This Sunday, Donald Trump will deliver a speech at CPAC that reportedly will focus heavily on immigration. This begs a few questions: Didn’t we just emerge from multiple election cycles in which Trump and the GOP ran hard on Democrats’ supposed radicalism on immigration? Didn’t Trump attack Biden on...
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Frank Sharry: “As a nation, we are ready to turn the page on Trump’s hatred for immigrants and show ourselves and the world that we are the welcoming nation we aspire to be.” In the coming days, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Representative Linda Sanchez (D-CA) are expected...
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McConnell, Cotton, Young move to deny stimulus payments to people who already don’t get them Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said today that denying stimulus checks to undocumented immigrants is his top goal today as the Senate debates COVID-19 relief measures. Reliably anti-immigrant Sen. Tom Cotton is also...
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Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are set to unveil a bipartisan version of the Dream Act, legislation to provide a road to citizenship for nearly 2 million Dreamers who are Americans in all but paperwork. The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of...
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America needs to protect all essential workers, and to legalize undocumented essential workers Last week, a nitrogen leak at a poultry plant in Gainesville, GA killed six workers and injured many others. A follow-up New York Times story by Richard Fausset and Miriam Jordan, “A Georgia Chicken Town Reels...
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El lanzamiento de la campaña We Are Home es otro recordatorio de que las cosas que parecían inamovibles en inmigración han cambiado. El progreso real es posible. Este año. Biden envió un audaz y amplio proyecto de ley de inmigración desde su primer día en el cargo. El nuevo...
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This is the year. Now is the time. Yesterday’s launch of the We Are Home campaign is another reminder that the tectonic plates have shifted on immigration. Real progress is possible. This year. Biden introduced a bold and sweeping bill immigration bill on day one. The new administration has...
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Trump’s nativism backfired, driving a majority of voters to become even more pro-immigrant The Biden administration’s Day One announcements on immigration reflect a decided shift in public opinion. Americans are much more pro-immigrant than ever before. These findings suggest that on immigrants and immigration policy, Republicans are speaking...
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Editorials, columnists, and observers are weighing in to support the confident immigration vision President Biden has put forward through legislation and executive action. The Washington Post editorial: Biden’s bold immigration plan would really put America first President Biden has served notice that his ambitious immigration plan is in the...
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New PRRI Polling Finds 80% of Americans Back a Permanent Solution for Undocumented Immigrants, Including 64% Support for Citizenship The Biden administration went right to work on Day One to begin reversing the cruelty and chaos of Trump’s war on immigrants. The new administration’s approach offers a dramatic and...
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