Tag: immigration reform

Majority Thinks U.S. Takes in Too Many Middle East Immigrants

Buck Banks

54%

Of Americans, including about three-quarters of Republicans, about half of independents and over a third of Democrats, say the United States takes in too many immigrants from the Middle East, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. By contrast, 46% of Americans, including 6 in 10 Republicans, slightly under half of independents and 3 in 10 Democrats, said the U.S. takes too many immigrants from Latin America.

Clinton Ramps Up Attacks on GOP Candidates

Buck Banks

How many people running on the Republican side try to demean immigrants, insult immigrants, cast aspersions on immigrants? They know as well as we know, we are not going to deport 11 or 12 million people living here. I hear the Republican candidates — and it’s not even the most vitriolic — none of them any longer support a path to citizenship. All of them would basically consign immigrants to second-class status.

— Hillary Clinton, escalating her criticism of her GOP presidential rivals during a campaign stop here in Iowa, “knocking the field of candidates on immigration reform, health care and LGBT issues while steering clear of directly attacking her Democratic primary rivals,” the Washington Post reports.

Obama Regains His Relevance, Sticks It to GOP

Buck Banks

Less than a month after suffering an electoral drubbing, President Obama has succeeded in placing the majority of the internal party angst back in the other camp. The president’s move on immigration has made that the overriding issue as Republicans face down a government funding deadline of next Friday. In fact, it now looks likely to become the overriding issue when Republicans try to do much of anything, in the current Congress and the new Congress, for the next few months at least. GOP leaders’ early plans of avoiding shutdown talk have already been forced into rewrite. It’s now clear that Republicans will have to work through their internal party discord – yes, again – even as they reconvene in Washington in substantially greater numbers.

— Rick Klein, on ABC’s “The Note” blog.