In Mexico, legislators have hung an enormous banner outside the Senate building criticizing the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for President, Donald Trump. The banner — reading “Mexico Contra Trump,” or “Mexico Against Trump” — was launched by Senate Leader Miguel Barbosa, and follows a symbolic, unanimously-passed proposal banning Trump...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: Most U.S. voters view immigrants positively. Most Trump voters don’t. By Pamela Constable Washington Post: Trump would be least-popular major-party nominee in modern times By Philip Rucker and Robert Costa Huffington Post: Labor Union’s Donald Trump endorsement draws fire...
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Mar 31, 2016
In reality, it’s no surprise that the National Border Patrol Council threw its support behind the campaign of Donald Trump. His candidacy has been filled with racist and xenophobic epithets from the beginning, and this is a group frequently connected to extreme-right organizations with a decidedly anti-immigrant animus. It’s...
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Nationally, more than half of the nation’s 2.5 million seasonal farmworkers are undocumented. The simple fact is, without the back-breaking work of immigrants — undocumented and otherwise — there would not be food on our tables. It’s a fact lost among the toxic rhetoric of Republican candidates this election...
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English (en español al final de la página): The Washington Post: Border Patrol agents union endorses Trump By Joe Davidson NPR: Border Patrol union endorses Donald Trump By Brian Naylor CNN: Border Patrol union endorses Donald Trump By Eric Bradner The Atlantic: Why the Border Patrol’s union is backing...
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Mar 30, 2016
Earlier today we shared Univision journalist Jorge Ramos’s must-read column about Sophie Cruz, the young girl who captured our hearts during Pope Francis’s US tour late last year. We always knew that the Pope’s visit to the United States would touch on immigration, but Sophie’s heroic actions that day...
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English (en español al final de la página): PBS: What the immigration debate means for the White House race By Judy Woodruff Reuters: Wisconsin Governor backs republican Ted Cruz in presidential race Associated Press: Clinton takes aim at Trump in ad ahead of New York primary The Atlantic: Trump’s...
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Cross-posted from David Leopold’s blog: The lawyers for 26 GOP Governors and Attorneys General, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, filed their response brief in the case challenging President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Like everything else about this case, the brief is politically motivated and filled with...
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Yesterday, six Wisconsin leaders were arrested after protesting in the lobby of a hotel scheduled to host a press conference by Donald Trump today. Tonight, the remaining Republican Presidential candidates — Trump, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and Ohio Governor John Kasich — are also set to participate in a...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Hard Line on Immigration Resonates Less With Young Republicans, Survey Shows By Julia Preston New York Times: Hillary Clinton Attacks G.O.P. for Not Acting on Obama’s Supreme Court Pick By Amy Chozick New York Times: Donald Trump’s success...
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