Commentators from a number of outlets this week made it clear that the only enemy immigration reform has ever faced, and the only culprit that will ever exist in the death of immigration reform—if it dies—is the House GOP Leadership, starting with Speaker John Boehner. On Wednesday, Politico published...
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Bloomberg: McCain Enlists Business on Immigration Amid Party Rift By Kathleen Hunter Talking Points Memo: Pro-Immigration Advocate: We’ll Kick The GOP’s Ass If They Block Reform By Sahil Kapur NBC Latino: An August surprise? ‘Avalance of opposition’ didn’t happen, say immigration reform advocates By Sandra Lilley Cleveland Plain Dealer:...
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Aug 29, 2013
Strong End to August Recess and Path Forward for Immigration Reform- The Fight Is Just Getting Started! Today, in a conference call with reporters, immigration reform leaders and allies reviewed Immigration Reform Summer’s August recess events and discussed what’s next for immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Moderated...
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The Atlantic: Obama’s Immigration Nuclear Option: Stopping Deportations Unilaterally By Molly Ball Latin Times: Immigration Reform 2013: Would Obama Take Executive Action To Stop Deportations If A Bill Fails? By David Iaconangelo KPBS Radio: AZ Senators Remain Optimistic On Immigration Reform By Jude Joffe-Block ThinkProgress: Truth Bomb: Chief Opponent...
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Earlier this week, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte explained to Univision Radio his plans for creating a permanent underclass by giving undocumented immigrants “a legal status,” but not citizenship. Then he had the audacity to say, “So there is no permanent underclass, there is no distinction other than to say people...
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Idea of Permanent, Second-Class Status Out of Step With Today’s Values and Principles As our nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington today, the immigration debate in Congress is providing politicians with a chance to prove whether they have learned from history or are doomed to repeat the...
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, when Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders announced their dream for a future of equality. Church World Service—a faith group that 50 years ago provided blankets to all those who came to Washington—has an op-ed in the...
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New York Times: On Immigration, a Republican Carves Out Some Middle Ground By Ashley Parker Washington Post (Blog): Updated: Congressman says he understands DREAMers’ plight because he’s from Arkansas By Alex Seitz-Wald RawStory: Republican to DREAMers: I understand immigration because I was born in Arkansas By David Ferguson Press...
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Nice try, Gary Miller. Rep. Gary Miller, a Republican from California, has historically been known as an anti-immigrant hardliner, despite representing a district that is nearly half Latino and that went for President Obama by 17 points last November. He’s been spending this year trying to delete traces of...
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Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) apparently didn’t pay attention to the firestorm of criticism that surrounded Rep. Scott Desjarlais (R-TN) last week, following a Tennessee town hall where the latter refused to help an 11-year-old girl whose father is in deportation proceedings. “I have a dad who’s undocumented,” the 11-year-old...
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