Immigration is Mobilizing Key Electorates in the State A new report by Latino Decisions about the growing Hispanic vote in Texas outlines opportunities and challenges for both the Democratic Party and the GOP. Although Hispanics represent a large swath of the electorate, weak turnout levels have undercut their...
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Yesterday, the New York state Assembly passed a bill that would make DREAMers eligible for tuition assistance programs in the state. The bill passed the Assembly by an 82-46 vote, and now heads to the Senate, where it has 27 Democratic sponsors. That’s five short of the majority needed...
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This week the Chamber of Commerce is renewing its push for Congress to take up immigration reform, sending a letter to Speaker Boehner asking him to take action on legislation this year. More than 600 businesses have co-signed this letter, from Apple to McDonald’s to AT&T and more. View the...
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Politico: Democrats’ immigration gambit By Seung Min Kim Politico: Chamber of Commerce urges action on immigration By Seung Min Kim Washington Post: U.S. Chamber of Commerce pushes House GOP on immigration reform By David Nakamura Associated Press: 600-plus business groups press for immigration Roll Call: Where Do House Republicans...
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President Obama met with Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) earlier today, with immigration one of the topics they apparently discussed. In fact, the President and Speaker have some things in common on the issue of immigration: both really want reform to be enacted; and both are coming...
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A year after the RNC autopsy report that encouraged the Republican Party, post-2012 defeat, to pursue messages and policies that attracted more supporters, the GOP is at it again. For a time last year, it seemed like Republicans were serious about reforming their image with Latino voters and other groups...
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A year ago, a coalition of progressive organizing groups — including CREDO Action, Presente.org, Reform Immigration FOR America (RI4A), Daily Kos, National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and America’s Voice Education Fund (AVEF) — banded together to collect hundreds of thousands of petitions calling on Congress to pass immigration reform with a path to citizenship. A year later,...
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Washington Post (Plum Line): Where’s the center-right pressure on Republicans to act on immigration? By Greg Sargent National Journal: Obama’s Immigration Softball Game By James Oliphant Bloomberg: Obama Pressured to Slow Deportations as Bill Talks Fade By Michael C. Bender Huffington Post: Progressive Groups Target Nancy Pelosi On Immigration...
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Last fall, Eliseo Medina, Dae Joong Yoon, and Christian Avila fasted 22 days for immigration reform with a path to citizenship, drawing media attention from around the world and admiration from the President, First Lady, Vice President, and Republicans and Democrats alike. Today, the #Fast4Families is kicking their next...
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This morning, we wrote about the news coming out of this weekend’s United We Dream Congress, and their decision to focus on pushing President Obama to address his record rate of deportations. During the Congress, the UWD members marched on an ICE facility in Phoenix to protest the separation...
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