Conservative Republicans want Marco Rubio to be the vice-presidential candidate in November's presidential election. At least, that's what the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) showed last weekend. Continue »
Dana Milbank's Washington Post column caused quite a stir on Twitter yesterday. Milbank called the GOP's approach to Latinos a "death wish," because the Party is alienating the fastest-growing group of voters with its anti-immigrant positioning. Continue »
Dana Milbank's Washington Post column caused quite a stir on Twitter yesterday. Milbank called the GOP's approach to Latinos a "death wish," because the Party is alienating the fastest-growing group of voters with its anti-immigrant positioning. Jim Messina tweeted that the "line of the day" was Milbank's... Continue »
Yesterday, we wrote about the premiere of Chris Weitz's "Is this Alabama?" film series, a collection of four short videos documenting life under Alabama's HB 56 immigration law. Continue »
Colorlines has another story about families being ripped apart by the nation's broken immigration system. This is about Felipe Montes, who was deported in 2010. His children were place in foster care. Now, officials in Allegheny County in North Carolina want to strip him of his parental rights. Continue »
Not all Alabamians support the state's HB 56 immigration law, explicitly designed to drive undocumented immigrants out of the state. In a new series of videos, Director Chris Weitz, the man behind the film "A Better Life," documents some of the reasons why. Continue »
Tennessee faith leaders called on presidential candidates to refrain from negative campaign rhetoric regarding immigration leading up to the state's March 6 Republican primary. Continue »
Hollywood entered the debate over Alabama's immigration law Wednesday with the debut of four short videos that the director said are meant to be an emotional gut-punch about the law's ill effects and to motivate people to demand it be repealed. Continue »
With protesters chanting and pounding drums outside the Capitol, Secretary of State Kris Kobach, one of the nation's most prominent advocates of illegal immigration crackdowns, urged lawmakers Wednesday to force employers and law enforcement officers to help chase off illegal immigrants. Continue »
A Winston-Salem man wore a graduation gown and a mask Wednesday. Speaking in front of about 50 people during a meeting sponsored by the Latino Club at Winston-Salem State University, he said his parents brought him to the United States when he was 8. Continue »