Republicans for Immigration Reform
website: http://republicansforimmigrationreform.org/
Board of Directors
US Rep. Carlos Gutierrez (D-IL), Chairman
• House Gang of Eight
The Honorable Spencer Abraham
Gov. Luis Furtuno, Puerto Rico
• also board member of American Action Network
Mr. Fred Malek, Chairman, Thayer Lodging Group
• Founder of American Action Network, Chairman of American Action Forum
Mr. Charlie Spies, Clark Hill PLC
Advisory Board
US Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)
The Honorable Steve Preston
The Honorable Margaret Spellings
Mr. Edwin Wang, Accretive Capital
Partnership for a New American Economy
website: http://www.renewoureconomy.org/
Co-Chairs:
Bill Marriott, CEO & Chairman Marriott
Bob Iger, CEO & President Disney
Jim McNerney, CEO & Chairman Boeing
Julian Castro, Mayor San Antonio, Texas
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor New York, New York
Michael Nutter, Mayor Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rupert Murdoch, CEO & Chairman Newscorp
Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft
The web of RINOs and Rats goes deeper....
Ever hear of FWD.US?
FWD.US was created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. He has joined with "key leaders in the tech community to promote policies to keep the United States and its citizens competitive in a global economy—including comprehensive immigration reform and education reform." (http://www.fwd.us/about_us)
Their list of supporters is a who's who of tech companies. (http://www.fwd.us/our_supporters)
Their team in Washington DC:
- Rob Jesmer, former executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
- Alida Garcia, former National Latino Vote Deputy Director of Obama For America's 2012 reelection campaign
- Kate Hansen, former communications director for the Democratic Governors Association
- Scott Sloofman, former Deputy Director of the Republican National Committee War Room
FWD.US has two subsidiary organizations, Americans for a Conservative Direction, and Council for American Job Growth. (http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/22211-has-zuckerberg-gone-conservative.html)
Americans for a Conservative Direction board members are:
- Former Governor Haley Barbour, also adviser to FWD.US
- Sally Bradshaw, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush's Chief of Staff
- Joel Kapln, Vice President of US Public Policy at Facebook
- Dan Senor, former chief adviser to Representative Paul Ryan on the Romney-Ryan 2012 campaign
- Rob Jesmer, former Executive Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2008-2012.
In May FWD.us began running ads the immigration bill pushed by the so-called Senate “Gang of 8.” Politico reports that Americans for a Conservative Direction will spend over $1 million to push the ad in states including Texas, Florida, Iowa, and Kentucky. (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/07/Republican-group-Facebook-immigration-bill)
Another group running ads is the American Action Network. The American Action Network was founded by Fred Malek, National Finance Committee co-chair of John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. AAN created the American Action Forum and the Hispanic Leadership Network. These groups share office space with the Karl Rove affiliated Crossroads GPS/American Crossroads.
These groups have overlapping leadership and membership.
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| Former Senator Norm Coleman (MN) |
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| Fred Malek |
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| Former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) |
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| Congressman Raúl Labrador (R-ID) |
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| Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) |
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| Congressman Francisco Canseco (R-TX) |
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House Gang of Eight
John Carter (R-TX)
Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Sam Johnson (R-TX)
Raul Labrador (R-ID)
Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
John Yarmuth (D-KY)
Texas Rep Francisco Canseco has a hidden relation to the House Gang of Eight, membership in the Hispanic Leadership Network.
The Hispanic Leadership Network developed the "Earned legal status", and "undocumented immigrant" talking points.
http://hispanicleadershipnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/HLN-Dos-and-Donts-of-Immigration-Reform-Mes-saging.pdf
http://hispanicleadershipnetwork.org/?page_id=15
http://americanactionnetwork.org/about
http://americanactionforum.org