Jan 23, 2014
In the midst of much public discussion about the upcoming GOP principles on immigration reform, and how they will answer the question of legalization and citizenship, the Fair Immigration Reform Movement released its own set of principles yesterday. Advocates especially called attention to a path to citizenship, calling it “essential”...
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In 2012, Mitt Romney and the Republican Party were walloped by Latino voters, winning only 23% of them compared to Obama’s 75%. In 2013, the GOP had a chance to rehabilitate its image by passing immigration reform, but the House refused to act. Now that it’s 2014, voter groups are...
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Strong Majority, Including Republicans, Support Citizenship As Part of Immigration Overhaul In poll after poll, the American public consistently supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants over other alternatives. As Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute said, the public “shows unusual agreement given...
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Last week, dozens of advocates protested outside a John Boehner fundraiser in Las Vegas. Yesterday, supporters of immigration reform in Bakersfield, CA did the same. At this point, there are few places Speaker Boehner can go — within Washington, DC or outside it — without being reminded of the...
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The Hill: Third-ranking House Republican backs legal status for immigrants By Russell Berman Huffington Post: Kevin McCarthy: Immigration Reform Should Include Legal Status For Undocumented By Elise Foley Politico: Kevin McCarthy backs path to legal status By Seung Min Kim The Hill: Poll: Two-thirds support pathway to citizenship By...
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At the East Bay Express today is a long read, but a must-read, on former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and a play-by-play of her tenure as the department chief. Napolitano left last year to become president of the University of California, and protests — organized by DREAMers, immigration reform advocates, and...
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Think Progress Piece Highlights Upsetting Trend of Racial Profiling and Other Abusive Practices by Local Enforcement Agents and Facilitated by ICE Washington, DC – The haphazard and egregious deportations of immigrants and family separations is a consistent trend for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). As the Administration prepares to...
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Jim DeMint’s Heritage Foundation is taking one big step away from Jason Richwine…and one step closer to embracing a reasonable immigration policy? The Heritage Foundation — now infamous for an episode last year where they released a report co-authored by a guy who believes Hispanics have lower IQs than whites —...
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Following is the first in a series from Maribel Hastings, Senior Advisor at America’s Voice, on the debate over legalization and citizenship. The article has been translated from Spanish to English and is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper credit. Now that Republicans in...
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While Acknowledging the Problem is the First Step, GOP Needs to Take Action on Immigration Reform to Avoid Repeating the Mistakes of 2012 Tomorrow marks the two-year anniversary of Mitt Romney’s infamous embrace of “self-deportation,” the immigration policy he first articulated during a Republican primary debate in Tampa. While...
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