4:05 PM EDIT: We almost missed this one. The “compliments” to immigrants just don’t stop when it comes to Steve King. Here’s another winner from him, according to Alan Colmes: …just a few days earlier, King gave an interview to Newsmax in which he claimed that the vast majority of undocumented...
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Politico: Immigration faces critical weeks By Jake Sherman and Seung Min Kim Voxxi: DREAMers Respond To KIDS Act: ‘We Will Not Stand For This’ By Griselda Nevarez The Morning Plum: John Boehner is the leader of House Republicans. Remember? By Greg Sargent Washington Post: Rep. Luis Gutiérrez explains how...
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In case you missed it, there’s a video you need to watch, first captured by The Nation’s George Zornick earlier this week. It’s created quite a buzz online already with over 45,000 views. On Monday, we wrote about the Tanton Network’s BALA Rally, an ugly attempt to sow division...
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Deep in a Jonathan Strong piece on the upcoming August recess and immigration reform is a quote from Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID), a close Boehner ally who says that most Republicans would support a comprehensive (rather than piecemeal) immigration bill–if it has even more border security than the Senate...
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Congressman Xavier Becerra and Immigration Reform Advocates Discuss Next Week’s House Hearing on the KIDS Act and State of Play in Congress Today, America’s Voice alongside other immigration advocates and policy experts held the nineteenth in a series of weekly “Office Hours” press briefings. Moderated by Frank Sharry, Executive Director at America’s Voice, today’s...
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Jorge Ramos has an interview with Steve King this weekend, and solicited questions to ask this morning via Twitter: I have an interview with Rep. Steve King on immigration reform. Any questions? — JORGE RAMOS (@jorgeramosnews) July 19, 2013 Here’s one: exactly when does Steve King think the US border...
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Summary: Political stakes for Republicans to act on broad immigration reform remain high; political space for Republicans to act on broad immigration reform grows; half-measure options–like a DREAM Act-lite under discussion–show Republican evolution is at the beginning stages. Conventional wisdom states that House Republican leadership has an intractable problem...
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Associated Press: Immigration backers, under pressure to do more, plan campaign to pressure House to pass bill Arizona Republic: ‘Amnesty’ losing emotional punch in immigration debate By Dan Nowicki Fox News Latino: House Republicans In Deep Disagreement Over Immigration Reform New York Times: Boehner Optimistic About Immigration Bill By...
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Cross-posted from Latino Decisions: New polling results released today show clear evidence that Latino voters now believe that the anti-immigrant voices in the House are not isolated individuals but that many Republicans in Congress hold these views. When hearing a quote from Republican Mo Brooks, “There is a surefire...
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August recess–a whole stretch of time from early August to early September when Congress is not in session–is coming up, and for immigration reform advocates that means one thing: mobilizing in Congressional districts across the nation to make it clear that we want immigration reform, now. Some local advocacy...
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