Republicans are supposed to be reaching out to Latino voters, but last year all they did was stall on immigration reform, pass the enforcement-only SAFE Act out of committee, and give Steve King a vote on his amendment to deport DREAMers. This year isn’t looking much better. Senate Republicans this week clamored to...
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Proposed Amendment to Child Tax Credit Further Evidence that GOP Hasn’t Learned Key Lessons Regarding Scapegoating and Singling Out Latino Immigrant Families After the 2012 election cycle, the Republican National Committee (RNC) argued in its post-election autopsy report that the GOP needed to help pass immigration reform and that,...
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McClatchy: Obama is using executive power to affect immigration law By Anita Kumar VOXXI: House GOP could back immigration reform with path to legal status By Griselda Nevarez Roll Call: Democrats Whipping Ayotte Amendment, With Immigration Politics Center Stage By Meredith Shiner MSNBC: GOP amendment pits unemployed against undocumented...
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For more about today’s big story on how more than 100 Ohioans walked 20 miles to stop the deportation of Ricardo Ramos, check out this news piece from Channel 3 WKYC news:
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In Ohio, more than 100 advocates are continuing their 20 mile pilgrimage to call attention to the deportation system and the separation of families. Last week, we profiled Marisela, who is leading today’s march, whose husband and brother died in the desert as they were trying to re-cross into the...
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Today, more than 100 Ohio advocates are walking 20 miles through the Cleveland winter to protest deportations and the broken immigration system. They are being led by Marisela, an immigrant mother and widow whose husband and brother were deported after living in the US for 25 years, and who...
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Next Monday, January 13th, advocates in Cleveland, Ohio will be walking a 20-mile pilgrimage to highlight the cost of inaction on immigration reform, and the fact that our broken system separates families. Ricardo Ramos of Painesville, Ohio is facing deportation on January 16th–his daughter’s 12th birthday. Ricardo is the...
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On our weekly Office Hours call today, we had the privilege of hearing the story of Marisela, a woman from northern Ohio who will be leading next week’s 20-mile pilgrimage to the Church of St. Casimir in Cleveland, to pray for relief for Ricardo Ramos and other immigrants. Marisela...
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Immigration on the House’s 2014 Agenda, But Where’s the Republicans’ Bill? It’s clear that immigration reform is on the agenda for the House in 2014, and a plan to address the status of 11 million aspiring Americans will likely be a central component of that debate. This week Speaker...
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Miami Herald: Rubio: Distrust of Obama hurts immigration reform By Marc Caputo Politico: Bob Goodlatte pushes immigration solution By Seung Min Kim BuzzFeed: House GOP Will Address Fate Of 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants In ‘Principles’ By John Stanton American Prospect: The Mythical Monolith By Gabriel Arana Fusion: Gutiérrez: Obama...
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