Tag Archives: immigration reform

Sen. Marco Rubio: I’ll Vote Against The Immigration Bill If Gays Are Included

Sen. Marco Rubio today vowed that he will vote against the immigration reform bill that he co-authored if the amendment allowing gay US citizens to sponsor their foreign partners is not removed. “If this bill has something in it that gives gay couples immigration rights and so forth, it kills the bill. I’m done,” Rubio said Thursday during an interview …

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Crazy Eyes: If Immigration Reform Passes There Won’t Be Another GOP President

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Racism Causes Misspellings

260,000 “likes” on Facebook. (Via JMG reader Aaron)

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Sen. Patrick Leahy Intro’s LGBT Couples Amendment To Immigration Reform Bill

Shortly after the Senate voted to debate the immigration reform bill written by the so-called Gang Of Eight, late this afternoon Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) again introduced an amendment that would allow LGBT citizens to sponsors their spouses for permanent residency. Politico reports: “Seeking equal protection under our laws for the LGBT community is the right thing to do,” Leahy …

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Immigration Reform Advances In Senate

This afternoon the Senate voted to at least discuss the immigration reform bill put together by the so-called Gang Of Eight.  And that’s considered to be a big deal. Via USA Today: A procedural vote to begin formal debate on the bill was approved 82-15 on a bipartisan vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch …

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Gays Won’t Be In Immigration Reform Bill

An amendment to add LGBT couples to the Senate immigration reform bill was withdrawn tonight in order to improve the bill’s chance of passage. Chris Geidner has the news at Buzzfeed: Sen. Patrick Leahy withdrew his proposed amendment to the comprehensive immigration reform bill that would have recognized the marriages of same-sex couples for immigration purposes on Tuesday night, after …

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Breitbart Headline Of The Day

That’s what he gets for backing immigration reform.

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President Obama Supports LGBT Inclusion For Immigration Reform Bill

Speaking tonight at a press conference in Costa Rica, President Obama endorsed including LGBT couples in the immigration reform bill currently before the Senate. Obama says that recognizing same-sex relationships in the bill is “the right thing to do.” But he says it would be premature to telegraph what he will or won’t do before lawmakers send him a bill. …

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National LGBT Groups Threaten To Derail Immigration Bill Over Gay Exclusion

From a press release jointly issued by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLAAD, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, United We Dream and Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project: Our primary goal is to pass a commonsense, compassionate immigration reform bill that puts our nation’s undocumented men, women and children on a pathway to citizenship. That pathway would provide at least …

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Jesus Hates Immigrants

“Scripture is clear on many things, but a sovereign nation’s immigration policy is not one of them. There is no biblical mandate for mass Amnesty for illegal aliens. Make no mistake, the current Senate proposal allows all illegal aliens to come forward to receive ‘Registered Provisional Immigrant’ legal status within six months after President Obama signs the bill. That is …

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Senate Committee To Consider Adding LGBT Couples To Immigration Reform

Next week the Senate Judiciary Committee will reportedly consider adding LGBT couples to the immigration reform bill presently before Congress. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed that such a change will surely add fuel to the already hotly contentious debate. Although the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators did not include language allowing Americans in same-sex relationships to sponsor their foreign partner …

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Obama On Immigration Reform Bill

“This afternoon, Senators Schumer and McCain briefed me on the bipartisan immigration reform bill that they have drafted with their colleagues in the Senate. This bill is clearly a compromise, and no one will get everything they wanted, including me. But it is largely consistent with the principles that I have repeatedly laid out for comprehensive reform. This bill would …

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Matt Foreman On Immigration Reform

“In the early days of the HIV/AIDS crisis, the anti-gay folks divided people with the disease into moral categories. You were either ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on how you contracted the disease; and gay people, of course, were on the bad side. The current national debate over immigration reform has a similarly disturbing, divisive and moralizing undertone that echoes those …

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LGBT & Undocumented

An estimated 267K people are both LGBT and undocumented.

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At #LGBTmedia13

The fourth annual Haas Convening is underway in Philadelphia, where about 70 LGBT journalists have gathered for brainstorming and training on critical issues facing the community. Among today’s presenters are noted lawyer Lavi Soloway, who advocates for bi-national couples who face DOMA-related deportations. Other issues on today’s agenda include LGBT rights abroad and asylum rights, aging and seniors in the …

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John McCain Vs Constituents

Sen. John McCain got into quite a heated battle with constituents during a town hall meeting about immigration reform. Watch this.

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Obama On Immigration Reform: Don’t Forget That You Used To Be Them

RELATED: Today White House spokesman Jay Carney talked about the president’s support for an LGBT-inclusive plan. “The President believes that it should be included and that should come as no surprise,” Carney said. “As we’ve said all along, this is consistent with the principles he has laid out over the last four years. And the President has long believed that …

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