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Republicans, what has the country been telling you for the past year concerning the way you talk about Latinos? Tone, tone, tone. Yet it seems the GOP can’t go a week without doing or saying something without incurring the wrath of the 17 percent. This time, it’s an Alaska congressman: “Rep. Don Young says he Read More
Humanity certainly needs its wishers and hopers. So it’s good to see there are still some optimists enduring in the most inhospitable place on earth: “Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) on Tuesday downplayed the notion that a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants would serve as a major obstacle to passing comprehensive immigration reform, arguing that Read More
Oh, what a difference a day makes. First, on Monday: “Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Monday he does not support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., a central provision of immigration reform plans being considered by Congress. Bush has long chided the Republican Party to adopt immigration reform and Read More
Given that today the day on which millions of Americans will celebrate their romantic bliss (or at least pretend to), I thought this story appropriate: “Hispanic Republican Senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz were among other Senators who voted against the Violence Against Women Act — not because they oppose empowering domestic violence Read More
First, on the GOP side: “House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said on Tuesday that he believes undocumented young people who entered the United States as children should be given legal residence and, eventually, citizenship, in what marks a reversal for the congressman who voted against the Dream Act less than three years ago. ‘A Read More
Shannon K. O’Neil, senior fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, provides the most convincing case for immigration reform that I’ve read so far by countering the arguments anti-reformists tend to give. Here she answers the concern that “The U.S. Economy Already Has All the Workers It Needs”: “Not for long. Read More
The president reveals his inner Obama: “We will support democracy from Asia to Africa, from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the Read More
Elise Foley, immigration maven over at HuffPo, talks about the president’s new-found urgency on reform: “As of Monday, Obama will have four more years to reshape his immigration legacy. And there’s every indication that he wants it to be different. He doesn’t want the dubious distinction of being ‘deporter-in-chief’ — especially since he was elected Read More
Now here’s something you don’t see every day: “Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the sole Republican co-sponsor of a bill to give binational same-sex couples equal rights to petition for immigrant visas, said Tuesday that she remains committed to getting the legislation passed, either on its own or as part of comprehensive immigration reform. Collins told Read More
Undocumented immigrants and their allies are divided on how to move forward with immigration reform. From Huff Post Latino Voices: “Nearly 600 would-be Dream Act beneficiaries and their allies, who helped in a successful push earlier this year for relief for undocumented young people, gathered in Kansas City, Mo., this weekend to determine their path Read More