Now it's former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's turn to learn what happens when you don't learn from history. Last week, Romney chose to accept the endorsement of Kris Kobach, a virulently anti-immigrant (and anti-gay, and pro-apartheid) leader who wrote state laws designed to drive immigrants out of Arizona... Continue »
Last night, at the GOP Presidential debate from South Carolina, Mitt Romney reiterated his opposition to the DREAM Act, calling it a "mistake." And, Romney also renewed his vow to veto the legislation. He also spoke about a lot about opportunity. What Mitt doesn't get -- or doesn't... Continue »
Yesterday evening, Scott Douglas, executive director of Greater Birmingham Ministries, made an appearance on the Colbert Report to discuss Alabama's monster immigration law, HB 56. On the day Americans were celebrating the memory of our nation's greatest civil rights leader, Douglas invoked the great leader himself. Continue »
As many opponents of immigration reform work hard to make clear, they are against illegal immigration (because "illegal is illegal") and don't have any beef with people who come here through sanctioned means. Continue »
The rap on Mitt Romney is that he is a political opportunist who lacks core principles. No wonder. The Romney campaign's efforts to simultaneously run two very different campaigns in South Carolina and Florida serve only to confirm Romney's shape-shifting ways. Continue »
Local and national evangelical leaders with the National Latino Evangelical Coalition kicked off the Nuestro Futuro voter registration campaign this week in Florida, launching a drive to register Latino evangelical youth for the 2012 election. Continue »
As we highlighted, yesterday Mitt Romney proudly trumpeted the endorsement of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) –the leading architect of costly and inhumane state-based, "papers, please" anti-immigration laws like Alabama's and Arizona's. Continue »
Today, FOX News Latino published an article titled, Mitt Romney Pushes Hardline on Immigration in South Carolina. That's no surprise given Romney's increasing hard-line stance on immigration reform. As we have reported, two weeks ago, Romney stated that he would even veto the DREAM Act. Continue »
Today, Mitt Romney issued a press release highlighting his endorsement by anti-immigrant ringleader Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R). Kobach is the leading architect of the "papers, please" anti-immigration laws in states like Alabama and Arizona and has a long track record of opposing positive immigration reforms—including... Continue »
The effort to repeal the California DREAM Act through an initiative failed to gather enough signatures to place the measure on the ballot. The deadline was last Friday. And, the leader of that effort, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (R), was arrested for trying to carry a loaded handgun on to... Continue »