While cable news channels have been in its usual hysterics over a few hard-core anti-immigrant cranks showing up at a Senator John McCain town hall meeting this week, the person most unbothered by those cranks has been Senator John McCain himself. He dismissed the confrontation as a normal event,...
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The buzz in news this week involves a recent John McCain town hall event in Arizona, where he was heckled by anti-immigrant opponents shouting about stopping immigrants with guns and expressing beliefs that all immigrants are on welfare (actually, they’re not eligible). In contrast to the extremism in Arizona, we want to share this video...
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Feb 20, 2013
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” today, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd reiterated his optimism that immigration reform will pass this year. Said Todd, “Just one number you need to know: 71. That was the percentage of Hispanics that Obama won…It’s gonna happen.” Whether one relies on the 71% figure from...
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Yesterday, we wrote about the weakness of the anti-immigrant movement and their apparent inability to turn out support. Today, some of the big news headlines are about a John McCain town hall event in Arizona, where a handful of overzealous anti-immigrant cranks heckled the Senator over his support for...
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Washington Post (Wonkblog): Undocumented immigrants would have 13-year wait for citizenship under Obama plan By Suzy Khimm New America Media: Who Will Benefit Most From an Immigration Reform Bill? By Elana Shore New York Times: Obama Works the Phones to Calm Tensions on Immigration Plan By Ashley Parker New...
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As momentum builds each day for immigration reform, leaders announced today a new national campaign designed to support a rapidly growing movement for immigration reform. On a conference call with reporters, national leaders from the newly formed Alliance for Citizenship (A4C) laid out the principles and action plan to...
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This weekend, USA Today published details of a White House draft immigration bill, setting off a furious round of Washington hand-wringing, analysis, and recriminations. In light of the leaked plan and related speculation, America’s Voice Education Fund adds the following: Relax. Breathe deeply. Things remain on track for real...
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Over the holiday weekend, the big news in immigration reform was the leak of President Obama’s immigration bill–and Marco Rubio’s harsh response to it. The President’s plan would create a Lawful Prospective Immigrant visa for the 11 million aspiring Americans already in the US. If they passed background checks,...
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Last week a member of Congress — Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) — harassed, screamed at, and threatened an 18-year-old DREAMer who was visiting him with her faith-based community group. Jessica Bravo just wanted to talk to her representative like any other constituent. But when she mentioned her undocumented status,...
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A disturbing new article in USA Today, based on a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the ACLU of North Carolina, highlights how the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been focused on meeting deportation quotas by targeting, arresting and deporting...
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