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A Bit More Movement on Immigration Reform

Greg Sargent, The Washington Post “Here’s GOP Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada, at a forum on immigration reform, endorsing a path to citizenship and calling the Senate bill ‘reasonable’.” Full Story
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Evangelicals Keep the Faith With Those Working for Immigration Reform

Galen Carey, The Washington Post “Evangelical Christians are mounting an unprecedented multiethnic campaign for immigration reform because we believe it is the right thing to do.” Full Story
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The Morning Plum: The Conventioanl Wisdom on Immigration Reform is Wrong

Greg Sargent, The Washington Post (blog) “The chances that comprehensive immigration reform will ever pass the House  are very slim. However, the easy conventional wisdom about what’s happening now — which holds that the conservative base controls the outcome completely, that th
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Gutierrez: I’ve Got 40-50 GOP Votes for Immigration Reform

Aaron Blake, The Washington Post “Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) told Post Politics’ Ed O’Keefe in a newly released interview that the House has more than enough GOP votes — around 40 or 50 — to pass comprehensive immigration reform if it were brought to a vote.” Full Story
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How Immigration Reform Can Still Pass Congress

Sahil Kapur, Talking Points Memo “Despite the long odds, Democrats see a narrow road through which comprehensive immigration reform could still pass both houses of Congress and become law.” Full Story
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Immigration Reform 2013: Manufacturers to Run Ads in Several States

Laura Matthews, International Business Times “Efforts to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress by the end of 2013 might have slowed, but the National Association of Manufacturers isn’t about to let the issue die. Instead, the group will run ads in certain stat
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Immigration ‘Plan B’ Focuses on White House

Fawn Johnson, National Journal “Immigration-reform activists aren’t supposed to talk publicly about a Plan B. They can’t, or won’t, answer questions from the media about what they will do if no bill passes this year to legalize the undocumented population. But
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GOP Pollster: Yes, Republican Primary Voters Do Support Immigration Reform

Greg Sargent, The Washington Post “Whit Ayres is a respected veteran Republican pollster who has done extensive research and polling on immigration reform and what GOP primary voters really think of it. He tells me in an interview that much of the conventional wisdom is wrong: R
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Democrats Divided Over Immigration

Greg Sargent, The Washington Post “I’m told divisions have opened up among Democrats over how to push immigration reform forward in the House of Representatives, with some advocates urging a more confrontational posture with Republicans, while other Dems insist that such tactics
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Focus shifts to Obama if Congress Axes Immigration Bill

Richard Cowan, Reuters “If immigration reform sputters in the deeply divided U.S. Congress, supporters are planning to push President Barack Obama to act on his own to help 11 million illegal residents, lawmakers and immigration advocates said.” Full Story
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