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Gun Bill’s Failure May help Immigration Legislation

Mary Mata April 22, 2013

By Chris Cillizza, Washington Post Here’s an odd political reality: The collapse of the gun bill in the Senate last week may well make the passage of immigration reform legislation slightly easier. “I think the […]

Shameful to Use Terrorism to Stop Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

Latinos, the New Italians

Mary Mata

Foes of Immigration Reform Pounce on Boston Bombing

Mary Mata April 19, 2013

By Greg Sargent, Washington Post There’s still a lot we don’t know, but it’s being widely reported that the two suspects in the Boston bombing — one of whom has been […]

Immigration Bill: Some Deportees Could Reunite With Families in U.S.

Mary Mata April 18, 2013

By Valeria Fernández, New America Media PHOENIX –– Maria Del Rosario Rodríguez first heard the good news via a text message from her husband. She rushed to tell her co-workers […]

The Immigrant ‘Welfare Queen’ Myth

Mary Mata April 17, 2013

By Alex Nowrasteh, The Blaze A common conservative refrain is that immigrants, once they enter the U.S., “immediately begin to depend on government welfare,” as Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama recently […]

Rubio, on His Bill: His Parents Wouldn’t Be Allowed to Immigrate to U.S.

Mary Mata

By Jamie Weinstein, The Daily Caller Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says that under the immigration bill he is crafting with the bipartisan Gang of Eight senators, his parents would not have […]