Feb 16, 2011
A voluntary program to run all criminal suspects' fingerprints through an immigration database was only voluntary until cities refused to participate, thousands of recently released documents show. The Obama administration then tightened the rules so that cities had no choice but to have the fingerprints checked.
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The news is not good for them, the report says. Come Election Day, the three amigos can count on immigrant voters turning out en masse - and turning their dream of mass deportations into a veritable nightmare - the group found.
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What the census shows is that America's racial minorities, aggregated together, are on track to become its majority. The Republican Party's response to this epochal demographic change has been to do everything in its power to keep America (particularly its electorate) as white as can be.
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"We could tell by looking at her that she was not originally from this country," O'Brien said. Another lawmaker asked O'Brien how she could tell the woman wasn't a legal citizen. O'Brien replied: "Well, she wasn't black, she wasn't Asian and she had the olive complexion."
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There was nothing but bad news for Republicans in the Census data released last week. Preliminary estimates reveal a rapidly browning America. Ethnic and racial minorities accounted for 85 percent of the nation's population growth over the last decade, the bulk coming from Latinos.
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Feb 14, 2011
"This is making us into a police state that will try to catch people when they are sick," said George Pauk, a retired doctor with an organization called Physicians for a National Health Program. "Do we want to stop sick people from coming in for health care?"
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Arpaio has made national headlines over the years for his tough stance on crime and illegal immigration. It was unclear how much interest he has in running for Senate versus running for re-election as sheriff, but he is being urged by his supporters to pursue the Congressional seat, according...
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President Barack Obama's approval rating among Latino voters increased again to 70% after decreasing in mid-2010. But that support does not translate into automatic votes for 2012.
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Feb 12, 2011
"There is not a monolithic vote within the Hispanic community," said Tom Tancredo, a former Colorado congressman and a leader of the anti-immigrant right. He was speaking before a crowd at this week's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual gathering of the political right that draws over 10,000....
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First Lady Michelle Obama called on the Latino community to put pressure on Republicans to support comprehensive immigration legislation. In an interview with Univision, the first lady said President Obama wanted to pass immigration legislation, but could not find enough support among Republicans to move a bill.
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