Momentum is building each day for immigration reform, with a full-throated legislative debate set to start in the coming weeks. Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the third in a series of weekly press briefings, or Immigration Reform “Office Hours.” Each week, a different and diverse...
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The How and Why of an Inclusive Path to Citizenship for Immigrants Without Papers Momentum is building each day for immigration reform, with a full-throated legislative debate set to start in the coming weeks. Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the third in a series...
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The Colorado ASSET legislation – a state tuition bill that will allow young immigrants living in Colorado to pay in-state tuition for college – has just passed a final vote in the Colorado House today with a 40-21 vote margin, its last step before arriving on the desk of...
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It’s been a big week in immigration, with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush first coming out against citizenship in immigration reform legislation–then being forced to walk back to his old, pro-citizenship position. It goes to show how far the debate has come in such a short amount of time,...
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The botched Jeb Bush media tour and related controversy over his immigration positioning dominated this week’s immigration news. But the debate also clarified the fact that a road to earned citizenship is already the mainstream position on immigration reform. As Mayor Julián Castro and Frank Sharry remind us, citizenship...
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The botched Jeb Bush media tour and related controversy over his immigration positioning dominated this week’s immigration news. But the debate also clarified the fact that a road to earned citizenship is already the mainstream position on immigration reform. As Mayor Julián Castro and Frank Sharry remind us, citizenship...
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March 2013 | Download PDF here. A majority of Americans agree that Congress should pass an immigration law with a path to citizenship for immigrants here without papers. For this proposal to succeed, it has to be as inclusive and accessible as possible. Following are some of the key...
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Huffington Post (Blog): Immigrants Yearn to Be Americans, Not a Permanent Underclass By Frank Sharry National Journal: What Undocumented Workers Really Want By Fawn Johnson MSNBC: Matt Staver on “The Cycle:” The push for immigration reform is getting some help from an unlikely source San Antonio Express-News: Castro talks...
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Cross-posted at Huffington Post. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to…be part of a permanent underclass in American society…”? Oops. Wrong America. While the italicized words above are mine, the opening words come from the inspiring poem by Emma Lazarus. Inscribed on the pedestal of...
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