A Tea Party-sponsored call last night featuring Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)’s communication director and the Heritage Foundation’s Robert Rector also featured an alleged “joke” about shooting Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) over her potential support for immigration reform. According to Think Progress, this is what happened when the moderator opened...
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Reuters: Supporters of U.S. immigration bill unsettled by Rubio message By Caren Bohan Daily Kos: Reid confident in 60 immigration votes, so why give in even more? NATIONAL Washington Examiner: Ted Cruz opens up on immigration By Byron York NBC Latino: Crowd protests Senator Cruz on immigration and gun...
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Yesterday at DailyKos, Markos Moulitsas took a look at the amendments Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is proposing to the Senate immigration reform bill. Markos examines Hatch’s strategy in relation to the GOP’s fumbling attempts to attract Latino voters, and concludes that Hatch’s amendments could have negative impact on the GOP effort:...
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After several productive weeks for immigration reform in the Senate Judiciary Committee and ahead of a busy legislative push in both chambers in the coming weeks and months, this week’s congressional Memorial Day recess offers a chance for pause and reflection about immigration’s legislative state of play. Here are...
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That font of political wisdom on the politics of immigration, Steve King, has some advice for Marco Rubio: Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the tea party stalwart and potential 2014 U.S. Senate candidate, thinks Sen. Marco Rubio (R-IA) has hurt his 2016 prospects in Iowa with his leading role on...
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Last summer, we covered a civil rights trial against Arizona’s notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio and allegations that he and his Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office have been discriminating against Latino drivers on the basis of race. Last week, a federal judge officially found that the anti-immigrant practices of Arpaio and...
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Asian and Latino leaders in Nevada have asked him to support immigration reform. He’s met with key DREAMers and told them that he likes the Gang of 8 immigration bill so far. Now Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) is making the most public statement he has to date about where...
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Bloomberg: White House Woos Hispanic Leaders in Immigration Push By Lisa Lerer National Journal: For the Future of Immigration Reform, Look to 1986 By Fawn Johnson National Journal: Letter From Judiciary: How to Survive a Markup By Fawn Johnson MAJOR NATIONAL IMMIGRATION HEADLINES Washington Post: Conservatives stymied in attempts...
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May 24, 2013
This Memorial Day, America’s Voice and America’s Voice Education Fund would like to take time to honor our men and women in uniform. We’d also like to congratulate our military DREAMers, who won a big victory this week when the Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senator Blumenthal’s amendment 12, which would...
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Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the thirteenth in a series of weekly press briefings, or Immigration Reform “Office Hours.” Each week, a different and diverse group of speakers shares the latest information on the players, politics, legislation and other developments in the debate in...
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