In Case There Were Any Doubts, Military DREAMer Votes Shows King and Cohorts Still Rule Republican Party on Immigration Last night, House Republicans—led by the notorious anti-immigrant Reps. Steve King (R-IA) and Mo Brooks (R-AL)—voted, 221-202, to strike out a Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) sponsored amendment in the FY 2016...
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Yesterday, the Des Moines Register reported that likely 2016 Presidential candidate Jeb Bush will skip this year’s Iowa Straw Poll, which is hosted before every Presidential election by the Republican Party of Iowa. “Bush, a former Florida governor, is the first well-known Republican in the 2016 presidential field to officially...
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Maribel Hastings is a Senior Advisor to America’s Voice: This electoral season has brought another twist to the debate and the fight over immigration reform: it is no longer enough to know whether or not the candidates support immigration reform and a path to citizenship. A candidate’s position regarding the president’s executive actions...
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A new book from acclaimed political scientist Tom Schaller – entitled “The Stronghold: How Republicans Captured Congress but Surrendered the White House” – offers mountains of evidence for a point we’ve long made – that House Republicans’ dominant hardline views on immigration directly threaten the Republican Party’s ability to win back the presidency. Schaller...
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Most are Silent On Hillary’s Move; Graham Says Citizenship a Must; Crowd Cheers When Immigrants Called “Rats and Roaches” This past weekend offered another reminder why and how immigration reform is the GOP’s kryptonite: they touch it at their own peril; and when they do it divides them, befuddles...
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Her Bold Move This Week Puts the Ball in GOP Court, But Most Top Contenders Don’t Seem to Feel Like Playing In the aftermath of Hillary Clinton’s immigration remarks, which we view as both far-reaching and significant on policy and politically savvy, the silence from several of the leading 2016 Republican presidential contenders has...
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This morning, America’s Voice Executive Director Frank Sharry joined José Díaz-Balart on “The Rundown” to discuss 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s recent roundtable on immigration. Díaz-Balart and Sharry discussed Clinton’s promise to expand on President Obama’s 2014 immigration actions, which included the undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and permanent...
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Earlier today, Nevada DREAMer Astrid Silva appeared on José Diaz-Balart’s “The Rundown” to discuss her immigration roundtable with 2016 Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. Silva was one of the six immigrant activists — all of whom are either DACA recipients or have relatives who are undocumented — who shared their...
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Yesterday, Hillary Clinton met with DACA-mented immigrants in Nevada to discuss their families’ plans and dreams for the future. The roundtable at Rancho High School in Las Vegas was important because it provided a national platform for immigrants to share the personal side of what is typically portrayed as an abstract...
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Hillary Clinton’s immigration remarks yesterday embraced a far-reaching, pro-immigrant policy vision. The remarks, and their significance in the 2016 campaign context, also represent a bold political move that may prove to be historic. It is hard to downplay the significance of her remarks – no major presidential candidate has ever so...
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