Mar 18, 2013
In a stunning rebuke of the anti-immigrant extremists at CPAC, the Republican National Committee today came out in support of comprehensive immigration reform, admitting that the Party’s approach to Latino voters helped doom them in the last election. In an “autopsy” report of the GOP’s problems and the path...
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Mar 15, 2013
After the first day of CPAC yesterday, in which Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) and other conservatives tried to make the case for immigration reform without citizenship, and the latest news that Senate Gang of 8 members are considering passing legislation that weakens family-based visas, Republicans should remember that we need immigration...
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Mar 14, 2013
As CPAC begins in Washington, DC, the Washington Post wonders if the conference is even relevant anymore: Immigration is an issue that will be front and center at CPAC. Organizers, led byAmerican Conservative Union Chairman Al Cardenas , say they are determined to elevate the debate and rescue the right...
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Mar 13, 2013
On the eve of CPAC, more groups are coming out in support of immigration reform every day, including the National Federation of Republican Women and the San Diegans United for Commonsense Immigration Reform. At CPAC itself, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) is scheduled to talk about how Republicans can win over...
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Mar 12, 2013
Talking Points Memo: What Does A ‘Real’ Path To Citizenship Even Look Like? By Benjy Sarlin Los Angeles Times: Senators agree on path to legal status for illegal immigrants By Brian Bennett Talking Points Memo: Senate Gang Approaches Deal On Path To Citizenship By Benjy Sarlin The Atlantic: The...
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Mar 11, 2013
Over the weekend, Jeb Bush gave immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship a bear hug, columnist George Will said that “any plan that does not envision as an end point, citizenship” will not work, and Bob Dane (a spokesman from the hate group FAIR) went on Fox News...
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Mar 8, 2013
Huffington Post (Blog): Immigrants Yearn to Be Americans, Not a Permanent Underclass By Frank Sharry National Journal: What Undocumented Workers Really Want By Fawn Johnson MSNBC: Matt Staver on “The Cycle:” The push for immigration reform is getting some help from an unlikely source San Antonio Express-News: Castro talks...
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Mar 7, 2013
The Paramus Post: Americas Voice Urge House Speaker Boehner for Public Censure of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Over Jessica Bravo Comments By Mel Fabrikant National Journal: Why Lindsey Graham Isn’t Acting Like a Worried Man By Jill Lawrence Politico: W.H. seeks tech’s help on immigration By Michelle Quinn National Journal:...
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Mar 6, 2013
As coverage of Jeb Bush’s immigration flip-flop continues into how he has flipped and flopped and flipped again, the takeaway on how important citizenship is to immigration reform remains. Critics are calling Bush politically “rusty” and outdated for not realizing that a path to citizenship now the consensus position...
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Mar 5, 2013
Following the news yesterday that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush apparently had a change of heart about supporting a path to citizenship, a tide of criticism from the media, activists, and advocates is now causing Bush to walk back his new stance. On Morning Joe today, Bush said that he would support immigration...
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