A new poll of Latino voters from the Public Religion Research Institute shows that Republicans have much to worry about when it comes to the Party’s national prospects and how they address immigration reform. As a New York Times recap states: More than 6 in 10 Hispanic respondents said...
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It’s been almost a year since the 2012 election, and Mitt Romney has had time to do some thinking. In an interview with CNN last Friday, Romney talked about the failures of his 2012 campaign and said that his largest error involved his outreach to Latino voters. As...
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Huffington Post: Key House Democrat: Immigration Plan Won’t Progress Without GOP Support By Elise Foley NBC Latino: Democratic leaders push for immigration reform, look for GOP support By Maria Camila Bernal Arizona Republic: Immigration backers plan U.S. marches By Daniel Gonzalez USA Today (CORRECTED): House could determine fate of...
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“Qué Pasa” is our weekly roundup of news, opinion, and links from Spanish-Language online news publications: La Opinión: Democrats try to save immigration reform again The Democratic leadership is considering a new proposal for immigration reform, which they hope will shake up the prospects for legislation in the House of Representatives....
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In the past week the fight for immigration reform in the House of Representatives has been shaken up by some key developments. This has led to much discussion and analysis regarding their impact. Some have grown more pessimistic, but we at America’s Voice have become more optimistic. Here’s our...
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We’ve written about the immigrant driver’s license bill in California, and our hopes that Governor Jerry Brown will sign it. There’s also another bill pending that will make drastic improvements to the lives of immigrants–AB 4, also known as the TRUST Act, which will help protect immigrants from deportation...
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Reps. Luis Gutierrez & Jared Polis on Immigration Reform State of Play On today’s “Office Hours” press call, two longtime Congressional champions of immigration reform – Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) – expressed optimism about the prospects for reform this year and discussed the strategies...
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USA Today: House could determine fate of immigration overhaul By Erin Kelly Voice of America: Fiscal Fights Snarl US Congress, Imperil Other Legislation By Michael Bowman Washington Post: Immigration advocates announce plans for demonstrations across country By David Nakamura Dallas Morning News: Democrats pressure House Republicans on immigration reform...
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In recent days, we’ve written about Colorado and California as examples of places where demographic change have posed and continue to pose serious challenges to Republicans in future elections. Today, Jill Lawrence at National Journal has a similar piece about this year’s gubernatorial race in Virginia, where demography may...
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Imagine if a law enforcement agency insisted on incarcerating a certain number of prisoners, every day, every year, regardless of how many of those prisoners actually needed to be there; what the actual crime rate was; and whether there was another, cheaper way to keep track of them. That’s...
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