Already facing protests against her attempted crackdown on undocumented workers, Governor Susana Martinez (R-NM) faces new scrutiny with the revelation that her grandfather was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. Continue »
A video clip from a debate in 1980 between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a much different approach to immigration then we're seeing from the current crop of GOP presidential contenders. Continue »
We know you're a radio shock jock, Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham, but if you're going to gratuitously attack a public figure and needlessly slam a group of people, could you try to have your tweets make sense? Continue »
During the Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library last night, Noticiero Telemundo anchor José Díaz-Balart pushed the candidates to go further than their usual "we must secure the border" tropes and actually answer a question on immigration. Continue »
An article by Julian Aguilar at Texas Tribune about Roxann Lara, a pregnant woman detained by Border Patrol agents, raises many more concerns about how that agency is complying with the Obama administration's new deportation policy. Continue »
Nearly three-fourths of the debate passed before MSNBC trotted out Telemundo anchor Jose Diaz-Balart to ask the immigration questions of the night. We live-tweeted the segment here (spoiler: not much was said beyond the boilerplate 'we must focus on the border'). Here's a roundup of commentary from... Continue »
Tonight, the President announces to the nation his much-awaited jobs plan. Many Republicans are already protesting; they think they have it all figured out. They're moving ahead with their very own jobs plan, crafted by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), in the form of a... Continue »
On the day of the Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, we are reminded of President Reagan's immigration legacy and his vision for America. Yet at tonight's debate, according to experts on immigration and Latino politics who participated in a press call held earlier today,... Continue »
A new report released today probes into the federal H-2A agricultural guest worker program designed to provide farmers and harvesters with a legal workforce, and discovers that the program has grown rife with abuse and is sorely lacking in legal protections for these guest workers. Continue »
Two important must read posts from Markos Moulitsas on the Latino vote and its implications for 2012, especially for Obama. One is titled, Obama's waning Latino support, and the other is: What drives Latino approval ratings of president Continue »