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Immigration Debate: Press One For Culture War In EnglishThere are number of illuminating moments in the HBO Documentary "The Senators' Bargain" that aired on HBO2 ; see a trailer here).  The documentary looks behind the scenes at the fight in the U.S. Senate in 2007 for comprehensive immigration reform legislation and focuses especially on Senator Ted Kennedy and his staff.  Among the remarkable moments are a floor speech by Sen. Trent Lott (of all people) imploring ...
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Immigration reform appears to be moving forward and so does health care reform with the support of the Hispanic Caucus.  The complicated relationship between the forces fighting for immigration reform and the labor movement have been on display this week. A potentially uncomfortable moment on the stage was averted before the March For America rally for immigration reform on the National Mall in Washington this Sunday.  Andy Stern, the President of the Service ...
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Immigration doesn't break cleanly along left/right, liberal/conservative, or Democratic/Republican lines.  There are lots of pro-immigration and pro-immigrant conservatives and they come in different varieties.  Likewise, there are lots of progressives with deep reservations about immigration reform and immigration in general.   But the divisions the immigration debate creates on the right are deeper, more passionate, and much more destructive to GOP unity than the division on the left and the last few ...
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With the jobs bill that just passed the Senate, a small group of Republican Senators, led by Jeff Sessions of Alabama, tried to hold up matters by insisting that immigration provisions be added to the bill.  Once again, the "Party of No" morphs into the "Party of No Way Jose" as the GOP trots out its all-purpose boogeyman: "illegals" Another bill moves through the Senate to help the American economy and ...
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