Remembering the Need for Immigration Reform
October 16, 2013
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Peter Roff, US News and World Report (Opinion) “Another Columbus Day has come and gone. And with it, the Republicans have lost yet another opportunity to reposition the party as welcoming to those who are born elsewhere but, for reasons of their own, want to come to the United S
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October 16, 2013
Julie Pace, Associated Press “For President Barack Obama, the outcome of this week’s fiscal fights with Republicans could have broad consequences for his stalled second-term agenda.” Full Story
Continue Reading →Obama Plans Immigration Push After Fiscal Crisis Ends
Reuters “Once that’s done, you know, the day after, I’m going to be pushing to say, call a vote on immigration reform,” he told the Los Angeles affiliate of Spanish-language television network Univision.” Full Story
Continue Reading →Conservative ‘Fly-in’ Aims to Sell House GOP on Immigration
Alan Gomez, USA Today “About 300 conservatives will arrive on Capitol Hill later this month to press the need for immigration overhaul.” Full Story
Continue Reading →The Heartache of an Immigrant Family
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Sonia Nazario, The New York Times “WHEN we talk about immigration to America, we tell a hopeful story about courage and sacrifice. But that story obscures the fact that, especially for the poor, immigration is often a traumatizing event, one that tears families apart.” Ful
Continue Reading →DREAMers Criticize Tactics of DREAM 34, Claim They’ve Gone Too Far
Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino “Many praise the 34, who marched across the bridge connecting Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and Laredo, Texas on Sept. 30, knowing they did not have the legal status to enter the country. Others, including U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat whos
Continue Reading →Immigration Talks in the “Dark” But Activists Say They are Still Optimistic
Maria Camila Bernal, NBC Latino “In New Jersey, activists push for DREAMers to benefit from the Tuition Equality Act. In Florida, groups are on a hunger strike for immigration reform. In Illinois, hundreds marched in the streets saying, “the time is now.” And in Arizona anti-dep
Continue Reading →Controversial Quota Drives Immigration Detention Boom
Nick Miroff, The Washington Post “In the past five years, Homeland Security officials have jailed record numbers of immigrants, driven by a little-known congressional directive known on Capitol Hill as the “bed mandate.” Full Story
Continue Reading →Steve Case: Still ‘optimistic’ on immigration reform
Dan Primack, Fortune “That sentiment extends to comprehensive immigration reform, which Case has spent the past several years championing as essential to the future of America’s entrepreneurial economy.” Full Story
Continue Reading →Immigration Reform Group: Halting Deportations Would Hurt Effort
Elise Foley, Huffington Post “A bipartisan group of influential immigration reform supporters warned other advocates on Thursday that pushing President Barack Obama to halt deportations could kill the broader effort.” Full Story
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