Jun 27, 2013
ABC/Univision: If Immigration Fails, Don’t Blame Democrats By Jordan Fabian USA Today: Some liberal groups turn on Senate immigration plan By Alan Gomez Washington Times: Immigration bill survives filibuster, speeds toward passage By Stephen Dinan International Business Times: Why The House Doesn’t Have To Pass A 2013 Immigration Reform...
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Update: the DOMA ruling has already had an effect. From Think Progress: A New York City immigration judge immediately stopped the deportation proceedings of a gay Colombian man who is legally married to an American citizen soon after the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) for...
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In the 2007 Senate immigration legislative debate, only 34 of 48 Democratic Senators voted to support immigration reform. In 2010, 5 Democratic Senators voted against the DREAM Act. By contrast, today’s 67-31 cloture vote indicates that when this week’s vote takes place on the Senate immigration bill – a...
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NBC Latino: VIDEO: Menendez, immigration advocates want to see reform “become a reality” By Alessandra Hickson Voxxi: Senate immigration reform bill ‘on track to pass’ this week By Griselda Nevarez Business Standard: US immigration Bill passes key test vote in Senate Associated Press: Senate passage of immigration bill on...
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Our own Executive Director here at America’s Voice, Frank Sharry, debated Laura Ingraham on Fox News last night, and made the case for why Republicans–including Ingraham, a hard-right-winger–should support immigration reform. As Frank said: Laura, the guts of this bill is the most massive expansion of immigration enforcement in...
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Fox News: Frank Sharry on “The O’Reilly Factor” Reuters: U.S. immigration bill passes key test vote in Senate NBC Latino: Senate votes to proceed with “border surge” amendment, immigration bill on track By Sandra Lilley Texas Tribune: U.S. Senators Prepare for Key Vote on Immigration Bill By Julian Aguilar...
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Remind Opponents What’s at Stake if Reform Fails in 2013 The Senate is just days away from voting on their bipartisan immigration bill and the House is poised to take up immigration in the coming weeks. Today, advocates and members of Congress hosted a Google+ Hangout to update...
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Yesterday, the Senate voted on the Corker/Hoeven “border surge” amendment. As our Executive Director Frank Sharry noted: The Corker-Hoeven border security amendment is terrible public policy and a bitter pill to swallow. It would waste billions of dollars on useless border fencing and an excessive number of border patrol agents,...
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With the Senate clearing an important procedural hurdle on immigration reform yesterday and prospects looking good for a strong bipartisan vote on final passage later this week, attention is moving to the House of Representatives. While the conventional wisdom among the commentariat is that the House will thwart immigration...
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This week, the Senate will vote on final passage on the Gang of 8 immigration bill, moving it one big step forward in the legislative process. Today, we held a live Google Hangout with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ, one of the Gang of 8) and other immigration reform advocates...
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