Republicans for Immigration Reform is a
SuperPAC which aims at pushing for
immigration reform in the United States
Reforming the current immigration policy of the United States is a subject of political discourse. Immigration has played an essential part in American history. Some feel that the United States maintains the world's most liberal immigration poli ...
and improving the
Republican Party’s standing among
Hispanics
The term ''Hispanic'' ( es, hispano) refers to people, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or Hispanidad.
The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...
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Promoted in early 2012 by former US Secretary of Commerce
Carlos Gutierrez
Carlos Miguel Gutierrez (originally Gutiérrez; born November 4, 1953) is an American former CEO and former United States Secretary of Commerce. He is currently a Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of EmPath. Gutierrez is a former Chairman of th ...
, its advocates hope it will help repair the political damage left by years of anti-illegal-immigrant rhetoric that has dominated GOP primaries and alienated crucial Hispanic voters.
Gutierrez believes that "the far right of this party has taken the party to a place that it doesn't belong".
See also
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Immigration to the United States
Immigration has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. In absolute numbers, the United States has a larger immigrant population than any other country in the worl ...
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S. 2611
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA, ) was a United States Senate bill introduced in the 109th Congress (2005–2006) by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PE) on April 7, 2006. Co-sponsors, who signed on the same day, were Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), ...
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DREAM Act
The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, known as the DREAM Act, is a United States legislative proposal to grant temporary conditional residency, with the right to work, to illegal immigrants who entered the United States a ...
References
External links
Republicans for Immigration Reform*
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United States immigration law
Immigration political advocacy groups in the United States
Republican Party (United States) organizations
Political organizations established in 2012
2012 establishments in the United States
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