“Para los latinos, el tema es personal, simbólico e importante. La mayoría de los votantes latinos conoce a un inmigrante indocumentado”, dijo Frank Sharry, director de America’s Voice, durante la presentación de los datos de la encuesta. Pese al malestar, el 58% de los latinos dijo ser ahora mucho...
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21 de octubre de 2014
GOP's Ugly Anti-immigrant Rhetoric In 2014 Guarantees Long-term Harm
Yesterday, America’s Voice released polling from Latino Decisions on “the politics of immigration are influencing Latinos’ perceptions of both parties and potential presidential contenders heading into 2016 and beyond.” Among the key finding: Republicans are Facing Major 2016 Problem: Fifty-five percent of Latinos said that they’d vote for the...
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Elise Foley from Huffington Post reports on the case of an Honduran teenager, who fled gang violence, settled in with a new family – and is now being forced back to Honduras by the Department of Homeland Security: In 2011, a then-14-year-old orphan fled Honduras for the U.S., fearful...
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21 de octubre de 2014
MSNBC (Jose Diaz-Balart): Democrats see early 2016 advantage among Latino voters October 20, 2014 Bloomberg: Burned on Immigration Reform, Latinos Start to Pull Away from Democrats By Greg Giroux October 20, 2014 The Fiscal Times: Three Reasons Why a GOP ‘Wave’ Is Still Possible By Eric Pianin October 20,...
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20 de octubre de 2014
White House Debates Timing of Already Delayed Executive Action on Immigration
Today’s Los Angeles Times reports on what it calls President Obama’s “time out” from his “year of action.” Of course, one of the issues subject to delay was immigration reform: Immigration reform, once deemed a pressing back-to-school item, will wait at least until the winter holidays. That delay has...
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20 de octubre de 2014
Editor’s note: If you’re looking for our election eve polling you can find it here: latinovote2014.com Today, America’s Voice released a poll examining Latino voters and their implications on the upcoming midterm and Presidential elections. The full toplines, crosstabs and power point presentation are available online. Here’s an infographic highlighting...
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Experts to Discuss New Poll Results and Implications for Upcoming Midterm and Presidential Elections Washington, DC – On a press call/webinar today, Matt Barreto, Co-Founder of Latino Decisions, and Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, discussed the results of a new nationwide poll of 600 Latino voters that provides...
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20 de octubre de 2014
La estrategia para obtener una reforma de inmigración durante este ciclo legislativo se basó en resaltar la necesidad que tiene el sector empresarial de los inmigrantes por sobre otros argumentos.
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20 de octubre de 2014
¿Qué pasará con las anticipadas acciones ejecutivas migratorias si tras las elecciones intermedias el Senado pasa a manos republicanas y este partido controla el Congreso? Y si así fuera, ¿hay posibilidades reales de reforma migratoria en un Congreso de mayoría republicana en los próximos dos años? Se supone que...
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Today on Jose Diaz Balart, Matt Barreto, Janet Murguia, and Frank Sharry previewed new America’s Voice polling on the power of the Latino Vote going into 2016. The poll will be released at 1pm this afternoon (Oct. 20). As you’ll see, Republican contenders are facing an uphill climb while, as Frank noted, Hillary...
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