If you caught the buzz about the “Marcophone” yesterday—the false story about how the Senate immigration reform bill would grant undocumented immigrants a free cell phone—you can thank our favorite Gang of 8 member, Sen. Jeff Sessions. We like to call it WWJD—What WOULDN’T Jeff Do to try and...
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Apr 17, 2013
Last night, the Gang of Eight came together and officially introduced their immigration bill. It includes an incredible victory for us — a path to citizenship. Look at how far we’ve come. You and I have been working for this moment for years. We have successfully demanded that the Senate...
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Early this morning the Senate Gang of 8 introduced their bipartisan immigration bill. The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, reacting to today’s news: We applaud the Senate Gang of 8’s efforts and are very optimistic that we are closer than...
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Early this morning, the Senate Gang of 8 introduced its highly anticipated immigration bill. On a press call today, a diverse group of national leaders from the Alliance for Citizenship (A4C) reacted to the new bill and shared their thoughts on what this means for the legislative debate ahead. Today’s bill introduction follows...
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Leaders from the Alliance for Citizenship Embrace the Path to Citizenship, Remain Vigilant about Potential Obstacles Ahead Early this morning, the Senate Gang of 8 introduced its highly anticipated immigration bill. On a press call today, a diverse group of national leaders from the Alliance for Citizenship (A4C) reacted...
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A roundup of statements in response to the long-awaited Gang of 8 immigration bill: Gang of 8 Senators: Our immigration system is broken and it is time for a national conversation about how to fix it. We believe common-sense immigration reform is vital in order to secure America’s borders,...
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The bipartisan Senate Gang of 8 immigration bill is finally here! Read it here. Politico: A rocky path to immigration reform By Manu Raju, Carrie Budoff Brown and Anna Palmer Washington Post: Inside the immigration bill: E-Verify expansion draws fire By Rosalind Helderman Washington Post: Inside the immigration bill:...
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Some people never learn. After the 2012 elections, in which Republicans lost Hispanic voters by more than a 3-1 margin, many Republicans started coming around on immigration reform and accepting the need to move forward on legislation. The Republican National Committee admitted the party needed to rebrand itself with...
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As the Senate Gang of 8 prepares to roll out an immigration bill, CBS News today had this post on the immigration and the Latino vote–that is, why there is so much support for immigration reform in the first place (because it matters electorally). In 2012, Mitt Romney engaged...
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Over the weekend, the notoriously anti-immigrant Senator from Alabama, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions (R), appeared on ABC’s “This Week” to assert his role as the leading opponent of the Senate bipartisan reform bill. As Think Progress noted, the main thrust of Sessions’ economic claim wasn’t even true – and was...
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