Jul 31, 2013
MSNBC: Reformers wary as House GOP considers its own ‘path to citizenship’ By Benjy Sarlin Politico: Immigration groups to target House GOP By Anna Palmer Bloomberg: Immigration Supporters Plan to Hunt Down House Members By Julie Bykowicz BuzzFeed: Immigration Reform Activists Prepare Major August Blitz For Republican Support By...
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In addition to repeatedly claiming that immigration reform will not do enough to secure the border (despite the fact that we already spend $18 billion on immigration enforcement every year, and that the Senate bill will add a total of $40 billion more), immigration reform opponents have been arguing...
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Momentum is building for immigration reform. More than 100 top GOP donors signed a letter to Republican lawmakers this week, asking them to pass immigration reform that addresses the 11 million. House Republicans are coming out in support of citizenship. But Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who fancies himself the...
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The immigration reform movement is ready for the August recess. Advocates are organizing events, gearing up for town halls and making sure members of Congress feel the heat. The demand? Give us a vote on citizenship. The fact is that a bipartisan majority for immigration reform with an inclusive...
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In her weekly column, Maribel Hastings, from America’s Voice, argues that if the House of Representatives approved Steve King’s amendment to defund DACA, their best way to apologize for King’s anti-immigrant comments would be to allow a vote for immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Here’s her column,...
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Politico: Menu for House GOP: Immigration à la carte By Seung Min Kim Washington Post: A narrow border-security agreement could pave the way for broad immigration reform By Ed O’Keefe National Journal: Inside Boehner’s Strategy to Slow Walk Immigration to the Finish Line By Chris Frates Politico (Playbook): How...
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We warned House Republicans: following Steve King’s latest outrageous comments about most DREAMers being drug runners with “calves the size of cantaloupes,” there would be growing consequences for the Republican Party if House GOPers failed to disassociate themselves from Steve king (in terms of actions, not just w0rds). Today, PPP...
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Frank Sharry: “Speaker Boehner Allowed Steve King a Vote to Deport DREAMers, Why Not a Similar Vote on a Path to Citizenship?” New polling released today by Public Policy Polling (PPP) demonstrates that voters grasp the damage Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) immigration approach is having on the GOP and...
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Over the weekend, Thousands of Immigration Reform Supporters Appeal to House Leaders’ Sense of Justice Below is the second article in the series, “Immigration Reform Summer,” by Gebe Martinez, Advisor to America’s Voice Education Fund. This article is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper...
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Immigrants, advocates, labor leaders, the faith community, and many others across the nation held rallies and events in favor of immigration reform with a path to citizenship last week, many of them this past weekend. Advocates demonstrated in Chicago, asking Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) to support immigration; in Colorado with Rep....
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