Today, Hollywood director Chris Weitz (who made one of the Twilight movies, About A Boy, and A Better Life will be releasing a series of short videos calling for the repeal of Alabama’s anti-immigrant law, H.B. 56. The videos are being premiered at the Center for American Progress (CAP),...
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A spirited Valentine's Day rally to repeal Alabama's anti-immigrant law, HB 56, turned into a commentary on race and immigrant relations yesterday when hundreds of Alabamians showed up at the State House to protest, only to be largely turned away and prohibited from speaking to their legislators inside.
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Mitt Romney put his anti-immigrant views, including opposition to the DREAM Act, front and center in his campaign for President. When the Romney campaign rolled into Arizona this week, DREAMers were there to greet him.
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Feb 14, 2012
Last week, Frank (Sharry) wrote a blog post at Huffington Post about the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX).
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American University in conjunction with Latino Decisions held an freewheeling event today on "Latinos and the 2012 Elections" – a primer on the impact of the Latino vote this November. (We live-tweeted the event here.)
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The Republican Party's embrace of anti-immigrant extremism was on full display this past weekend in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Among the loudest voices was none other than that of Kris Kobach, who is an endorser and advisor to Romney on immigration issues
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Dreamers across the country have been protesting Mitt Romney's anti-immigrant stance against the DREAM Act and other immigrant measures.
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Today at 10:30 AM, Gary Segura & Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions are taking about how the Latino vote will affect both Republicans and Democrats in the elections this year. My colleague, Van Le, is live-tweeting from the event via @americasvoice -- check out her tweets for more!
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Yesteday, activists and children from CASA de Maryland, the Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School, and Mary's Center traveled to Capitol Hill to visit a number of senators who will cast deciding votes on the proposal. The event was coordinated by NCLR and First Focus Campaign for...
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DENVER-They may be undocumented, naturalized, or first- second- or third-generation citizens, but if one thing unites many Hispanics in Colorado it's their discontent with the anti-immigrant rhetoric coming out of the Republican primary.
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