Why is a Karl Rove ad citing a Heritage study from the guy who once claimed that Latinos have low IQs? Karl Rove is a noted supporter of immigration reform.  Yet more than once this election season, groups funded by him have attacked Democratic candidates by going after them... Continue »
Nuevo México es una de las pocas entidades que emite licencias de conducir a indocumentados, una política que Martínez ha intentado revocar varias veces, y argumentó que 65 por ciento de los residentes de Nuevo México se opone a la medida. Dijo que el problema no es de inmigración,... Continue »
NBC News: Report: Since Eisenhower, Executive Action Used for Immigration Fox News Latino: U.S. deported a record number of undocumented immigrants in 2013, DHS says Fox News Latino: Latino voters turning their backs on President Obama over lack of action on immigration MSNBC: Sex abuse at immigrant family detention... Continue »
Did “Saturday Night Live” get a hold of Gary Segura and Matt Barreto’s new book on the booming Latino electorate? Because it’s sure feeling like it. With the Latino vote expected to double by 2030 as the white vote ages out, last weekend’s hilarious “Whites” sketch featured white cast members celebrating... Continue »
Una indígena mexicana con sus dos hijos se mantiene refugiada en una iglesia católica de Chicago para evitar ser deportada, con el apoyo de decenas de congregaciones en una campaña que incluye el envío de cartas al presidente Barak Obama. Continue »
“Sí se puede, si votamos”, afirmó el presidente Barack Obama en la gala anual del Instituto de la Bancada Latina del Congreso, al pedir que sigan creyendo en él porque el anuncio de las acciones ejecutivas migratorias, como dice el cantautor cubano Willy Chirino, en una de sus famosas... Continue »
New Analyses from the American Immigration Council and the Center for American Progress Demolish GOP Talking Point about “Unconstitutional” Nature of President Obama’s Impending Executive Action Washington, DC – Despite Republican assertions that executive action on immigration from President Obama would represent an unconstitutional power grab, two new analyses... Continue »
The nativists at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a key component of the Tanton network, have launched another attack on immigrants and their families in a new “study” that exposes what is for them a startling revelation: Some people in the United States are bilingual. Apparently, CIS believes... Continue »
MSNBC: Could executive action delay backfire? By Amanda Sakuma October 3, 2014 National Journal: A Move To Set Boundaries At The Border By Nora Caplan-Bricker October 3, 2014 USA Today: Obama: Immigration orders by end of the year By David Jackson October 3, 2014 Associated Press: Obama: Action on... Continue »
As two must-reads by Jim Newell of Salon and Dara Lind of Vox highlight, recent comments from Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) suggesting the possibility of reform in 2015 are a trap designed to prevent the President from taking executive action that would protect millions of people.  Here’s why the President would be... Continue »