Message from Pro-Reform Movement: Set a Date for Votes on Immigration Reform or Face Political Consequences Pressure is ratcheting up from the right, left and center for the House of Representatives to move forward on immigration reform with a path to citizenship. The only thing missing is the scheduling...
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EDIT: Unfortunately, Franks has since walked back his support. This weekend, Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) became the first House Republican to support HR 15, and Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) became the 29th House Republican to support immigration reform with a path to citizenship. According to the Arizona Republic, immigration reform advocates...
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Talking Points Memo: Advocates Agitated As GOP Strikes Defiant Tone On Immigration Reform By Sahil Kapur Ring of Fire Radio: Will the GOP Accept Obama’s Peace Offering? By Richard Andrew Daily Sentinel (Colorado): West Slope voters want immigration reform, poll shows By Gary Harmon Daily Sentinel (Colorado – Editorial):...
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On today’s “Al Punto” public affairs show on Univisión, hosted by Jorge Ramos, Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) announced that he will become the first Republican to co-sponsor HR 15, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.” The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s...
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An unnamed aide in Politico claims that immigration reform won’t see a vote this year–but two days ago, Majority Leader Eric Cantor himself spoke differently, saying on the House floor that he expects that immigration reform will move forward this year. And he should know–that same day, Rep. David Valadao...
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Today’s MSNBC segment with Chris Hayes (and guest Jose Diaz-Balart) is a must-watch, with Hayes repeatedly calling out Speaker Boehner and pointing out that there are zero excuses left to not pass immigration reform. Hayes pointed out that the “countours of the immigration reform fight are strikingly similar to...
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Advocates Discuss Plans to Ramp Up the Inside and Outside the Beltway Pressure on the House GOP Today, on a press call with reporters, national and local immigration leaders discussed upcoming plans to ramp up the pressure on the House GOP to turn their words into action on immigration...
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Whoa. Did Congressman Joe Heck (R-NV) just rip his own House leadership for not being more active on immigration reform this year? Apparently, gossip that the House may not hold a vote on immigration this year (which is, by the way, contrary to what Speaker Boehner and leaders like Eric...
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Since the shutdown and debt ceiling negotiations wrapped up last week, Republicans have been using that as the latest excuse for why they can’t do immigration reform. As Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) recently said: For us to go to a negotiation, to the negotiating table with President Obama after...
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Rep. Darrell Issa’s upcoming immigration bill, which has yet to be publicly released, already has one conservative detractor, albeit not a very credible one. Yesterday, ICE union president Chris Crane gave an exclusive interview to Breitbart in which he urged Issa to forgo introducing his bill–and in the process, compared...
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