Republican Senate candidate Jim Lamon produced an ad where he shoots at President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Mark Kelly. It’s craven and violent as it is, but Kelly’s wife, Gabby Giffords, was seriously wounded by a gunman back in 2011 when she was a Congresswoman representing Arizona. Lamon’s...
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Washington, DC – An ad released today by Arizona Republican Senate candidate Jim Lamon features Lamon as an Old West Sheriff shooting characters representing President Biden, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. In the ad, Lamon is flanked by National Border Patrol Union head...
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May 11, 2021
Thanks to bottom-up organizing by Latino immigrants, 2022 will feature a showdown between inclusion and nativism Immigrant youth and their allies won a big victory in Arizona yesterday. The Arizona House of Representatives passed legislation to place a referendum on the 2022 ballot that would make undocumented students...
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Arizona Republic: Biden reinstates deportation protections for 10,000 Liberians who fled Civil War In a new piece for Arizona Republic , Daniel Gonzalez reports on welcome good news for the Liberian and broader immigrant community. President Biden has signed an executive order extending Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) that will...
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The Story of the Dramatic Political Change in the Southwest Three years ago, Arizona had zero Democratic senators. After yesterday’s official swearing in of Mark Kelly, Arizona now has two Democratic senators. Together with the official certification of Joe Biden as the winner of Arizona in the presidential...
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Must read by WaPo’s Greg Sargent on why Arizona going blue is a big deal Yesterday, Arizona officially certified that Joe Biden won the state. Tomorrow, Democrat Mark Kelly will be sworn in as the new U.S. Senator for Arizona. These developments reflect one of the most consequential trends...
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Nov 12, 2020
“Arizona may have added the latest brick in a new ‘blue wall’ in the Southwest” One of the most consequential trends in recent election cycles has been the political transformation of the Southwest: In 2004, GWB won big: In his 2004 re-election victory, President George W. Bush won...
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Nov 2, 2020
At the crossroads of immigration and electoral politics, these are our top picks How is the issue of immigration faring in the 2020 elections? Below are seven key races we are watching closely. We believe these are the top races that will indicate whether immigration is a wedge...
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Oct 9, 2020
Each Friday through Election Day, we disseminate this memo highlighting the key 2020 developments at the intersection of electoral politics and immigration Key Immigration Politics Stories Politicized DHS goes all in to aid Trump’s campaign: An AP story highlights how DHS’s illegally appointed acting leaders are driving a host...
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“The wedge has lost its edge.” Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly could not have been more clear about supporting immediate, standalone legislation to put Dreamers on a path to citizenship during his debate against Sen. Martha McSally in Arizona yesterday. The debate (video), the only one scheduled in the...
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