This week Latino Decisions and America’s Voice release additional datapoints from our June 2012 5-state battleground survey. Below are results and related analysis from Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions: In advance of the Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s controversial SB1070, we asked Latino voters how they would feel if the court...
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This week Latino Decisions and America’s Voice release additional datapoints from our June 2012 5-state battleground survey. Below are results and related analysis from Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions: In advance of the Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s controversial SB1070, we asked Latino voters how they would feel if the court...
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At America’s Voice Education Fund, we have been strong critics of Secure Communities, the Obama Administration’s signature immigration enforcement program. We’ve noted that it’s difficult to distinguish the difference between Arizona’s draconian SB 1070 and the Obama administration’s tactics under Secure Communities. That’s how bad it is. The Secure Communities program...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney didn’t tell his audience at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) annual conference whether or not he’d rescind the Obama Administration’s temporary relief from deportation for certain DREAMers. He promised that if elected “I...
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As we wrote yesterday, Mitt Romney’s NALEO speech left many questions unanswered regarding immigration policy, including whether or not a President Romney would rescind President Obama’s new directive to protect DREAM-eligible young people. It turns out that many others share our confusion, including a campaign policy advisor, who today...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – Cuatro años después de prometer, como candidato, que si era electo presidente retornaría a la conferencia de la Asociación Nacional de Funcionarios Latinos Electos y Designados (NALEO) en 2009 con su propuesta de reforma migratoria integral, Obama llegó a NALEO este año electoral sin...
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Via Judd Legum at Think Progress, we learn what many of us thought, but hadn’t quite heard from anyone inside the Romney campaign — until now: Ray Walser, a co-chair of Mitt Romney’s campaign for issues pertaining to Latin America, finally spilled the beans: …Mr Walser, told The Daily Telegraph: “My anticipation is...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – El senador republicano de Florida, Marco Rubio, lamentó que el tema migratorio se utilice como “ping-pong” por ambas partes del espectro político evitando así una solución real, y aseguró que su idea legislativa a largo plazo para los Soñadores, engavetada sin ser presentada, no...
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