The following is a press statement from the Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance, in response to the immigration video Sen. John Cornyn released this week: Sen. Cornyn’s Concern over Migrant Deaths Must Match His Votes The Senator is in the position to alleviate this humanitarian crisis at the border,...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is up to his old tricks on immigration. Today, he issued a new video highlighting the depths of his hypocrisy when it comes to getting serious about reforming our broken system. Below is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund,...
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Cross-posted at Burnt Orange Report If there’s such a thing as a GOP demographic doomsday clock, it’s ticking down to the day when Latino voters turn Texas blue and the Republicans cease winning national elections. A new post at The Hill from columnist Brent Budowksy argues that that day...
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Cross-posted at Burnt Orange Report Today, The Houston Chronicle published a searing op-ed from Cesar Vargas of the DREAM Action Coalition, which targeted Texas Senator John Cornyn on immigration. At America’s Voice, we consider Cornyn to a big hypocrite on immigration, so big of a hypocrite that we even gave him...
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Yesterday, the Senate Gang of 8 introduced its long-awaited bipartisan immigration bill. Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing on the bill, with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The hearing will probably double as our first chance to see the anti-immigrant “Gang of Hate”...
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Some people never learn. After the 2012 elections, in which Republicans lost Hispanic voters by more than a 3-1 margin, many Republicans started coming around on immigration reform and accepting the need to move forward on legislation. The Republican National Committee admitted the party needed to rebrand itself with...
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Apr 12, 2013
Cross-posted at Huffington Post and Burnt Orange Report: As a group of eight senators, four Republicans and four Democrats, work together to make progress on immigration reform, there’s one senator not in the group to keep an eye on. His name is John Cornyn. In fact, Cornyn is famous for...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is at it again—apparently making up Texas friends with property overrun by border crossers. During an appearance on a Texas radio show this morning, Cornyn claimed that people all over the world are now crossing the border through Texas and that any immigration reform that...
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Surprise, surprise. Republicans who don’t want immigration reform to pass are now trying to “slow down” the process by complaining that the debate is moving too fast. Here’s what that really means: Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), and...
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