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Defying Conventional Wisdom in DC, GOP Voters Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform

07/02/09 | Despite conventional wisdom to the contrary, Republican voters also overwhelmingly support comprehensive immigration reform, reject enforcement-only approaches and believe that comprehensive reform will help the economy. "As the Republican Party wrestles with how to repair its brand image with Latino voters and Independents, it's instructive that most self-identified Republican voters want the same policy fix as all Americans," said Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice. | Read more

Welcome to Washington, Senator Franken

07/01/09 | Yesterday, the Minnesota Supreme Court ended an 8 month legal dispute over who would represent the state of Minnesota in the United States Senate. Incumbent Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) conceded defeat to Democrat Al Franken, giving Democrats in the Senate a filibuster-proof 60 seat majority in the chamber. But where does the newest member of the Minnesota delegation stand on the issue of immigration? As early as 2006, Al Franken laid out his position on this urgent issue. | Read more

Advocates Analyze Outcome of White House Meeting on Immigration

06/26/09 | "There can be no doubt that the conditions for significant movement on immigration reform this year have become more favorable," stated Simon Rosenberg, President and Founder of NDN. "An overwhelming majority of Americans want action taken to fix the broken immigration system now and support the Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislative approach. While the road to passing Comprehensive Immigration Reform will not be an easy one, with strong leadership, progress this year is within Washington's grasp." | Read more

On Immigration Reform, President and Congressional Leaders Declare “Game On”

06/25/09 | "Today marks a turning point. This meeting marks the end of the preseason and the beginning of the regular season. Starting soon, and heeding the wishes and expectations of the American people, Congress will begin the challenging process of overhauling U.S. immigration policy. DHS Secretary Napolitano has been designated to form a Congressional Working Group, and we hope and expect initial the work to move forward on legislation will commence this summer. | Read more

Senator Schumer Steps Up on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

06/25/09 | In his speech yesterday at the Migration Policy Institute's Immigration Law and Policy Conference, Senator Schumer noted his commitment to moving forward on reform legislation this year, saying: "When the President asks me whether we can pass comprehensive immigration reform this Congress, I will smile and say, ‘Mr. President, yes we can.' All of the fundamental building blocks are in place to pass comprehensive immigration reform this session and, even possibly, later this year... | Read more

Not Just a “Latino” Issue: Independent Voters Also Want Action on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

06/24/09 | A new fact sheet from America’s Voice highlights the strong support for comprehensive immigration reform among Independent voters. | Read more

Frank Sharry Reacts to President Obama’s Remarks on Immigration Reform

06/19/09 | "President Obama's remarks today at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast show, once again, that he has a sophisticated understanding of how the elements of comprehensive immigration reform work together to solve this problem. He gets that being both a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws is necessary to create a legal immigration regime that works. While the President promised to enact reform during his presidency, he did not specify a timeline. This will no doubt fuel skeptics. | Read more

Americans’ Solution-Oriented Mindset Shows Increased Support for Immigration Reform

06/02/09 | "The conclusion from this new poll is clear - the American people want their badly broken immigration system fixed, and a strong majority supports the principles of what has been called Comprehensive Immigration Reform," said Simon Rosenberg of NDN, a progressive think-tank and advocacy organization. "Unlike many other issues in front of Congress this year, the legislative approach to immigration reform has broad bipartisan public support. The conditions for passage of a bill this year are very favorable - more favorable in fact than most other legislation being discussed in Washington today - and it is our hope that Congress heeds the call of the American people and finally takes significant action to fix our broken immigration system this year." | Read more

Will Washington Republicans Repudiate Race-based Attacks on Sotomayor?

05/29/09 | Extremists in the anti-immigrant movement have become key mouthpieces in the race-based campaign against President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. They have dropped the pretense that their opposition to immigration is grounded in high-minded principles. Instead, they are revealing an ugliness that is as blatant as it is offensive. Just yesterday, former Rep. Tom Tancredo attacked Judge Sotomayor for being a member of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), a mainstream civil rights organization with a 40 year old history, by saying it's like a "Latino KKK." | Read more

Anti-Immigrant Activist Cannot Pronounce Sotomayor; Wants New Candidate as a Result

05/28/09 | He states that "Deferring to people's own pronunciation of their names should obviously be our first inclination, but there ought to be limits." The piece was so ridiculous it earned instant fame in the netroots as the most inane and ridiculous criticism of Sotomayor to date, and earned him the dubious distinction of being named by MSNBC's Keith Olberman as "The Worst Person in the World". | Read more

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