Notorious anti-immigrant extremist Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is again making incendiary immigration comments, while crowing about his role in setting the congressional direction on immigration policy. Like nearly everything associated with Steve King, his latest remarks would be viewed as extreme and almost laughably out-of-touch except for one thing:...
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Immigration reform advocates in Washington state today are holding a voter registration drive, and using the opportunity to remind House leaders like Speaker Boehner and Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (their own member of Congress) that there is a demographic and electoral imperative for them to pass immigration reform. Immigration reform supporters...
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Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL) represents a district that is 18% Hispanic, that has been listed as one of the top districts in the country where the Latino vote will have the greatest impact. Last November, a poll found that 78% of all voters there support immigration reform with a path to citizenship. And yet —...
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Speaking at a forum in Reno yesterday, Nevada Republican Senator Dean Heller stated, “I believe as I stand in front of you today, if you put comprehensive immigration reform on the floor of the House of Representative, it would pass today.” Senator Heller also predicted that “when and if this bill gets...
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Right Side News: Immigration Reform News and Impact on US Homeland Security February 19, 2014 Politico: White House faces rising grassroots heat on immigration By Reid J. Epstein Politico: Activists include immigration in ‘war on women’ By Seung Min Kim TIME: Women’s Groups Not Quitting on Immigration Reform By...
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Eliseo Medina, the former secretary-treasurer of SEIU who fasted 22 days for immigration reform last fall, visited Steve King’s district in Iowa yesterday to hold a #Fast4Families prayer service. Rep. King declined to be in attendance, even though he previously issued a challenge for people of faith to debate...
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Last night, the Washington state legislature passed a financial aid bill for DREAMers when it approved the state senate’s version of the Real HOPE Act (also known as the Washington DREAM Act) in a bipartisan 75-22 vote. The bill now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee (D)’s desk, and he...
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Fox News (Opinion): Republican leaders must keep Tea Party on the run By Juan Williams International Business Times: Republican Outlook For Immigration Reform? ‘We Have To Get Past The Primaries’ By Laura Matthews The Hill: Reid: Obama should look at deportation powers By Justin Sink Arizona Republic: Immigration issue...
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This morning, we wrote about the dozens of advocates who were arrested in an act of civil disobedience outside the White House yesterday, calling on President Obama to stop the separation of families. Advocates also still have their eye on Congress, where Speaker Boehner and his caucus have yet...
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And Why Relentless Demographics & Political Implications Will Win Out Below, America’s Voice offers our assessment of some of the recent developments in the immigration reform debate. Three reasons why the Republicans’ latest excuses for blocking immigration reform are transparently weak: 1. The Votes Exist in the House to...
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