Jul 11, 2013
Arizona Republic: House defiant on Senate migrant bill By Erin Kelly and Dan Nowicki Bloomberg: Obama Set to Go All Out With Public Amid Immigration Opposition By Mike Dorning Voxxi: Democrats reject House GOP’s piecemeal approach to immigration reform By Grizelda Nevarez Associated Press: House GOP goes piecemeal on...
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By Sam Fitz: The scorching heat and humid air didn’t stop the more than 1,000 protesters from exercising their First Amendment right earlier this afternoon outside of the United States Capitol. As immigrants and advocates from across the country marched around the Capitol lawn in support of immigration reform,...
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Hundreds of immigrants, DREAMers, and their families rallied outside the Capitol today for immigration reform, telling stories about their deported family members, giving voice to fears that they might be removed from the only country they’ve ever called home, and asking Congress to do the right thing by 11...
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Hundreds of DREAMers, immigration reform advocates, and families are gathering on Capitol Hill today–on the day House Republicans are set to hold a closed-door meeting to discuss what’s next for them on immigration reform–to push members of Congress to pass immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship. There...
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As immigration reform advocates, we’re used to the pessimism of “conventional wisdom” and we’re used to conventional wisdom being wrong. Rahm Emanuel once said that immigration reform was the “third rail of American politics,” yet the illegal immigration wedge strategy was a bust in every recent election. Tom Tancredo...
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Last Sunday, David Brooks of the New York Times had this to say on NBC’s Meet the Press: I’ve seen a lot of intellectually weak cases in this town. I’ve rarely seen as intellectually a weak case as the case against the Senate immigration bill. The Republicans say they...
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Immigrant and ethnic communities, among others, are watching what happens to immigration reform in Congress very carefully. Today, a host of media outlets–El Diario/LaPrensa, La Opinion, New America Media, Irish Echo, Bangla Patrika, Daily Khabrain, Nowy Dziennik, Primera Hora, and others–have united their efforts and published this op-ed in...
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This afternoon, the House Republican Caucus is gathering for a closed-door meeting to discuss how they plan to move forward with immigration reform. Some of the Republicans who will be present and outspoken are anti-immigrant hardliners–the Steve Kings, Lou Barlettas, and Dana Rohrabachers of the world. But some Republicans...
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TIME: No Easy Path Forward As House Republicans Meet On Immigration By Alex Altman The Hill: House GOP set for critical immigration reform talks By Russell Berman Yahoo News: Do House Republicans have political incentive to back immigration reform? By Liz Goodwin NBC Latino: As House GOP debates immigration,...
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