New Orleans Eliseo Medina, a longtime labor organizer and colleague from the Farmworkers to CWA to the SEIU, and a lifelong immigration reform advocate, is living these days on the Washington Mall in a tent with a couple of others on an extended fast in hopes of triggering some pang of conscience from Speaker John …
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Devil in Details Over Immigration Reform Prospects
Shreveport If the devil is in the details, vagueness about the specifics of the proposal on real immigration reform may be hell itself. President Obama, speaking in Las Vegas, had it both ways. He both encouraged quick action, threw roses to both the Republican and Democratic efforts, and repeated his “principles” for reform, but also …