President Obama recently ordered a review of deportations, looking for ways to make the US immigration system more humane. But as we and others have pointed out, we already know a lot of what needs to be fixed. Case in point, in an op-ed at the Los Angeles Times today, former Acting...
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A range of observers are capturing the dire political implications for the Republican Party should they continue to block immigration reform this year. Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas writes a new column in The Hill, titled “GOP DOA in 2016,” that captures how the short-sightedness of the Republican Party...
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Republicans in the House of Representatives seem to be planning to ignore immigration reform this Congress, to the detriment of the country, Washington state, and their own political interests. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and his fellow Republicans have offered weak excuses for their inaction, despite the...
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Earlier this week, we wrote about an act of civil disobedience in Gadsden, Alabama, where advocates chained themselves to the front doors of the Etowah County Detention Center. About 100 demonstrators carried banners and chanted slogans, and seven were arrested. But as the Huffington Post lifts up today, the...
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Washington Post (Plum Line): On immigration, the GOP’s window for action is closing fast By Greg Sargent New Repubic: The New Immigration Strategy Has Some Activists Unhappy By Nora Caplan-Bricker Daily Beast: Immigration Activists Blast Obama By David Freedlander McClatchy: Congress reacts to spate of killings by Border Patrol...
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The Pope and President Obama are scheduled to meet tomorrow — and thanks to one Los Angeles girl, one of the things they talk about may be US deportations. Last week, a delegation of 20 people from California traveled to the Vatican with the goal of meeting the pope...
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The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent breaks an important story today – the news that President Obama floated executive action on immigration by summer, should House Republicans continue to block immigration reform legislation. Read Sargent’s must read analysis, “On immigration, the GOP’s window for action is closing fast,” below: Today...
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A Sign of How Much the Politics of Immigration Have Changed Democrats in the House of Representatives are demanding action on immigration reform and using a variety of procedural tactics, such as today’s “previous question” on the national parks bill and the filing of a “discharge petition,” to try to force a...
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The following is a press release from the Border Network for Human Rights Border Stakeholders Recognize Historic and Unprecedented Effort to Bring Quality, Oversight and Accountability to Border Enforcement El Paso, TX/Southern New Mexico– In the midst of a national discussion over the actions and strategies of US border...
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Today, a bipartisan border bill is being introduced by Reps. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) and Steve Pearce (R-NM) designed to increase the transparency of CPB actions along the border. Here’s John Stanton at Buzzfeed previewing the new bill and its chances: Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a Texas Democrat and one of the...
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