Today, Senators Richard Blumnethal (D-CT) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent their own letter to Obama asking the president to use his executive authority on immigration, thereby bolstering law enforcement and enhancing public safety. The letter comes a day after a similar effort from different Democratic Senators, and a week...
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Senate Democrats today threw their weight behind President Obama’s upcoming executive action on immigration, sending a letter to Obama asking him to “improve as much of the immigration system as you can.” As the letter reads: Immigrant communities have waited too long for House Republicans to catch up with the American public’s support for...
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UPDATE: Here are a few great quotes from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) showing her support: President should take big and bold action to make our immigration system work to better meet the needs of our country and reflect our values — Rep. Zoe Lofgren (@RepZoeLofgren) November 13, 2014 Congress and Constitution grant...
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UPDATED 11/11/14: Here’s an update from Chris Coons: @americasvoice I would support POTUS taking exec action. I wish it weren’t necessary, but GOP refuses to vote on the bipartisan Senate bill. — Senator Chris Coons (@ChrisCoons) November 10, 2014 Commentators and pollsters this week are lamenting that President Obama didn’t take executive action...
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October 17, 2014 update: Grimes has announced she will be taking the ad down: Grimes campaign tells immigration-reform advocates she will pull offending ad and not use ‘the i word’ – http://t.co/JwZr846FPL #kysen #CIR — Joe Sonka (@joesonka) October 17, 2014 UPDATE: A number of progressive and get-out-the-vote groups have...
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As November approaches, it is becoming ever clearer that President Obama’s decision to delay executive action for immigrants is having serious electoral consequences. In no less than three news articles from today, the story from the ground is that immigration reform matters — and Latino voters’ disenchantment with both parties is not...
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Sep 25, 2014
On the heels of high-profile editorials from La Opinión and Maribel Hastings, the Democratic National Committee today is launching national and state Spanish language radio ads pushing Latino voters in key states to vote in November. The ads are part of a seven-figure national paid media campaign and will air in...
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Today, the Democratic National Committee is hosting the Women’s Leadership Forum, featuring all-stars from President Obama to Hillary Clinton to Vice President Biden and others — making it the perfect opportunity for DREAMers and immigration reform advocates to voice their displeasure with Obama’s deportation policies and his delay on...
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Following a procedural vote that failed on the Senate floor this evening, in which Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) attempted to pass a procedural motion so they could bring forward a bill that would prevent future executive action on immigration by President Obama and strip work...
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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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