Apr 29, 2014
The New Republic: Boehner’s Talk on Immigration Reform Isn’t Very Convincing By Nora Caplan-Bricker USA Today: Tech industry creates fears among immigration advocates By Erin Kelly Daily Beast: Boehner vs. The Base on Immigration By Patricia Murphy Latin Times: Immigration Reform 2014: John Boehner Under Fire For Comments Mocking...
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) recently generated wide attention by mocking his fellow House Republicans’ unwillingness to tackle immigration reform. Yet the tough words from the Speaker about his conference belie the simple fact that Speaker Boehner himself could put immigration reform to a floor vote if he so desired and...
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New York Times: Immigration Resurfaces in Tough Talk by Speaker By Ashley Parker and Michael D. Shear Associated Press: House Speaker Boehner draws criticism from both sides over immigration comments By Erica Werner The Hill: Boehner’s immigration problem By Alexander Bolton Latin Times: Obama Administration Deportation Policy Changes May...
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According to newly released Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) numbers, ICE only used prosecutorial discretion (PD) in 6.7% of immigration cases between October 2012 and March 2014. The numbers once again underscore the deportation practices of an Obama Administration that supports immigration reform, yet keeps deporting those who would qualify for...
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ICE Director, Rebecca Adducci, Continues to Target Cornejo Family; School and Supporters Vow to Keep Fighting the Deportation Today, local Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director, Rebecca Adducci, granted a temporary reprieve for Maria Esmeralda Cornejo—a 14 year Columbus, Ohio resident and mother of three U.S. citizen children under...
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Immigration reform advocates outside Kevin McCarthy‘s office weren’t the only ones demonstrating demonstrating for reform yesterday. In Oregon, farmworkers, students, faith leaders, and labor leaders with Pineros y Campensinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), Oregon Action, Causa Oregon, and Rural Organizing Project held an act of civil disobedience inside Rep. Greg Walden...
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State of Play on Politics and Policy, In Congress and the Administration Pressure from across the country continued to mount this week on both House Republicans and the Obama Administration. On this week’s Office Hours call, we discussed the policy changes prioritized by members of the immigrant and Latino...
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Advocates Applaud U.S. Attorney Hickton for Delivering Justice, Urge Eric Holder to Follow Hickton’s Lead After a hard fought public campaign to reunite him with his U.S. citizen children, 24-year Ohio resident Jose Alfredo Ramos Gallegos received justice today. As Lisa Thompson of the Erie Times-News reports: U.S. Attorney David J....
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Speaker Boehner may supposedly want to pass immigration reform, but the Steve King caucus in the House, of course, does not. King and his right-wingers were given voice this week when 22 anti-immigrant Senators wrote a letter to President Obama claiming that any executive action on deportations would amount to...
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So why doesn’t Speaker Boehner just give us a floor vote on immigration reform already? He clearly wants to. Yesterday, the Speaker made headlines after speaking at the Middletown Rotary Club in his home district, where he mocked his own caucus for being afraid to pass immigration reform. “Here’s...
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