How About a Vote Instead of a Video? No words can describe just who exactly the House GOP thinks it’s fooling by releasing this new video celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (one has to look no further than the viewer comments to see that we are not alone). The video begins by...
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No words can describe just who exactly the House GOP thinks it’s fooling, in releasing this new video today celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. The video begins by featuring House GOP leaders John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and Kevin McCarthy, before going on to speaking parts from Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Bill...
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Bob Goodlatte’s SAFE Act–or as we alternatively call it, the unSAFE Act, the Safe-to-Profile Act, and the Arpaio Act–is a punitive and discriminatory piece of legislation that House Republicans are expected to take up this fall. Last week, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, led by Reps. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) and...
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California–home to the largest number of Latinos, immigrants, and minorities in the nation–is taking a couple of significant steps forward for immigrants and immigration reform this week. And, as we’ve noted many, many times, California should serve as a wake-up call to the Republican Party. First, Governor Jerry Brown has indicated...
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Since the Senate immigration bill passed earlier this year, House Republicans have been jumping on every possible excuse to avoid passing similar legislation–blaming President Obama, Democrats, the legislative calendar, and now an upcoming vote on Syria for why they haven’t yet taken action on immigration reform. A post from...
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Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) appeared on the Washington, DC NPR affiliate’s“Kojo Nnamdi Show.” And once again, he made it painfully clear why he should not be entrusted with driving the House immigration agenda forward. According to MSNBC’s Benjy Sarlin’s assessment of yesterday’s radio appearance, “Goodlatte...
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These days, Republicans are once again making procedural excuses for not passing immigration reform–claiming that the calendar for the rest of the year is too crowded to pass legislation. The Washington Post today has a fantastic editorial calling this out–and calling out the standard-bearer for this do-nothing Congress, Rep....
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As Congress returns to work next week, one thing is clear: the immigration reform movement has never been stronger. And the movement gets stronger every day. We continue to build political power while our opponents continue to lose credibility. After the August recess, another thing is clear: we now have the...
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Led by CREDO Action, MoveOn and Reform Immigration for America advocates delivered over 600,000 petitions to Speaker John Boehner today with a very clear message: We want a vote on a path to citizenship. The petitions were delivered to Boehner at his district office in West Chester, Ohio this...
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Aug 30, 2013
The most influential House Member on immigration is not the Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) or the Republican House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), but Democrat Luis Gutierrez (D-IL). It is impossible to imagine how immigration reform can pass the House without the backing of...
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