Like clockwork, here comes Steve King, once again making comments demeaning immigrants and claiming that military DREAMers wishing to join the armed services are “mercenaries” rather than patriots. According to Right Wing Watch, King was speaking with Iowa TV station KIMT last week when he falsely stated that those who would...
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In response to Steve King‘s recent comments that military DREAMers who show up to enlist should be put on a bus to Tijuana, FWD.us has put out two ads calling out King and lifting up the story of Alejandro Morales. Alejandro is a DREAMer who came to the United...
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Must-read at Politico is the story of Howard Dean Bailey, an immigrant from Jamaica who served his country — and then was deported. Bailey was 17 when he followed his mother from Jamaica to the US, immigrating legally with a green card. After high school, he enlisted in the...
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As Benjy Sarlin at MSNBC pointed out, even Mitt Romney supported legalization for military DREAMers. That means that the current House GOP, in refusing to consider Jeff Denham’s ENLIST Act as part of the defense authorization bill, is officially to the right of Romney — the DREAM Act-vetoing, SB 1070-supporting,...
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There are two things you can count on Steve King for: saying horribly nativist and discriminatory things about immigrants and Latinos — and doubling down on his assertions once they start getting him in trouble. After advocates began calling King out for his latest comments about wanting to deport...
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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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Steve King and some of the House’s worst anti-immigrant nativists got ugly this week in a Breitbart piece discussing bill text that could allow military DREAMers to become legal permanent residents. The ENLIST Act, championed by Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), would be added to a Department of Defense authorization bill...
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It seems that House Republicans can’t help themselves. Could it really be that their hatred for President Obama and immigrants is so intense that they want to get rid of common sense policies that help military families stay together? Yesterday and today, House Republicans are backing two bills –...
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The Department of Homeland Security announced today that relatives of U.S. military members with clean criminal records can obtain “parole in place,” which gives them protection from deportation and the ability to apply for a green card if they qualify. From Alan Gomez at USA Today: The Department of Homeland...
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Wearing t-shirts that said “DREAM Army,” a group of DREAMers led by the DRM Action Coalition demonstrated in front of the Capitol today in favor of allowing young immigrants to join the armed forces. A press conference followed, during which a collection of Congressmembers from both sides of the...
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