Here's an important release from today's media call, organized by Reform Immigration FOR America, in which a bipartisan coalition came together to tell Congress to deliver on real immigration reform like the common-sense DREAM Act, which would allow immigrant youth to obtain citizenship through two years of college or...
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This just in: turns out all those rumors about Dobbs heading to FOX were true. After being paid $8 million to leave CNN about a year ago, the hardline immigration-obsessed host became embroiled anew in scandal last month after a year-long investigation exposed his own immigration hypocrisy (employing undocumented...
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New polling released today from Lake Research Partners on behalf of America's Voice sheds light on the views of all voters toward immigration policy. The research finds that, despite midterm election gains by conservatives and Republicans, Americans' support for comprehensive immigration reform has actually increased. Voters of every...
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Just a quick note to our friends on Capitol Hill – the Florida Independent reports that you'll have a fiery new colleague walking the halls of Congress, asking you to lunch and offering her, um, constructive suggestions about how to win the hearts and minds of America – including...
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The Spanish-language media continues to analyze the implications of last Tuesday's elections, particularly the influence of the Latino vote and the prospects of immigration relief measures under the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, in his new book, former president George W. Bush looks back on...
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Last week, the Latino vote saved the Senate for the Democrats—surprising pundits, pollsters and right-wing fearmongers alike. Under a GOP House of Representatives, immigration enforcement will be the priority, not immigration solutions. Will Sen. Harry Reid keeps his pre-election promise to move the DREAM Act during the lame-duck? ...
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Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce (R), the sponsor of SB-1070 who was recently elected state Senate president, has pushed and authored a series of other lesser-known immigration laws in his state. One of those was Proposition 300 — a referendum approved by Arizona voters in November 2006 which forces...
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Nov 8, 2010
On a cold evening in Las Vegas on October 22nd, this image burned itself into my memory: as I was looking for my car on a street by the park where President Barack Obama was shouting himself hoarse begging Nevadans to turn out to vote, I saw, through the...
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On a press call yesterday, Latino Decisions and experts in Latino civic participation and immigration reform gathered to analyze Latino voter turnout in the 2010 elections, assess what motivated Latinos to vote, and answer what Tuesday night's results mean for the future of immigration reform and Latino political engagement....
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Nov 3, 2010
In the history of other "wave" elections, Democrats have seen a pattern of losing majorities in both the House and the Senate. However, not this year; thanks to the Latino firewall in the West – motivated perhaps by some candidate's views on immigration and some smart voter mobilization efforts...
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