
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News of President Obama's recent push for immigration reform has hijacked the news this week, and media personalities have been all too vocal about what they think are Obama's real intentions for immigration reform. Some have called his efforts "insincere" while others have praised him for finally playing...
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Last week, Florida's business, faith and Hispanic communities came together to celebrate the defeat of Arizona-like immigration bills in the Florida legislature. They made it very clear -- they are done giving out free passes to Hispanic legislators that favor anti-immigrant bills.
Yet, just a week after this defeat, Rubio...
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Earlier this month, a prominent group of immigration attorneys wrote a memo detailing the President's executive authority on immigration related matters. To be blunt, the President's hands aren't tied. In the wake of the President's speech on immigration, editorial boards at major newspapers are calling on the President to...
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Does it matter that President Obama gave a big immigration speech yesterday? Probably not. In part, that's because Obama has no direct power over comprehensive-immigration reform. He can't write legislation and he can't pass legislation.
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FOR THE THIRD TIME in as many weeks, President Obama and his top domestic policy advisers hosted a group of prominent Hispanics and immigration experts the other day at the White House. That was followed by a policy speech on immigration reform Tuesday in El Paso.
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May 11, 2011
President Obama laid out a plan in El Paso on Tuesday that would continue to strengthen security along the southwest border, make it harder for businesses to hire illegal immigrants and overhaul the nation's visa system to attract better-educated foreigners to study and work in the United States.
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This afternoon President Obama delivered a speech on the need for immigration reform in El Paso, Texas. The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice Education Fund: First, the speech by President Obama today was strong, the efforts by his Administration to create...
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This afternoon President Obama delivered a speech on the need for immigration reform in El Paso, Texas.
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Edit: full prepared text of the speech here.
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