With praise from Jan Brewer tucked in his Made-In-Mexico pocket, Donald Trump is trekking to Arizona for a rally with Sheriff Joe Arpaio tomorrow — and at least one prominent Arizona Republican is already dreading what is sure to become an immigrant-bashing-palooza. GOP Senator Jeff Flake, who as a...
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As the controversy over Donald Trump’s racist, anti-immigrant comments continues, the editorial board from leading Spanish language outlet La Opinión is weighing in ahead of Trump’s trip today to the conservative Friends of Abe organization in Los Angeles. The full editorial entitled, “Friends of Trump,” is available online here and also follows below:...
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Elise Foley of the Huffington Post Lifts Up Law Enforcement Voices Explaining Why Immigrant-Friendly Policies Remain Vital to Community Safety In the wake of the renewed sanctuary cities debate, a new Huffington Post piece by Elise Foley reminds us why local communities began implementing immigrant-friendly public safety policies in the first place....
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English (en español al final de la página): CBS News: Will Donald Trump move the need on the immigration debate? By Rebecca Kaplan North Jersey Record (New Jersey): Christie’s soft criticism of Trump reflects balancing act By Charles Stile New York Times: Can’t Fire Him: Republican Party Frets Over...
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It is now clear that the fallout over Donald Trump’s racist anti-immigrant remarks will not go away quietly. Trump’s comments, and his ongoing defense of them, continue to drive the political news cycle and reinforce the Republican Party’s brand image on immigration issues in the process, while his fellow...
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Cross-posted from the Florida Immigrant Coalition’s blog: This week, the Strategic Planning & Government Operations Committee of the Miami-Dade County Commission unanimously passed a resolution in support of creating an Identification Card for all county residents. The resolution, sponsored by Commissioner Juan Carlos Zapata and co-sponsored by Commissioner Daniella...
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As always, leave it to Rep. Luis Gutierrez to keep it real. Earlier today, the Congressman railed on Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s offensive comments last month, where he claimed immigrants from Mexico are criminals and “rapists”: For the record, I am not Mexican and I am not an...
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In what is sure to help Republicans with Latino outreach, news broke yesterday that leading GOP candidate Donald Trump received some glowing reviews from two of the Latino world’s most despised figures, former Gov. Jan Brewer, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. “I believe that Mr. Trump is kind of telling...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Times: Jeb Bush’s immigration evolution: Earned legal status but no path to citizenship By Seth McLaughlin PRI: In Spanish, in America, the outrage at Trump isn’t going away By Gabe Ortiz Washington Post: Trump dominates social media By James Hohmann...
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Two must-read pieces from ThinkProgress and the Daily Beast today highlight the ugly hypocrisy from Donald Trump. While the leading Republican Presidential candidate has spent the last few weeks demonizing an entire community of immigrants, those same immigrants have been, to a very large extent, responsible for his massive...
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