New bipartisan polling on immigration released today shows that Americans of all political persuasions -- including those who favor the new Arizona immigration law -- strongly favor national action on immigration reform and overwhelmingly support comprehensive immigration reform. The research, conducted by Democratic polling firm Lake Research Partners and...
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Despite the media hype, spending on immigration enforcement has steadily climbed since 2002 and continues to skyrocket in President Obama's administration. The following chart shows that spending for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) increased from fiscal year 2002, at almost $7.5...
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Conducted by Lake Research Partners and Public Opinion Strategies, a newly released bi-partisan poll of 800 registered voters nationwide with an oversample of 300 Latino registered voters shows that Americans overwhelmingly want national action on comprehensive immigration reform. In fact, even supporters of the new Arizona immigration law...
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Hundreds of people occupied a building yesterday in downtown Seattle, Washington, protesting Obama's inaction on immigration reform. The building, which was located downtown, houses some relevant audiences: the immigration court, Customs and Border Patrol, as well as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office.
The action, which was organized by...
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Yesterday's heartbreaking conversation between a second-grade student and First Lady Michelle Obama highlighted the fear and deportation rampant under the broken immigration system. The conversation also drew attention to an underreported fact – that the Obama administration is deporting more immigrants than the Bush administration.
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Today President Obama and President Calderon of Mexico held a press conference in the Rose Garden. They both spoke about the need for immigration reform and about concerns about the new anti-immigrant law in Arizona. Important but not especially newsworthy.
Meanwhile, First Lady Michelle Obama and Mexico's First...
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A series of recent actions by courageous young immigrants has highlighted one of the most egregious parts of our broken immigration system. Under current law, young immigrants who arrive in the U.S. at a young age and grow up as Americans in all but paperwork are denied a...
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May 17, 2010
Most in the GOP just cannot help themselves. They seem determined to drive their Party off a political cliff by supporting the Arizona anti-immigrant law and vacuous, "border security first" positioning at the national level.
This past weekend, Sarah Palin became the latest prominent Republican to both support the...
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