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New American Economy buying TV ads in Colorado urging a DACA rescue from Congress
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Dreamers aren’t just about compassion or amnesty, but dollars and cents as well, according to a New American Economy campaign headed to Colorado TVs. The national coalition has been urging compromise on comprehensive immigration reform, and it’s pushing for a compromise now on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients. DACA recipients, brought to the U.S.…
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Sens. Michael Bennet, Cory Gardner think Trump DACA deal needs more work
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In a jungle of snowboards, boots, fur hats and backpacks Friday, Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner shook hands with vendors and military guests at the Outdoor Retailer show in Denver. A tense immigration negotiation in Washington also had their interest, including a deal from President Trump Thursday night: a path to citizenship for…
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Michael Bennet, Cory Gardner ramp up push for ‘Gang of Six’ immigration fix to avert government shutdown
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Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner said Thursday an immigration package they’ve crafted with four other senators – the bipartisan “Gang of Six” – meets demands set at one point by President Donald Trump and could offer a way forward as Congress scrambles to find the votes to avert a looming government shutdown, although…
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Sen. Michael Bennet tells Senate to listen to the voices of Dreamers
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, the Democrat from Denver who is an architect of compromise and reason on immigration issues in Washington, took to the floor of the Senate Wednesday evening to try to salvage a compromise on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. A deal tied to President Trump’s demand for a wall and…
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Sen. Michael Bennet on TV: Trump’s words are racist, but maybe president can rehabilitate
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Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, a fighter for immigration reform, holds out hope for Donald Trump. Maybe. “I was raised not to call people a racist on the theory it’s hard for them to be rehabilitated once you’ve said that,” Bennet said on “Meet the Press” Sunday, when he was asked by host Chuck Todd if the…
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Colorado economists sign letter to Trump: Immigration is a money-maker
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A whole bunch of smart Coloradans signed a letter to President Trump saying immigration is good for the American economy. The 18 Colorado economists added their voices to a national campaign started in February by the New American Economy and the American Action Forum, two organizations hard to portray as liberal gunslingers. “The undersigned economists represent…
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Bennet, Gardner split over Trump’s immigration executive orders
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Colorado’s two senators had sharply different reactions to executive orders on immigration policy issued Wednesday by President Donald Trump. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, decried Trump’s directives, calling them divisive and dangerous, while his Republican colleague, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, offered a somewhat tepid embrace. Trump signed two executive orders at Department of Homeland…
