Associated Press: White House Wants Delay in DOD Immigration Plan By Jim Kuhnhenn Politico: White House seeks Pentagon delay on immigration By Seung Min Kim The Hill: White House seeks delay of DOD immigration rule By Justin Sink Politico: Eric Cantor unleashes red meat mailings By Jake Sherman Huffington...
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Today, Welcome.us released many videos, including two celebrity spots, in order to kick off the first-ever Immigrant Heritage Month. One of the celebrity spots features Skylar Grey performing one of her hit songs “Coming Home”. Her video honored all of the immigrants who serve in the military. The video...
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Steve King Anti-DREAMer Vote; DACA Anniversary; and Senate Bill Passage Anniversary Will the GOP Exit June as the Anti-Immigrant Party, or as a Party Capable of Winning the White House in 2016? As the calendar turns to June, this month will see three different immigration-related anniversaries that add up...
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Family Relieved to Continue Life Without Imminent Threat of Deportation; Commits to Pushing for a Long Term Solution Seattle, WA – After tirelessly building public support for keeping their family together, Jaime Rubio Sulficio and Keiko Maruyama won a reprieve on Jaime’s deportation from Washington State Immigration and Customs...
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Huffington Post: Obama Administration Plans To Let Some Young Undocumented Immigrants Join The Military By Ryan J. Reilly and Elise Foley Vox: The problem with Obama’s new plan to let unauthorized immigrants serve in the military By Dara Lind New York Times: Pentagon Plan to Enlist Young Immigrants Is...
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It’s been a year and a half since the 2012 election, and loser Mitt Romney has been slowly evolving on immigration reform, a key factor in his losing the Latino vote and thus the election. When we heard from Mitt last November, he’d realized that his approach to Latino voters...
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“Qué Pasa” is our weekly roundup of news, opinion, and links from Spanish-Language online news publications: America’s Voice: The core of immigration discord The article discusses the struggle of passing immigration reform and the effect it has on both Republicans and Democrats. The Majority Leader in the Senate, Harry Reid says...
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Today, Rep. Luis Gutierrez along with other members of Congress held a press conference on Capitol Hill to remind Republicans that time is running out for them to act on immigration reform. If they don’t indicate soon that they are willing to move on legislation, then the reform process will...
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Julia Preston at the New York Times today has a piece illustrating the grim reality of what it means for immigrants to still be waiting on immigration reform, a year after the Senate passed its bill while House Republicans have done nothing. This week, President Obama announced that his review of...
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Wall Street Journal: Homeland Security Secretary Open to Ratcheting Back Some Deportations By Laura Meckler Think Progress: With Window For Reform Narrowing, House Members Ratchet Up Enforcement Against Immigrants By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Latinos Post: Immigration Reform Law, News and Process 2014: Vice President Joe Biden Urges Republicans to...
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