Tomorrow, House Republicans are gathering together for a closed-door, no-press meeting on immigration, where it is fully expected that anti-immigrant zealots like Steve King will try to rant the captive audience into opposing immigration reform. We’d like to be a fly on that wall, but it’s probably not even...
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Leonard Nimoy, of Spock and Star Trek fame, apparently supports immigration reform. As he tweeted out today: Is it possible we’ll get immigration reform ? Done in the Senate. Up to the house to get millions out of the shadows. LLAP — Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) July 9, 2013 Creating...
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Below is a press release on new polling from Public Policy Polling and the Alliance for Citizenship: PPP Pollster Says: “House Republicans Could Face Voter Backlash” As House Republicans get ready to hold their immigration summit on Wednesday, July 10, Public Policy Polling released seven new polls today showing voters—including...
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Since the last election, when Mitt Romney lost Latino voters by more than a 3-1 margin, leading Republicans have emphasized the need for the GOP to better reach out to minorities and broaden their base. The RNC released an entire report on the inroads the Republicans must make, while GOP legislators from...
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The day before tomorrow’s House Republican internal meeting on immigration, Latino Decisions, America’s Voice, CHIRLA Action Fund and SEIU outlined the opportunities and challenges House Republicans face as they decide how to move forward this year. Said Professor David Damore, Senior Analyst for Latino Decisions and Associate Professor of Political...
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Cross-posted at Latino Decisions Despite growing popular support among non-Latinos both nationally and in key swing states in favor of immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship, the conventional wisdom suggests that the bipartisan legislation that recently passed the Senate faces an uphill battle in the Republican controlled...
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Daily Beast: Marco Rubio Spurned by Original Tea Party Supporters Over Immigration By Patricia Murphy Wall Street Journal: Focus of Immigration Debate Shifts to House By Sara Murray Roll Call: GOP Immigration Feint in the House? Or Just a Faint of Heart? By David Hawkings Politico: John Boehner: No...
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We’re back from a long weekend, and the fight for immigration reform has pivoted. Following the passage of bipartisan immigration legislation in the Senate by a 68-32 vote, all attention is on the House and Speaker John Boehner. Unfortunately, up first is this Wednesday’s House Republican internal meeting on immigration. The...
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When House Republicans hold their closed-door internal meeting on immigration this Wednesday, members of Congress would be wise to ask Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to recount the cautionary tale of the Republican Party’s demise in his home state of California. In 1994 Governor Pete Wilson (R-CA) pushed through...
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Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID), formerly of the House Group of 8 on immigration, got into a widely-covered spat with conservative columnist David Brooks this weekend, when Brooks called the Congressman out for opposing the Senate immigration bill. Labrador, who this weekend also spent time warning Republicans about the perils of...
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