All rumors indicate that a major executive announcement from President Obama on immigration is forthcoming, and anti-immigrant extremists are preparing their response. Members of Congress like Steve King and Marco Rubio are already threatening another government shutdown this fall if Obama takes action. And the anti-immigrant movement’s “go-to guy” on immigration-related...
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This morning, DRM Action along with NDLON, Erika Andiola, Lorella Praeli, Eddie Carmona, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, and Rep. Raul Grijalva hosted an all-star Congressional briefing on the Hill on what President Obama can do when he takes executive action on immigration reform later this summer. Using the hashtag #GoBigObama, the group encouraged the President...
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Bloomberg Editorial, “Obama’s Midterm Surprise: Immigration” –“A major executive action liberalizing strictures on undocumented immigrants with lengthy U.S. residency would change the midterm dynamic. Experience suggests that the reaction of Representative Steve King and other Republican nativists would not be subtle. And Republican leaders, including McConnell and House Speaker John...
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Jul 7, 2014
Last Thursday, National Journal published this piece describing the behind-the-scenes story of how President Obama recently approached advocates and told them he was finally ready to take executive action on immigration reform. It’s the moment that many have been waiting for — and indications are that Obama will do something major....
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This week, President Obama made big headlines when he declared that legislative immigration reform was dead, castigated the GOP for inaction, and announced that he would take unilateral action later this summer to reform our immigration system. Today, a leaked memo from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus suggests five potential courses...
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The President Promised to Lead and the GOP Was Left Behind It can be hard to notice a tipping point when immersed in the day-to-day developments of an issue, but we predict yesterday will create a “before and after” moment in the immigration debate – like the June 15,...
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Makes it clear he won’t be intimidated into inaction by Republican demagoguery Today President Obama met with advocates in the White House, and then went out to the Rose Garden to make remarks on immigration. Here is a response from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Today President...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Speaker Boehner has made it absolutely clear that he won’t lift a finger to fix our broken immigration system so President Obama is right to protect families from being torn apart. Speaker Boehner is out of excuses and his failure of leadership is enormous....
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As the Obama Administration continues to delay action on fixing his administration’s deportation policy, we’re seeing more indications, via NBC/WSJ’s latest poll, that his approval rating has suffered with Latino voters. From the Wall Street Journal: Another ominous trend for Democrats heading into a midterm election that tends to...
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June 15th marked the two year anniversary of the President’s creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for DREAMers. This was arguably the most important immigration policy change in decades and one that has changed the lives of more than 600,000 young immigrants who are Americans in all but paperwork....
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