Jun 24, 2013
CBS News: Border security option may help immigration reform By Ken Malloy Washington Post: GOP’s divide on immigration best explained by two senators named Jeff By Ed O’Keefe Bloomberg: Immigration Bill Will Pass in Senate If Changes Avoided By Kathleen Hunter and Laura Litvan Arizona Republic: A crucial week...
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Immigration Keynote Panel Saturday, June 22, 2013 9 AM — 10: 15 AM PST Exhibit Hall 2, Netroots Nation, San Jose CA Featuring: Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Markos Moulitsas Mandeep Chahal, DREAMer Luis Blue, SEIU Chuck Rocha, Latino PAC Ryan Grim, Huffington Post (moderator) Dolores...
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The prospects for passing immigration reform improved markedly this week. A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report shows that immigration reform grows the economy and reduces the deficit. The latest Gallup poll shows broad and deep support for reform that includes a path to citizenship. And an over-the-top bipartisan...
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House and Senate State of Play, Corker-Hoeven Amendment, CBO Report Today, America’s Voice Education Fund alongside other immigration advocates and policy experts held the seventeenth in a series of weekly “Office Hours” press briefings. Moderated by Frank Sharry, Executive Director at America’s Voice Education Fund, today’s call featured Eliseo...
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By Yoli Navas: This week, Spanish language media has been following the movement of the Senate debate on a bipartisan immigration reform bill as well as the SAFE Act, which was approved the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. Below are a few highlights: Noticiero Univision: La Reforma...
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What gives, Darrell Issa?? In February of this year, the conservative Congressman from California had laudable words to say about immigration reform and citizenship, saying: I think all of us Republicans know that we don’t want a class of residents that will never be offered an opportunity for citizenship. We’re...
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As the Gang of 8 immigration bill heads toward a final vote next week in the Senate, Charlie Cook at the Cook Report has an excellent reminder of why Republicans should play ball. They’re in serious demographic danger as a party, and they need to expand their tent. It’s unknowable...
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One-by-one, the major arguments and excuses used by opponents of immigration reform to justify their opposition are being demolished. From the fiscal and economic arguments against immigration reform that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scoring of the Senate’s immigration bill eviscerated, to the “not enough border security” excuse, answered...
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Bloomberg: Senators Reach Border Security Deal in Immigration Bill By Kathleen Hunter and Laura Litvan Politico: Immigration deal would double size of Border Patrol By Manu Raju, Burgess Everett, Seung Min Kim Arizona Republic: Major deal on migrant reform By Dan Nowicki and Erin Kelly MSNBC: Democrats let GOP...
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Conservative Fox News show host Bill O’Reilly came out in support of the Senate Gang of 8 immigration bill today, while discussing the legislation with Gang of 8 member Jeff Flake (R-AZ) on his show. O’Reilly said the bill wasn’t perfect, “but it is the right thing to do”–and...
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