Apr 4, 2014
Rep. Gutierrez Joins Immigrant, Labor and Faith Leaders to Discuss 2 Million Deportations Mark, Border Mass, Cesar Chavez Movie and More As the groundbreaking “Cesar Chavez” biopic hit movie theatres last weekend, Catholic Bishops shone a spotlight on the need to end family separations this week, and activists in...
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As Vulnerable House Members Try to Move Something Tiny on Immigration Reform, Steve King and the “Hell No” Caucus Rear Up to Stop Them; Will House Leadership Stand Up to King and His Cohort of Extremists, or Say Adios to Denham and Others? Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) is trying...
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Guti: If the House GOP Won’t Act, the President Will Washington, DC – This morning on the floor of the House of Representatives Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) told House Republicans that time is running out for them to take action on immigration reform. If action isn’t taken by the...
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It was quite the busy Monday for the Senate’s leading anti-immigrant member, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL). By objecting to a Senate resolution honoring Latino civil rights hero Cesar Chavez and touting the shoddy “research” of allied anti-immigrant organization the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), Sen. Sessions offered a fresh...
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Krikorian’s Employee Stephen Steinlight Has This to Say This About Religious Leaders Who Support Immigration Reform: “God help me, find a baseball bat, there would be a whole lot fewer of them around.” Washington, DC–Right Wing Watch has a video of Stephen Steinlight, senior policy analyst at the Center for...
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Mar 27, 2014
A range of observers are capturing the dire political implications for the Republican Party should they continue to block immigration reform this year. Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas writes a new column in The Hill, titled “GOP DOA in 2016,” that captures how the short-sightedness of the Republican Party...
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The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent breaks an important story today – the news that President Obama floated executive action on immigration by summer, should House Republicans continue to block immigration reform legislation. Read Sargent’s must read analysis, “On immigration, the GOP’s window for action is closing fast,” below: Today...
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A Sign of How Much the Politics of Immigration Have Changed Democrats in the House of Representatives are demanding action on immigration reform and using a variety of procedural tactics, such as today’s “previous question” on the national parks bill and the filing of a “discharge petition,” to try to force a...
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The following is a press release from the Border Network for Human Rights Border Stakeholders Recognize Historic and Unprecedented Effort to Bring Quality, Oversight and Accountability to Border Enforcement El Paso, TX/Southern New Mexico– In the midst of a national discussion over the actions and strategies of US border...
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This Isn’t About Obama, This is About You In an attempt to circumvent House Republican leadership, who have refused to advance pro-immigration legislation through regular order, Democrats in the House of Representatives are set to file a discharge petition on HR 15 this week. For House Republicans who claim to be...
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