#Immigration Headlines for April 3, 2013
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PolitiFact: What is ‘a pathway to citizenship’?
By Molly Moorhead
April 2, 2013
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/apr/02/what-pathway-citizenship/
Bloomberg: Obama Labor Pick’s Immigration Advocacy Tests Republicans
By Laura Litvan
April 3, 2013
Voices of NY: With Immigration Reform Looming, Undocumented Save Money, Pay Taxes
April 1, 2013
http://voicesofny.org/2013/04/with-immigration-reform-looming-undocumented-save-money-pay-taxes/
HOUSE AND SENATE DEVELOPMENTS
New York Times: House Immigration Bill Is Said to Offer 3 Paths
By Ashley Parker
April 2, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/us/politics/house-groups-immigration-bill-takes-shape.html
The Hill: Report: House immigration bill to offer three distinct paths to citizenship
By Justin Sink
April 3, 2013
Associated Press: Senate immigration bill would set up a new permanent agriculture worker program
April 3, 2013
Talking Points Memo: Judiciary Chair Leahy To Rubio: Expect ‘Swift And Thorough Action’ On Immigration
By Benjy Sarlin
April 2, 2013
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/leahy-rubio-swift-action-immigration.php
Politico: Patrick Leahy: ‘Urgent’ to consider immigration reform
By Many Raju
April 2, 2013
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/immigration-reform-patrick-leahy-89546.html
Roll Call: Leahy Seeks Meeting With Immigration ‘Gang of 8’
By Humberto Sanchez
April 2, 2013
http://www.rollcall.com/news/leahy_seeks_meeting_with_immigration_gang_of_8-223562-1.html?pos=oplyh
The Hill: Cruz: Obama pushing path to citizenship as ‘poison pill’ to kill immigration reform
By Daniel Strauss
April 2, 2013
ABC/Univision: Why Ted Cruz Is Holding Out on Immigration Reform
By Jordan Fabian
April 2, 2013
Deseret News: Utah’s congressional delegation not enthusiastic about immigration reform efforts
By Lisa Riley Roche
April 2, 2013
Huffington Post: Chuck Schumer’s ‘Extreme’ Immigration Position Protested By Immigration Rights Activists
By Chelsea Kiene
April 2, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/chuck-schumer-immigration-protests_n_2999976.html
Politico: Past foes return on immigration
By Manu Raju and Anna Palmer
April 2, 2013
Roll Call: Club for Growth and FreedomWorks to Sit Out Immigration Fight
By David Drucker
April 2, 2013
http://blogs.rollcall.com/goppers/club-for-growth-and-freedomworks-to-sit-out-immigration-fight/
NEW ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST POLL
ABC News: Public Views on Immigration Reform Underscore the GOP’s Conundrum
By Gary Langer
April 3, 2013
ABC News: Immigration Puts GOP in Tight Spot
By Jim Avila
April 3, 2013
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/04/tight-spot-for-gop/
Washington Post (The Fix): Why a ‘path to citizenship’ remains politically perilous for Republicans
By Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan
April 3, 2013
EVANGELICAL IMMIGRATION TABLE RADIO AD RELEASE
ABC News: What Would Jesus Do? Evangelists Launch Immigration Ad Campaign
By Jim Avila and Serena Marshall
April 3, 2013
BuzzFeed: Evangelical Group Calls For Path To Citizenship, “Biblical Approach” To Immigration Reform
By Ruby Cramer
April 2, 2013
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/evangelical-group-calls-for-path-to-citizenship-biblical-app
Roll Call: Evangelicals Ramp Up Immigration Ads
By Eliza Newlin Carney
April 2, 2013
http://www.rollcall.com/news/evangelicals_ramp_up_immigration_ads-223563-1.html?pos=olobh
THE AP DROPS THE “I” WORD
Associated Press: ‘Illegal immigrant’ no more
By Paul Colford
April 2, 2013
http://blog.ap.org/2013/04/02/illegal-immigrant-no-more/
New York Times (The Public Editor’s Journal): The Times, Too, Is Reconsidering the Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’
By Margaret Sullivan
April 2, 2013
ADDITIONAL POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
USA Today: Border security quandary could kill immigration bill
By Alan Gomez
April 2, 2013
National Journal: Don’t Give Up on Guns, Immigration, or a Debt Deal
By Jill Lawrence
April 2, 2013
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/don-t-give-up-on-guns-immigration-or-a-debt-deal-20130402
Politico: Tech immigration push is in high gear
By Michelle Quinn
April 3, 2013
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/technology-industry-immigration-reform-89555.html
Bloomberg: Small Business Wants Immigration Reform for More Than Cheap Labor
By Patrick Clark
April 2, 2013
ABC/Univision: Immigration Reform Could Pit Family Ties Against Economic Need
By Ted Hesson
April 2, 2013
ABC/Univision: Family a Priority for Immigration Reform Advocates
By Albert Sabate
April 2, 2013
New York Times: In Mexican Villages, Few Are Left to Dream of U.S.
By Damien Cave
April 2, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/world/americas/new-wave-of-mexican-immigrants-seems-unlikely.html
New America Media: Who’s Afraid of Immigrants With Criminal Records?
By Valeria Fernandez
April 2, 2013
EDITORIALS AND OPINIONS
Washington Post (Editorial): Marco Rubio sits on the immigration fence
April 2, 2013
Bloomberg (Editorial): Congress Can Still Mess Up Immigration Reform
April 2, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-02/congress-can-still-mess-up-immigration-reform.html
Los Angeles Times (Editorial): A shockingly sensible immigration plan
April 3, 2013
Washington Post (Blog): What Marco Rubio’s dance on immigration tells us about Washington
By Jamelle Bouie
April 2, 2013
Washington Post (Blog): Rubio knows his party and how to get an immigration deal
By Jennifer Rubin
April 2, 2013
The Hill (Blog): Groundwork being laid to delay immigration reform
By Cesar Vargas
April 2, 2013
Washington Post (Post Partisan Blog): Guns and immigration: Tale of two movements
By Jonathan Capehart
April 2, 2013
Politico (Opinion): Can the GOP dig out of its hole?
By Roger Simon
April 3, 2013
The New Yorker: Fear of a Liberal America
By George Packer
April 2, 2013
Washington Times (Opinion): Immigration climate change
By Donald Lambro
April 3, 2013
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/3/immigration-climate-change/?page=all#pagebreak
Wall Street Journal (Opinion): Let Business Guide a Guest-Worker Policy
By Steve Caldeira and Jerry Howard
April 2, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323296504578396190972670174.html?KEYWORDS=immigration
Christian Science Monitor (Opinion): What immigration reform could mean for US workers
By Robert Reich
April 3, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune (Letter to the Editor): Senate dodgers
By Angelica Rodriguez
April 2, 2013
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/56057913-82/immigration-reform-hatch-lake.html.csp
The Hill (Blog): ‘Amnesty’ and ‘illegal’: When words have policy consequences
By Karthick Ramakrishnan and Jennifer Merolla
April 3, 2013
Huffington Post (Blog): What Would You Ask an Undocumented Immigrant?
By Jose Antonio Vargas
April 2, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-antonio-vargas/jose-antonio-vargas-facebook-chat_b_2997232.html
LOCAL
Associated Press (Arizona): Court asked to bar piece of Ariz. immigration law
April 2, 2013
Jersey Journal: Pro-immigration advocates meet in Jersey City to call for reform
By Terrence McDonald
April 2, 2013
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/04/pro-immigration_advocates_meet.html
The Oregonian: Multnomah County Sheriff’s immigration hold policy evolves
By Andrea Castillo
April 2, 2013
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/04/multnomah_county_sheriffs_immi.html
Cleveland Plain-Dealer: Cleveland forum adds Midwest perspective to national immigration debate
By Robert Smith
April 2, 2013
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/04/cleveland_forum_fous_on_imgn_r.html
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