Cross-Posted at Latino Decisions and Latino Vote Matters: The latest impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll released today revealed a continued trend in support for President Obama, and increased dissatisfaction with Republican outreach towards Latino voters, with a possible opening for Romney on his education plan. [Full week 7 results posted...
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Back in November of 2010, of the first things Marco Rubio did after being elected to the United States Senate was announce his opposition to the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act “is not the right approach” to helping young undocumented immigrants, he said at the time. “In fact, it...
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It was just last weekend that California Governor Jerry Brown disappointed immigrant communities and activists in his state and across the nation by vetoing the TRUST Act, a bill that would have kept immigrants out of federal detention and protected from deportation if they did not have an outstanding...
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This week, as a range of national and state polling demonstrates the popularity of pro-immigration reform positions like the DREAMer deferred action program, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made it clear that he would shut down the DREAMer protection program as soon as he got inaugurated. As immigration is...
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Today, panels in the crucial swing states of Florida and Nevada met to discuss the November election, the Latino vote, and the impact of immigration politics. During the events, Latino Decisions released brand-new polling that gave us insight into what Latino voters in Florida and Nevada are thinking. Here...
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In key swing states like Florida and Nevada — and at the national level — Latino and new citizen voters are changing politics. While they care about the same issues as all Americans, they have a unique and personal connection to the immigration debate that shapes their political views....
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Today, at a live streamed panel at the University of Miami’s College of Arts and Science’s Gallery, Washington, DC and Florida-based political analysts, immigrant advocates, and community leaders discussed the politics of immigration and the Latino vote and assessed how Latino voters and the immigration issue will shape the Presidential, Senate and...
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Today, at a live streamed panel at the Greenspun Auditorium of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Washington, DC and Nevada-based political analysts, advocates, and community leaders discussed how Latino voters and the immigration issue will shape the Presidential, Senate and House races in Nevada and beyond. There, UNLV Associate Professor David Damore...
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Immigration was not mentioned in last night’s first presidential debate. But, the game-changer had already happened the day before, on Tuesday of this week when Mitt Romney announced that he will in fact end Obama’s deferred action for DREAMers program upon taking office. It’s a huge deal. Reporters, pundits,...
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Mitt Romney, for how much he desperately needs the Latino vote, is not doing a very good job courting it. A number of media outlets yesterday covered Mitt’s early-in-the-day comments to the Denver Post, when he called President Obama’s deferred action for DREAMers program a “special visa” (which was incorrect)...
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