Mar 12, 2012
Two new polls of Latino voters confirm what I have been writing for several months: Republican front-runner Mitt Romney is so unpopular among Hispanic voters that he would have a hard time winning the November elections.
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In what appears to be a desperate and craven effort to appeal to Latino voters, Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) has introduced a weakened version of the DREAM Act. Noting the hypocrisy and cruelness of Rivera's bill, DREAMers reject the legislation - and ask not to leave any of...
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Yesterday, the 11th Circuit Court of appeals in Atlanta, Georgia blocked two more parts of the Alabama anti-immigrant law. Human Rights Watch noted the decision as "a significant victory not just for immigrants but for the rights of all residents of Alabama." Their press release gives a little more...
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The nation's eyes are turning towards Alabama, as a series of developments with the state's "show me your papers" anti-immigration law intersect with political dynamics surrounding the upcoming Republican presidential primary and general election.
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The nation's eyes are turning towards Alabama, as a series of developments with the state's "show me your papers" anti-immigration law intersect with political dynamics surrounding the upcoming Republican presidential primary and general election.
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Earlier this week, we wrote about the Silicon Valley "Tech Titans" who were supporting DREAMers through E4FC.org. Today, there's another major player from the business world weighing in on the immigration issue: Howard Buffett.
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March 2012 “Inside the Self-Deportation Movement”: Mother Jones on Romney’s Immigration Adviser’s Plan for a State by State Purge of Immigrants When Mitt Romney began saying that his proposal for dealing with the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country is to force them to “self-deport,” it may have...
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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an order today blocking two more sections of Alabama's immigration law pending the court's final ruling, which is expected this summer.
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Daniela Pelaez is practically a poster child for the Dream Act: a high school valedictorian, dreams of becoming a doctor -- and an undocumented immigrant. She's also dredging up the depth of division over immigration issues within the Republican Party.
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A prominent Republican pollster conceded Thursday that the debate over immigration reform has damaged his party's brand with Latino voters and said that his party desperately needs to rehabilitate its image with Latinos to stave off irrelevancy in the long-term.
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