La Opinión has a withering editorial today about Secure Communities (a.k.a. S-Comm). It’s a brutal takedown of a failed program: Because of its inability to act in a consistent manner, the Secure Communities program has set an example of incompetence in the federal bureaucracy. Through confusion and a lack of...
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Russell Pearce—former Arizona state senator, sponsor of arch-anti-immigrant bill SB 1070—defeated last fall in a historic recall election. Paul Babeu—hardline anti-immigrant sheriff of Pinal County, famous for the “complete the danged fence” ad he shot with John McCain—tarred this year for certain…indiscretions, and now on the defensive with both...
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A number of great articles today about how the Latino vote will impact the general election in November this year. Time tries to handicap just how influential the Latino vote will be: In national elections since the early 1990s, Republicans have had a floor of about 20% among Latinos,...
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The Republican Party’s hard right approach to immigration policy is often sharply contrasted with that of Democratic officeholders and candidates, but sometimes the current GOP extremism is called out by more moderate members of the same party. Two Republican luminaries this week highlight the fact that today’s nativist GOP...
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