Apr 30, 2013
Cross-posted at Left in Alabama: Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected Alabama’s appeal to consider the state’s 2011 “show me your papers” anti-immigration law, formally known as HB 56. As a refresher, Alabama’s anti-immigrant law made international news for its Draconian “self-deportation” provisions, including targeting the...
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Cross-posted from Laws.com After many months of bargaining and compromise, the so-called “Gang of Eight”, a bipartisan group of senators, has come up with legislation that promises to genuinely reform our immigration system. This legislation would tighten border security even further, expand legal immigration for the next 10 years,...
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New York Times: Immigration Splits Senator From Mentor By Ashley Parker USA Today: Tech companies driving the lobbying on immigration By Fredreka Schouten and Alan Gomez Laws.com: America’s Voice Education Fund and the Debate on Immigration Reform Voxxi: Deferred action: 99.5 percent of requests approved? USCIS refutes claim By...
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The immigration world is still waiting to see what House Republicans will do with an immigration bill on their side of the Hill, and Judiciary Committee chair Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) has already indicated that he wants to move House legislation in pieces. Greg Sargent writes in the Washington...
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Cross-posted at Left in Alabama A lower court’s ruling striking down most of Alabama’s HB 56 law will stand, we learned when the Supreme Court announced it would not not hear the state’s appeal to revive its worst-in-the-nation anti-immigrant law. It was two years ago that Alabama passed HB 56, a horribly strict...
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Voxxi (Opinion): Some Republicans stuck in the past when it comes to immigration reform By Lynn Tramonte NBC Latino: Graham: Economy will “fall apart” without immigration reform By Sandra Lilley and Lori Montenegro Arizona Republic: Reform tied to immigrant taxes By Dan Nowicki PolicyMic: Immigration Reform 2013: House Republicans Are...
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Cross-posted at Burnt Orange Report If there’s such a thing as a GOP demographic doomsday clock, it’s ticking down to the day when Latino voters turn Texas blue and the Republicans cease winning national elections. A new post at The Hill from columnist Brent Budowksy argues that that day...
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Cross-posted at Burnt Orange Report Today, The Houston Chronicle published a searing op-ed from Cesar Vargas of the DREAM Action Coalition, which targeted Texas Senator John Cornyn on immigration. At America’s Voice, we consider Cornyn to a big hypocrite on immigration, so big of a hypocrite that we even gave him...
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Following introduction of the bipartisan Senate immigration bill the legislative debate kicked in quickly, giving a glimpse into how members from both sides of the aisle are lining up to support or oppose reform. Spurred in large part by historically low levels of support from Latino voters in the...
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Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the ninth in a series of weekly press briefings, or Immigration Reform “Office Hours.” Each week, a different and diverse group of speakers shares the latest information on the players, politics, legislation and other developments in the debate in...
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