May 13, 2014
Wall Street Journal: Chamber’s Chief: Without Immigration Bill, GOP Should Skip ’16 Presidential Race By Laura Meckler Politico: Chamber of Commerce gives ultimatum to GOP By Kevin Robillard MSNBC: Chamber of Commerce: Pass immigration reform, or give up 2016 By Amanda Sakuma Huffington Post: Chamber Of Commerce President To...
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At Reuters today is a piece about Marco Rubio’s desperate attempt to rehabilitate himself with conservative Republicans, after losing some of their love by joining the Senate Gang of 8 on immigration reform. As Reuters notes: A year after falling out of favor with fellow conservatives over his push to reform...
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Speaker Boehner today was speaking to business leaders in San Antonio when he once again deflected blame for not passing immigration reform away from himself and his House GOP caucus. “Here’s my problem today, the president has decided he’s not going to adhere to the law,” Boehner said according...
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BuzzFeed: Mark Zuckerberg Group Highlights DREAMer Mom’s Near-Deportation Ahead Of Mother’s Day By Adrian Carrasquillo Think Progress: Immigrant Released From Detention in Time to Celebrate Mother’s Day With Her Sons By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Roll Call: Deadline for Immigration Overhaul Is August, Says Diaz-Balart By Bridget Bowman The Hill:...
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May 9, 2014
Mothers and Grandmothers in Deportation Show Urgent Need for Legislative and Administrative Reform As House Republicans continue to offer weak excuses for their failure to lead on immigration reform, the costs and consequences of their inaction are on full display and the calls for President Obama to use his...
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An ad running in the Mother’s Day edition of the Denver Post names Colorado House Republicans Cory Gardner and Mike Coffman as blocking immigration reform that would keep thousands of Colorado immigrant families together. The half-page ad, running in this Sunday’s paper, features a message from the children of...
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Two months after immigrants launched a hunger strike at the privately run, for-profit Tacoma Detention Center, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) has introduced the Accountability in Immigration Detention Act. According to Maru Mora Villalpando of the #Not1More deportation campaign, the Tacoma hunger strikers are directly responsible for making this legislation happen. As she siad: This...
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Wall Street Journal: Activists Turn Up Heat on Democrats Over Deportations By Laura Meckler Associated Press: Holder: ‘Troubling’ reports of school districts making it tough to enroll immigrant children By Kimberly Hefling USA Today: White House: Don’t discourage undocumented from schools By Alan Gomez Huffington Post: Administration Combats Policies...
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As House Republicans Stall Immigration Reform, America’s Voice Website Starts Countdown Clock
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