Immigration reform not only makes moral and political sense, it makes economic sense. Passing comprehensive immigration reform would result in a $1.5 trillion increase in GDP over ten years and would keep the U.S. economy competitive.
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Farmers Reduce Production, Take Other Drastic Measures Since the early stages of the GOP primary, Mitt Romney has championed extremist immigration policies like “self-deportation,” a radical right strategy that aims to purge America of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in…
Learn MoreAs AL Legislative Session Begins, Chorus of Voices Calls for Repeal of Costly “Failed Experiment” As the Alabama state legislature begins its new legislative session today, the costs and consequences of the state’s “papers, please” anti-immigration law is the hottest…
Learn MoreEditorials Call for “Papers, Please” Law Repeal in Light of Mercedes Exec’s Arrest and Groundswell of Opposition Yesterday, 3400 people joined Members of Congress and state civic, civil rights, and religious leaders at the historic 16th Street Baptist Church in…
Learn MoreEditorials Call for “Papers, Please” Law Repeal in Light of Mercedes Exec’s Arrest and Groundswell of Opposition Yesterday, 3400 people joined Members of Congress and state civic, civil rights, and religious leaders at the historic 16th Street Baptist Church in…
Learn MoreDid Law Backers Also Intend to Scare Away Foreign Investment? Washington, DC – According to some supporters of Alabama’s worst-in-the-nation immigration law – figures such as State Senator Scott Beason, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL), U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), anti-immigrant leader Mark…
Learn MoreDid Law Backers Also Intend to Scare Away Foreign Investment? Washington, DC – According to some supporters of Alabama’s worst-in-the-nation immigration law – figures such as State Senator Scott Beason, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL), U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), anti-immigrant leader Mark…
Learn MoreLatino constituent education campaign begins as House Republicans considertiming for votes on E-Verify, guest worker proposals Listen to the new ad buy WASHINGTON, D.C. – As House Republican leaders weigh the timing for a floor vote on a flawed mandatory…
Learn MoreLatino constituent education campaign begins as House Republicans considertiming for votes on E-Verify, guest worker proposals Listen to the new ad buy WASHINGTON, D.C. – As House Republican leaders weigh the timing for a floor vote on a flawed mandatory…
Learn MoreWhy Would Speaker Boehner Advance a Bill that Decimates Agriculture, Burdens Small Business, Divides the Right and Makes a Dysfunctional Immigration System Even Worse? Yesterday’s party-line passage of Rep. Lamar Smith’s mandatory E-Verify bill in the House Judiciary Committee does nothing to…
Learn MoreWhy Would Speaker Boehner Advance a Bill that Decimates Agriculture, Burdens Small Business, Divides the Right and Makes a Dysfunctional Immigration System Even Worse? Yesterday’s party-line passage of Rep. Lamar Smith’s mandatory E-Verify bill in the House Judiciary Committee does nothing to…
Learn MoreLamar Smith Bill a Giant Headache for House Republican Leadership The news keeps getting worse for Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) and his signature mandatory E-Verify legislation. Ideological conservatives, farmers, small business owners, and others continue to question why the GOP…
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