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Ohio conservative and ag leaders call for immigration reform
COLUMBUS — Several conservative business and agriculture leaders in Ohio, including Chris Gibbs, former Shelby County Republican chairman, joined a teleconference Wednesday morning to urge the Ohio delegation to work toward passing meaningful immigration reform in Congress as… Read More
Agribusiness Call for Immigration Reform From New GOP Majority
This isn’t the first time that Brent Olmstead, president of Milk Producers of Idaho and executive director of the Idaho Business Coalition for Immigration Reform, and Idaho Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Ivan Castillo have called on Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform… Read More
Conservatives tell GOP: Look past Obama order on immigration
WASHINGTON — As Capitol Hill prepares for battle over President Barack Obama’s planned executive order on immigration, a coalition of business and conservative leaders has a message for Republicans: Don’t lose focus. They’ve coordinated messages in events across the country today to convince lawmakers that, regardless of what Obama does,… Read More
Advocates try to jump-start immigration reform
With President Barack Obama poised to reshape immigration laws through executive action, two N.C. lawmakers are joining an effort to urge congressional Republicans to pass their own immigration reform. The lawmakers, including Republican Reps. Charles Jeter of Huntersville and Nathan Ramsey of Buncombe County, plan to… Read More
Immigration News 2014: Immigrant Democrats Are More Conservative Than US-Born Counterparts, Says Partnership for a New American Economy Study
The Partnership for a New American Economy kicked off a new Hispanic Engagement Campaign Wednesday in order to highlight the idea that Hispanics are able to align with both the Republican and Democratic party, depending on the issues. In coordination with The Latino Coalition and the… Read More
Shared Values
New American Economy, The Latino Coalition, and the American Principles in Action Latino Partnership’s new report, “Shared Values: How Immigrants Align with the Republican and Democratic Parties on Social Values Issues,” analyzed the social and political views held by the 18.6 million immigrant citizens in America and found that… Read More
Shared Values
New American Economy, The Latino Coalition, and the American Principles in Action Latino Partnership’s new report, “Shared Values: How Immigrants Align with the Republican and Democratic Parties on Social Values Issues,” analyzed the social and political views held by the 18.6 million immigrant citizens in America and found that… Read More
Report Shows Foreign-Born Citizens Are More Socially Conservative Than Their Native-Born Counterparts and Are Less Likely to Identify with Either Political Party
CONTACTS Ryan Williams, New American Economy, rwilliams@fp1strategies.com Yohana de la Torre, The Latino Coalition, ytorre@thelatinocoalition.com, 239-896-4695 Kate Bryan, American Principles Project, 202-503-2010 Brian Faughnan, The LIBRE Initiative, bfaughnan@belibre.org, 703-678-4581 New American Economy Kicks off Hispanic Engagement Campaign with National Media Call Featuring… Read More
Business leader’s plea to GOP: You won, now fix immigration
In the wake of the last election, millions of decent immigrants remain hostages to partisanship. Last week, Republicans gained majorities in the U.S. House and Senate and at least three governorships, including Illinois. President Barack Obama reiterated his vow of an executive order on immigration reform before the end… Read More
Moving Immigration Reform Forward
Hanna Siegel, Deputy Director of the Partnership for a New American Economy says with the mid-term election over, there may be a window of opportunity in early 2015 for immigration reform. Speaking with Brownfield at the recent American Agri-Women National Convention, Siegel said while it will be easier for… Read More
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