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| Perspectives on Immigration |
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ImmigrationImpact.com: Prince William County Crusader Hangs Up Anti-Immigration Hat |
Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman, Corey Stewart, has been at the forefront of an anti-immigrant crusade, setting the gold standard for local law enforcement "crackdowns" on the immigrant community in the last few years. Recent shifts in the political wind, however, have conveniently blown this Virginia Republican away from his undocumented immigration crusade toward more hot ticket topics, like the economy. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (February 10, 2009)
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ImmigrationImpact.com: RNC Chairman Steele Rewords, not Redefines GOP�s Immigration Stance |
New RNC Chairman, Michael Steele declared in his acceptance speech that it's "time for something completely different." Yet when it comes to immigration, Steele is side-stepping pragmatic politics and choosing to stick with the same hard-line position that soured Latino and immigrant voters and contributed to the GOP's devastating losses this past election year. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (February 9, 2009)
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ImmigrationImpact.com: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Stages Immigrant-Degradation March for the Cameras |
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Phoenix, Arizona, seems to have an appetite for publicity so insatiable that it overrides both rationality and morality. His latest stunt—announced yesterday in an official press release, no less comes today, when he will order approximately 200 illegal aliens to be chained and marched from the Durango Jail to a segregated area of his "Tent City" incarceration complex. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (February 4, 2009)
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Immigration a Priority for Senate Leadership |
At the 2009 Senate Democratic Progressive Media Summit Democratic Senators laid out priorities for the 111th Congress. Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke with great force about the need to enact immigration reform and his intention to do so in the coming year. To read the full post visit www.ImmigrationImpact.org. (January 26, 2009)
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Push Still Strong for Immigration Reform in Early Obama Administration |
Today, Barack Obama stepped into the Oval Office on his first full day in the White House as President of the United States and met with economic advisors to start making early progress on the change he promised. In the spirit of both economic recovery and social change, immigration should be addressed in President Obama's early conversations. Latinos are demanding it ought to, experts and advocates are confident it will. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (January 21, 2009)
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ImmigrationImpact.com: Presidential Leaders Want Comprehensive Immigration Reform on Front Burner |
As President Bush counted immigration reform as one of his regrets on Fox News Sunday when cautioning the GOP not to be perceived as so "anti-somebody," President-Elect Barack Obama met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon yesterday for lunch at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C. in a step toward more immediate immigration reform. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (January 13, 2009)
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ImmigrationImpact.com: Leaders Optimistic, Renew Call for Immigration Reform |
Yesterday a group of key leaders--including Unite Here's president John Wilhelm, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony, National Council of La Raza (NCLR) President Janet Murguia, and America Voice's Frank Sharry--renewed the call for immigration reform in 2009 and stressed that immigration reform is a critical piece of our economic recovery. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (January 9, 2009)
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