At our www.americasvoice.org/2016 site, America’s Voice offers an array of resources on the politics of immigration in the 2016 election cycle, including candidate tracking backgrounders (here is the one on Jeb Bush) as well as reports assessing both parties’ challenges and opportunities on immigration ahead of 2016 (report decoding GOP on...
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With pressure from both advocates and members of Congress mounting over the past several weeks, immigration officials announced yesterday plans to release at least six immigrant mothers from a Texas detention facility. “The women now eligible for bond had previous requests for release denied by U.S. Immigration and Customs...
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Unauthorized migration across the US/Mexico border is on track to be the lowest since 1972, said DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson earlier this week. “The bottom line of all this is, in recent years the total number of those who attempt to illegally cross our southwest border has declined dramatically,...
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English (en español al final de la página): AP: US Catholic bishops, weighing how their priorities fit pope’s, discuss calls to adjust focus By Rachel Zoll Huffington Post: Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez: Why Is Bernie Sanders Quiet On Immigration? By Igor Bovic The Hill: House Dem: I’m not sure...
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In a speech at a Latino Coalition luncheon yesterday, Gov. Chris Christie said the GOP must become more welcoming to Latino and other minority groups. On that, he’s absolutely right. Right now, there’s no bigger example of how Republicans are slamming the door on Latinos than their bogus lawsuit...
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Yesterday, in the U.S. Senate, a subcommittee led by Alabama Senator Richard Shelby voted to block the Obama Administration’s request to ensure that children fleeing violence in Central America have access to legal representation when they receive their day in immigration court. While subcommittee votes don’t usually generate a...
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English (en español al final de la página): The Hill: Centrist Dems wary of Hillary’s move to the left By Alexander Bolton Washington Post: How Jeb Bush’s campaign ran off course before it even began By Ed O’Keefe and Robert Costa The Hill: Christie: GOP needs warmer tone toward...
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Earlier today, immigration, family, and children’s advocates held a “Twitterstorm” calling for DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to end the administration’s harmful family detention policy. The movement to end family detention has gained considerable steam over the past few months, with over 150 Democrats from both chambers of Congress sending letters...
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A son of two migrant farmworkers will become the next United States poet laureate, the Library of Congress announced today. Juan Felipe Herrera, a UC Riverside professor who also served as poet laureate of California from 2012 to 2014, will become the first-ever Latino to fill the position. From...
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For at least a few minutes after Latino voters clobbered Mitt Romney at the ballot box in 2012, Republicans seemed cognizant of the fact that the party would need to undergo a major overhaul if was determined to remain viable on a national level. Instead, the GOP, following the...
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