New polling from Latino Decisions and Impremedia shows that immigration continues to surge in importance to Latino voters. In a January-February 2010 survey of 500 registered Latino voters, 47% chose immigration as their top issue, while 34% selected either jobs or the economy (21% for jobs and...
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In a press conference late last year, President Obama mentioned that one of his biggest regrets for 2010 was Congress’ inability to come together to pass the DREAM Act. Obama has, time and time again, promised to pass meaningful immigration reform. That obviously hasn’t happened. Instead, advocates are worried...
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For the past week, there's been an intense focus on the disturbing words of Alabama State Senator Scott Beason who said, in a speech on immigration:
"If you don't believe illegal immigration will destroy a community, go and check out parts of Alabama around Arab and Albertville." He concluded with...
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During 10 years in the U.S. Army, Luis Lopez served in Iraq and Afghanistan, won medals and had a commander laud his service as a "critical part of the success of his unit fighting the global war on terrorism."
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In an early indicator of how congressional Republicans will legislate on immigration, House GOP leaders are expanding an inquiry into an enforcement program that allows employers to check the immigration status of employees.
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ImpreMedia, the leading Hispanic news and information company, partnered with Latino Decisions to release a series of six national polls among Latino registered voters. The tracking poll is set to reveal Latino's perspectives on issues related to the economy, immigration, education and healthcare.
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For those of you who don't know, E-Verify is part of a Republicans' strategy of expelling 11 million undocumented immigrants and their families from the country. However, if the program worked as Reps. Smith, Gallegly, and King hope, the GOP would essentially be deporting the entire U.S. agriculture industry...
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In Washington, there's been woefully little progress on solving the problems associated with unauthorized immigration. We got further proof today. Even in a reliably red state, like Tennessee, there's strong support for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
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Here's how you fix illegal immigration.
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Flavia at DREAM Activist took on Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) today for comments she made to a group of Texas business leaders on the DREAM Act.
Via MySanAntonio.com:
"To me, it is a clear-cut issue that we should not deport young people who have been educated...
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