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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Oct 7, 2010
The news that Lou Dobbs relied for years on undocumented labor on his sprawling New Jersey estate highlights the rank hypocrisy that characterizes many immigration reform opponents. The Dobbs revelations, coming soon after similar charges levied against California Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman, highlights an uncomfortable truth:...
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In Nevada, Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle has released one of the most offensive television ads of the 2010 election cycle. With only four weeks to Nov. 2, that's saying a lot. The controversial ad uses immigration as a wedge issue, attacking Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) for his support...
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Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle has released another racially inflammatory and false ad attacking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for his support of federal immigration reform legislation, including the DREAM Act. It is one of the most offensive television ads of the 2010 election cycle to...
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Representative Brian Bilbray (R-CA), who chairs the House Immigration Reform Caucus, wrote an anti-DREAM Act screed in The Hill that takes anti-immigrant politicking to a new and dangerous low.
In the essay, "Something to consider before casting a vote for the DREAM Act," Bilbray noted the horrible massacre of 72...
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Reacting to the news yesterday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will file the DREAM Act as an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization bill, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called amendment "extraneous" and said it has "nothing to do with the bill."
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Reporting from Las Vegas — In recent months, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has tried to extend his political reach outside his home state of Arizona, where he has gained national notoriety for lightning-rod tactics to root out illegal immigrants.
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Pop quiz: what does the recently overturned anti-immigration statute in Hazleton, PA have in common with Arizona's notorious "papers please" immigration law, SB 1070? Well, yes, both are fundamentally un-American breaches of common sense that put federal immigration responsibilities into state and local hands, instead of demanding...
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