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Special thanks to all those who supported local and national efforts to bring a vote for Common Sense Immigration Reform to the House floor this year! There are many pressing issues that our nation faces, together we can become the change we want to see in this world, keep in touch and collaborating...

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Dear Amig@s We had a great turn out this past Saturday at our Oct. 5th action events, marching in unison with Pro-Immigration Reform supporters from over 90 cities across the country! Unfortunately, the government shutdown continues to impede democratic progress, despite support from 26 pro-reform House Republicans who have publicly said they support immigration reform with a path to citizenship. We need to keep the pressure on the GOP Leadership to Sponsor HR15 or demand that they produce their own proposal, for a solution to bring our nation's 11 million immigrants out of the shadows and fix our out-dated immigration system. This week, America's Voice reported from Washington, D.C., that over 200 activists and eight Members of Congress were arrested in an act of non-violent civil disobedience at a pro-immigration reform rally on the National Mall, which drew over 10,000 people. These events helped to underscore the urgent need for House Republican leadership to take concrete action to ensure that the a vote on immigration reform is brought to the House floor this year. As the New York Times reported, several "House Republicans - including Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, both of Florida, and Jeff Denham and David Valadao, both of California - appeared at the rally to call for bipartisan efforts to pass an immigration overhaul." According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice: "Lending support at rallies and delivering speeches are important measures of support, but only if followed and complemented by taking real action and expending real political capital." The stakes for the GOP are high. The longer that House Republicans delays, the greater the danger for the Republican Party's brand image among Latino voters. Recent analysis from ABC/Univision titled, "GOP Hispanic Outreach Stalls," noted that "Hispanic voters appear as alienated by the GOP as ever...amid the fight over immigration reform, Hispanics have become increasingly negative toward the GOP. Almost two-thirds of Hispanics say they feel closer to the Democratic Party than they have in the past, while less than three in ten say the same about the Republican Party, according to a recent poll by the non-profit Public Religion Research Institute. Almost half of the opinions Hispanics volunteered about the GOP were negative, while only one in ten were positive." Moreover, the longer immigration reform is on hold in the House, the greater the likelihood that the shrill and anti-immigrant Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and his face of the Party will define the GOP to Latino

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voters. Just this week, the nation's leading Spanish-language daily newspaper, La Opinin, featured a front page article from Pilar Marrero titled "Immigration Reform's 8 Worst Enemies." Those making the list are all House Republicans: Representatives Steve King (R-IA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Dana Rorabacher (R-CA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Lamar Smith (R-TX), and Michelle Bachmann (R- MN). Univisin's nightly newscast, which reaches millions of Latinos in America, lifted up the analysis and the profiles. Said Sharry, "At a time when the only thing standing in the way of reform is a vote in the House, these GOP modernizers need to seize the opportunity to define their party. Members have Congress have the unique capability to sponsor bills, write legislation and make votes happen. It's time for pro-reform Republicans to turn their words of support into actions that deliver real reform and a different direction and image for their Party."

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Thanks to our Chican@ Power Brunch Sponsors: Dr. Paul & Margaret Ruiz, Isidro Garza, Daniel Juarez, MD, Rene Aguallo, President & CEO of Reliable Staffing, and Pablo Ruiz, CEO of EduTEKS. And to our Speakers: Pastor Valenzuela, Deacon Pedro Patlan of St. Paul's Catholic Church, Patsy Torres, Tejano Singer Kicked-off Brunch with amazing rendition of the National Anthem, Patricia (Pat) Pliego Stout, San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce- 2014 Chair-Elect, Alex Guzman- Texas State Director for Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Olga Coffman of the Texas Organizing Project (TOP), Prof. Rogelio Saenz, Dean of College of Public Policy at University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) Downtown, and Councilmember Shirley Gonzalez. Gracias!

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