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Earlier this week, Allahpundit broke out a first look at the GOP alternative to the DREAM Act, which Republicans apparently began working on before the ink was even dry on the Obama win headlines. Since that time, the draft has been making the rounds on the Hill and more people have had time to kick [...]

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Pathway?

I can’t understand why Senate Democrats would agree to this. Republicans are in a panic over the Latino vote; liberals have never had them in a more vulnerable position than they do now. If you’re Harry Reid or Chuck Schumer, why let the GOP off easy by settling for a limited amnesty that helps Republicans [...]

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Big DREAMs

One worry which I frequently see expressed in conservative circles has less to do with what Barack Obama may have actually done so far, and more to do with what he might get up to if given a second term. The general line of thought goes, “If you think things are bad now, just wait [...]

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Immigration.

While the Supreme Court’s mixed decision on Monday on Arizona’s immigration enforcement law gave a big political boost to officials there who supported it, the ruling does not seem likely to unleash a new wave of legislation by other states to crack down on illegal immigration… The court also allowed, and even invited, lawsuits against [...]

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Mission accomplished?

The establishment media will tell you Obama’s new non-enforcement of immigration law is a political masterstroke. “It’s a trap!“ for Republicans, it is written. A flash poll proclaims it’s overwhelmingly popular with likely voters. The WaPo’s Aaron Blake, while adding more nuance than most along the way, stresses the conventional wisdom: President Obama’s announcement Friday [...]

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Dreams.

House Speaker John Boehner today took a direct assault at the president’s immigration announcement as he questioned the constitutionality of his decision to stop deporting and begin granting work permits to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants and he surmised that President Obama made the announcement because the president “can’t talk about his economic [...]

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DREAM deferred.

Inevitable, but still good politics. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Monday that President Barack Obama’s move last week to block deportations for some young illegal immigrants in the U.S. has likely derailed his own similar efforts, at least until after the election. “People are going to say to me, ‘Why are we going to need [...]

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Borders.

Mitt Romney is refusing to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama’s new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The Republican presidential candidate tells CBS” ”Face the Nation” that if he’s president, Obama’s executive order “would be overtaken by events … by virtue of my putting in place [...]

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Lawlessness.

Mr. Obama said that he was changing the deportation policy because “it’s the right thing to do.” Translation: It’s the politically expedient thing to do in an election year in which Hispanic voters are expected to play a key role in determining whether he wins a second term. Hispanic voter registration is down considerably from [...]

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"If I'm president, we'll do our very best to have that kind of long-term solution."

BuzzFeed notes, correctly, that the most important part here is what he didn’t say. He continued: “I think the actions that the president took today make it more difficult to reach that kind of long term solution because an executive order, of course, is a short-term matter that can be reversed by subsequent presidents.”… “I’d [...]

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“We are a better nation than one that expels innocent young kids.”

Contrary to popular belief, this shift doesn’t appear to stem from any new executive orders from The One. It comes from a directive issued by Janet Napolitano (at Obama’s behest, of course) instructing DHS to defer action on all young illegals who meet the DREAM-like criteria specified in the directive. That’s why O is insisting [...]

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Expediency.

Marco Rubio picks up the issue of immigration reform today on CNN, as a few media analysts note that Mitt Romney has remained rather quiet on the topic.  Rather than focus on Romney, though, Rubio argues that Democrats proved conclusively in 2009-10 that they don’t take the issue seriously at all.  During that period, Democrats [...]

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Pandermonium.

To be clear, “no” is an option on unemployment dropping below eight percent or America avoiding an entirely foreseeable entitlement-driven fiscal meltdown. But the DREAM Act, to which Congress has already said “no” several times? Nuh uh. That’s happening this time. At least rhetorically. A solid Hispandering strategy six months out from Election Day deserves [...]

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Dreams.

“House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) poured cold water Thursday on efforts by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to advance immigration reform by suggesting that such a plan would not be able to pass the GOP-led House this year. “Asked by a reporter whether he thought the House could pass an immigration measure this year that [...]

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Couldn't hurt.

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has never fully supported the DREAM Act, but he says he has always supported the idea behind it: Undocumented immigrant children don’t bear responsibility for the decision of their parents to bypass the legal immigration process, and they shouldn’t be made to bear that responsibility. Rubio wants to propose a [...]

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Otherwise, the GOP stands no chance with 'em.

If Michael Scherer is right and Latinos will pick the next president, then the eventual GOP nominee — whoever he might be — is in trouble. According to a Fox News Latino poll conducted under the direction of Latin Insights, President Barack Obama beats any of the GOP candidates among Latino voters by a margin [...]

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Dream on

Allahpundit already tipped off the masses to news that Occupy DC and their related squatter ilk were planning on causing trouble at CPAC this week. No surprise there, as they’re bound to show up anywhere they think they can attract some cameras. But a friendly little bird whispered in my e-mail inbox today sending me [...]

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