The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced last week that it had broken its own record for deportations, affirming the Obama administration's zeal for heavy-handed immigration enforcement. According to the announcement, deportations have increased by 70 percent since the Bush administration, totaling 392,000 in fiscal year 2010.
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The issue of immigration reform is likely to be discussed in tonight's debate between Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle. In a close race like this, Latino voters are poised to play a pivotal role in deciding the eventual outcome.
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Today America's Voice hosted a press call to highlight various "Get Out the Vote" efforts, totalling more than $5.4 million, to engage and mobilize over one million Latino, Asian, and immigrant voters in a number of battleground states-- just in time for the mid-term elections.
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In one of the uglier developments of the 2010 mid-terms, Idaho Democratic Congressman Walt Minnick is lashing out at his Latino Republican opponent, Raul Labrador, for being "soft" on immigration.
Labrador, an immigration attorney and Republican state legislator who has been endorsed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, can hardly be called...
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With the mid-term elections just three weeks away, now's a good time to remind folks how, where, and when they can exercise their right to vote!
The Reform Immigration for America campaign has a great toolkit of resources to help people get out and vote on Nov. 2nd.
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U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton ruled this week not to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges the Constitutionality of the controversial Arizona SB 1070 immigration law. The motion to dismiss was brought forward by Gov. Jan Brewer, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.
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Oct 12, 2010
A recent segment of Anderson Cooper 360 shined a light on Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's history of using his office to initiate bizarre investigations and settle political scores with those who dared question the Sheriff's tactics over the years.
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Sharron Angle and David Vitter pull out all the stops, and stock photos, with race-baiting immigration ads. Dobbs pulls a Whitman. Fiorina hits Boxer for voting against immigration reform that Fiorina opposes. Politicos wonder: will Latino voters turn out? Welcome to Immigration Insider | 3 Weeks to Election 2010
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According to Andrea Nill at the Wonk Room: The racial overtones of the ad are so offensive that the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has called it blatantly "racist"and is demanding not only an apology but that the ad be pulled altogether.
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The language in this mailer is similar to an ad Angle released last month, also calling Reid the "best friend an illegal alien ever had." The ad featured menacing men with flashlights walking along a chain-link fence beside images of innocent-looking families and working people. "Illegals sneaking across...
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