It’s the third week of August recess, and advocates across the country are continuing to drive momentum for immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. Twenty-four House Republicans have now come out in support of citizenship, largely due to constituent pressure at the grassroots level. Not only are supporters...
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Immigration Reform Movement Alive and Well; We’re Kicking Butt and Taking Names As the third week of August recess comes to a close with successful events across the country, more Republicans are coming out for a path to citizenship and immigration reform is alive and well. The pro-immigrant movement...
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While some observers are pessimistic about reform’s prospects, the immigration reform movement is on fire. This week offers more evidence that the pro-reform movement has never been stronger or broader and is prepared to hold all parties accountable until immigration reform with an inclusive legalization program and an achievable...
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This week, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) became the most recent and the twenty-fourth House Republican to publicly endorse a path to citizenship as part of an immigration overhaul. At a town hall in Utah, he told a local reporter that “there should be a pathway to citizenship, not a special pathway and not...
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Politifact: Marco Rubio fears Obama could ‘basically legalize’ all undocumented immigrants ‘by the sign of a pen’ Voxxi: Anti-immigration reform scare tactics not as effective as before By Griselda Nevarez Huffington Post: Tennessee Sheriff Ready To Stack Undocumented Immigrants In Jail ‘Like Cordwood’ By Elise Foley and Amanda Terkel...
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30 House Republicans and Counting Support Immigration Reform and Citizenship At America’s Voice, we believe there are enough votes for a path to citizenship to pass in the House — if Speaker Boehner will allow a vote. We’ve been compiling supportive quotes from GOP House members. As former Speaker...
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Aug 22, 2013
It’s Week 3 of August recess, and advocates of immigration reform are continuing to showcase their power by putting pressure on Members of Congress all over the country to support immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. The strength of our movement compared to the flailing efforts of our...
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Tennessee hasn’t particularly been known for being an anti-immigrant state, but this week it is making news in the immigration world for all the wrong reasons. Rep. Scott Desjarlais (R-TN), a former physician who was fined for having extramarital affairs with female patients and pressuring one to have an...
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Steve King is bad news for his party, a fact that was illustrated again this week when the co-chairman of the Polk County Republican Party in Iowa resigned his position and registered as an independent. Chad Brown told the Des Moines Register that anti-immigrant comments from Steve King—like the...
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A Hardliner Poses as a Reformer – Until the Truth Outs As Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) has positioned himself to be a key player on immigration policy. He’s the head of the lead committee of jurisdiction, he has championed a number of piecemeal...
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