As the Alabama state legislature begins its new legislative session today, the costs and consequences of the state's "papers, please" anti-immigration law is the hottest political topic in the state. In light of the many controversies and unintended consequences related to the law's provisions, including the sticker shock...
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The hot new immigration buzzword these days is "self-deportation," also known as "attrition through enforcement," and the Immigration Policy Center has a new report this week explaining the full, frightening reality of what it is.
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Like the ad says, "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Simply, what happens in February won't matter much in November. That's when the state will turn into a battleground. And if the past two election cycles -- and results of the 2010 Census -- are...
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Weeks after GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney touted the controversial endorsement of the architect of some of the strictest state immigration laws in the country, the presidential candidate has named a well-known immigration hard-liner as honorary chairman of his California campaign.
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Whoever said "all P.R. is good P.R." probably never had dozens of protesters gathered in front of the office calling them "Hitler." That's what happened during a recent lunchtime in the Birmingham, Ala., business district, as students from several local colleges held a mock funeral in front of a...
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In an interview on Sunday with Univision, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) criticized Mitt Romney's "self-deportation" immigration policy, stating that Republicans should adopt a "very humane approach" to immigration in order to secure Latino voters.
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A coalition of unions and civil rights groups have sent letters to Alabama's automobile manufacturers, asking them to work toward repealing the state's immigration law. "We're asking them to use their influence, we're asking them to use their persuasive voice to encourage legislators to do the right thing."
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ALABAMA ALLOWED itself to be used as a guinea pig on illegal immigration so that a Kansas lawyer could build his political career. The unintended consequences of the new law, proclaimed as the nation's toughest, are legion.
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Despite the fact that immigration is not a big issue for most Colorado Republicans, as in years past, the issue will have clear salience in November as Latino voters size up the candidates and their positions on the issues that matter.
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In his apparently endless effort to write off Latino voters, Mitt Romney's campaign today unveiled the endorsement of former California Governor Pete Wilson (R). Wilson's endorsement joins that of Romney immigration advisor and Alabama/Arizona "papers, please" law architect Kris Kobach and leading congressional mass-deportation champion Rep. Lamar Smith...
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