Oct 29, 2010
The 2010 mid-term campaign season is shaping up to be the most vicious, vitriolic election cycle in recent memory. Here's a dozen of the most outrageous candidate claims thus far, plus a couple honorable mentions. Consider this the Immigration Politics 2010 Wall of Shame.
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Days before the midterm elections, Spanish-language media have unveiled a get-out-the-vote blitz to energize Hispanic voters, whose turnout could be decisive in many races.
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Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman has reignited a controversy that roiled her campaign for weeks, saying the undocumented housekeeper she employed for nine years should be deported.
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A new investigative journalism report from National Public Radio adds a shocking element to the already-disturbing story of Arizona's controversial "papers please" immigration law. It turns out the only ones truly profiting from SB 1070 are a vast network of prison contracting companies and the politicians they fund,...
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Georgia state lawmakers said this week they are looking to Arizona for ideas as they seek to crack down on illegal immigration here.
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Tennessee advocates have come forward to argue that immigrants' rights were violated in a police-ICE raid last week. ICE says the raid was a police collaboration to root out criminal gang activity in a Nashville apartment complex, but local advocates say that innocent residents were treated like criminals. ...
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Here's the harsh truth about our immigration system: When 392,000 immigrants are detained per year and 33,000 more are detained every day with limited staff and minimal federal oversight, institutional misconduct is inevitable. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is moving record-breaking numbers of immigrants through its ancillary agencies...
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Oct 28, 2010
Appeals heard on the campaign trail this year are inflammatory and move the immigration issue in the wrong direction. They are based on erroneous assumptions and misguided arguments. These claims play to popular fears and emotions rather than reasoned debate over the controversy.
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Good stuff from my friends at Cuéntame. Sometimes you've just got to laugh to keep from crying.
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Today the Pew Hispanic Center released a report with the title "Illegal Immigration Backlash Worries, Divides Latinos." And an article by USA Today mimicked the Pew Hispanic Center's framing with the headline "Hispanics in U.S. More Divided Over Illegal Immigrants." Similarly, a piece by CNN.com...
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