Do They Really Want to Keep Having the Same Fight Every Few Months? Today, Senate Republicans failed to invoke cloture on a House-passed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill that would overturn last November’s executive actions, end the DACA program for DREAMers and maximize deportations of undocumented immigrants...
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“GOP Holds Security Hostage to Immigration” In Congress, Republicans continue to insist that funding for the Department of Homeland Security be held up unless the President and Senate Democrats agree to end deferred action programs that benefit immigrants with deep roots in America. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
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Jan 30, 2015
Sen. Durbin, DREAMer, Legal Expert Talk Legislative and Judicial Landscape on Immigration Listen to a recording of today’s call here. On this week’s Office Hours press call, longtime immigration reform champion Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) was...
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In a strong show of unity, Senate Democrats joined together and sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today calling on him to pass a long-term Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill without ideologically-driven riders. Nevertheless, Senator McConnell announced that the Senate will move to the...
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Will Senate GOP Really Turn Critical Hearing on Attorney General Nominee into Anti-Immigrant Brawl? In Congress and on the campaign trail, Republicans have been busy in the new year burnishing their anti-immigrant brand image. In Washington, most of the anti-immigration action has taken place in the House of Representatives, where the GOP passed...
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It looks like the promised Republican vision of “responsible governance” has a decidedly anti-immigrant bent. In both chambers of Congress and in the early stages of the 2016 campaign, the Republican Party is adopting and embracing a restrictionist vision of immigration policy centered on maximizing deportations. Despite widespread recognition...
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About a dozen potential GOP presidential candidates are gathering this weekend at Steve King’s Iowa Freedom Summit, where they’ll hang out with Iowa voters, potentially build a base for their 2016 run, and just maybe make some mistakes that could cost the Republican Party enough Latino votes to lose the...
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In his latest article entitled, “Steve King Won’t Be GOP’s Sister Souljah”, Frank Wilkinson of Bloomberg View examines how the nativist views of Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is poisoning the GOP brand and hurting the 2016 presidential aspirants. It’s a must-read ahead of this weekend’s Freedom Summit in Iowa...
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Iowans from Across the State Send Clear Message to 2016 Hopefuls & Preview Plans for Targeting Candidates on Immigration at Saturday’s Summit Listen to a recording of today’s call here. This weekend, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) will host the Iowa Freedom Summit–the first major gathering of 2016 Republican candidates...
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Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions (R-AL) is expected to be selected by his Republican colleagues to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration. He’ll be assisted by Senator David Vitter (R-LA), who’s expected to be selected as “Vice Chair” of the Subcommittee and who has intimate knowledge of the...
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