JUST IN: Ahead of this week’s expected House votes on the “American Dream and Promise Act,” we are releasing two short reports on the politics of immigration specifically related to the Dream and Promise Act #WeAreHome bit.ly/30O8jVE
"This week we expect to see House floor votes on immigration reform and the politics could not be clearer." - @ZacharyAMueller
"There is a broad and unifying consensus among the American people, they want Congress to act to provide pathways to citizenship for our undocumented neighbors, family, and friends." - @ZacharyAMueller
"The efforts to fear-monger on this issue with attack ads failed in 2020, continuing a pattern of the immigration issue losing its edge as a wedge issue for Republicans to exploit in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020." - @ZacharyAMueller
"After the white nationalist assault on the Capitol and four years of Trump's assaults on all forms of immigration, the GOP seems to be increasingly committed to being the anti-immigrant party now and in the 2022 cycle, but it is at their peril." - @ZacharyAMueller
"What will Asian or Latino Republicans do? What will Republicans from districts that Biden won do? Will Republicans who say they support Dreamers - including in their most recent campaigns - actually vote that way when the Dream and Promise Act votes are called?"-@ZacharyAMueller
"For Democrats, they should remain united & show the confidence that comes with such solid public opinion support on the issue. The question is whether they will just fight for reform in this Congress or actually deliver on something before the 2022 elections." -@ZacharyAMueller
"The American people want Congress to pass and the President to sign these measures. No matter the path forward, both parties should keep in mind that inaction on citizenship legislation and opposition to citizenship are losing political strategies." - @ZacharyAMueller
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House Minority Leader @GOPLeader's border trip agenda:
✅ distract from COVID package
✅ demonize vulnerable kids
✅ undermine support for popular immigration measures to be voted on Thursday bit.ly/38EMhbV
"@GOPLeader and the Republican Party are playing politics rather than proposing solutions. They don’t want better policies, they want more power." - @FrankSharry
"They hope that demonizing a bunch of vulnerable kids with dark skin seeking refuge in America will excite the GOP’s white grievance base and peel off some swing voters they lost to the Democrats." - @FrankSharry
"America’s Voice congratulates all of the hard-working advocates and organizations who fought for this moment and we commend the Biden Administration for taking the important step in designating Burma for TPS." - @douglasrivlin bit.ly/3rKi7LY
"This designation will give much needed relief to Burmese immigrants who have fled human rights atrocities, genocide, political upheaval, and ongoing instability." - @douglasrivlin
"It gives those already here access to work permits and allows them to continue safely building their lives here in the U.S. and protects them from being deported to a country currently in crisis." - @douglasrivlin
"What’s wrong with helping kids? Do Republicans really think children seeking safety is the greatest threat to society? Helping children in need is the most basic act of decency." - @FrankSharry
"Democrats must blow past GOP obstruction, division & disinformation and go big, now. It’s time to transition from a Trump administration that stomped on the rule of law, trampled American ideals & spent four years demonizing, detaining and deporting children." - @FrankSharry
Democrats are changing lives, Republicans are stoking fear bit.ly/3leL3cO
"Democrats are delivering on big things. On immigration, Democrats stand with the strong majority of the public who support citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including the Dreamers, TPS holders and farm workers." - @FrankSharry
"Republicans’ strategy is as ugly as it is obvious. They want the public to ignore their culpability & abdication of duty when it comes to COVID & Capitol insurrectionists & instead ignite fears about a bunch of vulnerable kids with dark skin seeking refuge." - @FrankSharry
House Minority Leader @GOPLeader: Brown child refugees who see America as a beacon of hope constitute a “crisis;” white nationalists who want to tear down our democracy do not bit.ly/3qEhF0o
"When he’s not defending Dr. Seuss or opposing COVID-19 relief, @GOPLeader is focused on the ‘threat’ of teenagers fleeing for their lives and throwing themselves at the mercy of a nation that once called itself a City on the Hill." - @FrankSharry
"This is what the Republican Party has come to: white nationalists are good, they’re an essential part of our base; non-white refugee children are bad, they’re an existential threat to America." - @FrankSharry
To understand what’s happening with unaccompanied minors, listen to leading observers bit.ly/3eqN3gt
"Donald Trump and Stephen Miller ignored our laws, trampled on our ideals, used the pretext of the pandemic to advance a nativist wish list of policies by fiat, and ripped toddlers and teenagers from their parents -- all to send a dehumanizing deterrence message." - @FrankSharry
"Now they and Republicans have the audacity to whitewash their shameful record and to blame the Biden administration for trying to re-inject basic humanity into a system dismantled by Trump." - @FrankSharry