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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New York Times: Shifting Stance to Back Immigration Overhaul, Reid Reaps Benefits By Carl Huse National Journal: Advocates of Senate Bill Turn Their Attention to the House By Rebecca Kaplan Politico: Immigration bill’s starts and stops By Seung Min Kim MSNBC: The right’s desperate search for more white voters...
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By Yoli Navas: “Qué Pasa” is our weekly roundup of news, opinion, and links from Spanish-Language online news publications: With last week’s passage of S. 744, the Senate bipartisan immigration reform bill, Spanish language media has been focusing on the next step for immigration reform, passing legislation through the House of...
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Some Conservatives Call on GOP to Double Down on Romney’s “Whites-Only” Strategy Remember the 2012 election season when Mitt Romney focused primarily on mobilizing white voters, advocated for “self-deportation” and alienated Latino voters so thoroughly that it helped Barack Obama win the swing states of Florida, Virginia, Nevada and Colorado? Remember the post-election stampede of conservative...
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Cross-posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos: While the 2016 presidential election is a full three years away many of the high profile Republican contenders are enmeshed in the immigration reform debate, and if Republicans demonstrate strong leadership on passing comprehensive immigration reform with a path...
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The Senate passed the Gang of 8 immigration bill—S. 744—last week by a 68-32 vote. But that does NOT mean that immigration reform has passed yet. There are a few steps left to go: the House now must pass a bill (view this piece from the Washington Post Wonkblog on...
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The Hill: Poll: Clinton tops Bush, Rubio among Hispanic voters for 2016 By Justin Sink Politico: 2016 Latino poll: Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio lead By Hadas Gold U.S. News and World Report: Poll: Rubio Tops GOP Pols for Hispanic Voters, Clinton Leads Dems By Rebekah Metzler Tampa Bay Times:...
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Nicole Belle at Crooks and Liars is calling out the hypocrisy and flip-flopping of Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who sits on the House Judiciary Committee and chairs the House Immigration Subcommittee, appeared on FOX this weekend to talk to John Roberts about immigration reform in the House. Nicole captures the...
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Just a few days after the Senate passed historic immigration legislation, on a webinar / press call today Latino Decisions and America’s Voice released the latest in a series of polls that shows the opportunities and challenges for the GOP as the party of Reagan tries to repair its...
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House GOP Out of Excuses on Immigration Reform This weekend, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) again voiced his opposition to “a special pathway to citizenship” for undocumented immigrants, noting that he would not push legislation in which “people who are here unlawfully get something that people who have worked...
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