Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s meeting with a DAPA-eligible family on Monday marks the first Presidential election where all candidates from one party have met with immigrant families to hear their personal stories one-on-one. In November, former Gov. Martin O’Malley kicked off the “DAPA Dinners” campaign by breaking...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: Ted Cruz’s claim that he has ‘never supported legalization’ of undocumented immigrants By Michelle Ye Hee Lee Politico: Who’s right: Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio? By Seung Min Kim Huffington Post: Ted Cruz May Be Right In His Fight...
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Ted Cruz has been in a bitter back-and-forth with Marco Rubio over the issue of immigration for months, most recently onstage at Tuesday’s Republican debate. But in an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, Cruz faced one foe he just wasn’t ready for: himself. From HuffPo: Fox News’ Bret Baier...
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As Republicans have traded in self-deportation for mass-deportation, a must-read piece from the Washington Post’s Editorial Board looks at the mainstreaming of extremism within the GOP since the entrance of Donald Trump to the 2016 Presidential race. The Washington Post editorial, entitled, “For Republicans, bigotry is the new normal,”...
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English (en español al final de la página): Dallas Morning News: Ted Cruz, under fire from Rubio on immigration, toughens stance: No legal status for 11 million here illegally By Todd Gillman Newsmax: Fox’s Baier Challenges Cruz on Amnesty Support By Greg Richter New York Times: Fact-Checking Ted Cruz...
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Last night’s Republican Presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada became a race over who can go furthest to the extreme right, with leading candidates uniting as both anti-immigrant and anti-refugee. In a round-up below, journalists, immigration advocates, and others react to the radical agendas proposed by Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz,...
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The New York Times profiled former United We Dream activist and current Clinton campaign staffer Lorella Praeli, who, along with 30 other immigrants from around the world, was sworn in as a United States citizen in a ceremony at the National Archives on Tuesday: Lorella Praeli has not always...
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English (en español al final de la página): Houston Chronicle: Latino leaders criticize Cruz’s support for form of “self-deportation” By Lomi Kriel Telegraph Voice: Cruz: ‘I do not intend to support legalization’ of undocumented CNN: Ted Cruz closes door on legal status for undocumented immigrants By Theodore Schleifer Washington...
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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has already won the endorsement of white supremacists like former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke — and now that extremist support is becoming frighteningly visible at his campaign rallies, too. At a campaign rally in Las Vegas last night, Trump supporters gleefully watched as...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: Liberal Hispanic activists assail Rubio, Cruz as ‘traitors’ to their culture By Mary Jordan EFE: Democrats could retake control of Senate with Latino vote Wisconsin Public Radio: Analyst: Latino Voters Could Sway Johnson-Feingold Contest By Chuck Quirmback Wall Street...
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