Yesterday I went to witness the launch of the Reform Immigration For America campaign at the National Press Club. Momentum is building for comprehensive immigration reform, and speakers from NCLR, NAACP, SEIU/Change To Win, AFL-CIO, AAJC, CHIRLA, and many others described a clear and bipartisan effort building to fix...
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Jun 3, 2009
03/06/09 a 6:59pm por Maribel Hastings Fue un mes de junio, hace dos años, que el debate sobre la reforma migratoria estaba al rojo vivo en el Senado. La combinación de falta de liderazgo en ambos partidos, senadores opuestos, también de ambos partidos, una vociferante y entonces efectiva oposición...
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It's not just the Wall Street Journal. Kos, founder of the progressive political site Daily Kos, digs into our new polling figures today: "So check it -- conventional wisdom is that tough economic times generates anti-immigrant sentiment, but these numbers are stellar. And that's just asking people about...
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New public opinion research by Lake Research Partners showed up in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, ripping to shreds the conventional wisdom that immigration reform can't happen in a down economy: "If anything, the economic climate has actually improved the environment for immigration reform, at least as far as...
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A poll of 500 likely voters each in three battleground Congressional districts finds strong support for comprehensive immigration reform. Majorities of voters in Idaho's 1st Congressional District, Alabama's 2nd Congressional District, and California's 3rd Congressional District believe that comprehensive reform will help taxpayers and is a fair solution...
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On behalf of America’s Voice and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Benenson Strategy Group conducted a poll of three battleground Congressional districts between May 27 and June 1, 2009. The poll surveyed 500 likely voters each in Idaho’s 1st Congressional District, Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, and California’s...
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"The conclusion from this new poll is clear - the American people want their badly broken immigration system fixed, and a strong majority supports the principles of what has been called Comprehensive Immigration Reform," said Simon Rosenberg of NDN, a progressive think-tank and advocacy organization. "Unlike many other...
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