"Forgive us for not jumping up and down at this 'news'." - @vcardenasDC in response to South Florida Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar's introduction of “The Dignity Act"

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"Two problems: First, her bill is full of bad ideas based on Republican messaging: like build-the-wall, gut asylum and more border patrol." - @vcardenasDC
"Moreover, insisting that the border is declared 'fully secure' before pursuing overdue legalization measures when many Republicans have demonstrated that they will never declare the border is secure, is a recipe for enforcement without legalization." - @vcardenasDC
"Americans support legal status and citizenship for immigrants and it is the Republican Party that is thwarting it with stalking horse attacks of ‘open borders’' and ‘mass amnesty'." - @vcardenasDC
"Second, the GOP has lost any claim to being a party serious about solving our nation’s immigration challenges. Senator John McCain lost his battle w/ cancer; Sen. Jeff Flake lost his seat; Senator Lindsey Graham lost his soul & Senator Marco Rubio lost his nerve." - @vcardenasDC
"Today’s GOP is increasingly defined by white nationalism. Immigrants, they say, are ‘invading’ America to ‘replace Americans.’ If you don't believe it, read this ⬇️ AV report on the mainstreaming of this racist trope among Republicans." - @vcardenasDC
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"This bill strikes us as a press release aimed at immigrant voters in her Florida district. It seems designed to burnish her re-election chances, not a serious effort to pass legislation or take on the nativists in the GOP." - @vcardenasDC
"If Kevin McCarthy is their next House speaker, the chance of him allowing this flawed bill to be taken up is zero. When she gets her party on board, she can call us." - @vcardenasDC

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