Nov 29, 2009
Obama's challenge is to ensure that Hispanics pledge allegiance to the Democratic Party for the 2010 elections and keep supporting him through his own likely 2012 re-election race while he tackles the divisive issue of repairing the nation's patchy immigration system.
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Nov 28, 2009
With the 2010 election year looming, Democrat Barack Obama in the White House and increasing numbers of Asian-American and Pacific Islanders in Congress, many groups, including the NAACP, are working harder in the traditionally Latino-led movement, sensing a fresh opportunity to overhaul laws affecting millions of immigrants, both legal...
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The only other explanation for Dobbs' eye-opening reversal on comprehensive immigration reform is that the "fiercely independent" talk-show host is one of the greatest hypocrites the universe has ever known.
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To hard-line opponents of legalization, illegal immigrants are irredeemable lawbreakers by definition, and the only thing they should be waiting for is deportation. The administration's job, as it works on a long-overdue reform bill next year, is to resist that view. So it was disheartening to hear Janet Napolitano,...
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Nov 24, 2009
Lou Dobbs, who has told interviewers he's exploring a run for political office in 2012, is reaching out to Latino groups after years of clashing with them over immigration and other issues.
But he is likely to find the reception more chilly than he'd like.
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His live, 30-minute appearance Friday night on Al Rojo Vivo, a popular show on the Spanish-language network Telemundo was barely noticed in the mainstream press. But in it, Dobbs made some stunning comments, including an apparent embrace of legalizing millions of illegal immigrants he has portrayed for years as...
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Nov 12, 2009
Lou Dobbs, a CNN anchor known for his strong views on immigration, said his show Wednesday was his last for the cable-news network. Mr. Dobbs has been a divisive figure both inside and outside Time Warner Inc. He used his show to promote his views on illegal immigration, and...
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Nov 11, 2009
If well-intentioned interventions could magically change lives, last weekend would have marked more of an end than a beginning when people paused to remember the anniversary of the stabbing death of Marcelo Lucero, a 37-year-old Ecuadorean immigrant who the police said was attacked by seven teenagers outside the village...
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Senator Lindsey Graham, the Republican with a maverick streak, has been censured by local Republican Party officials in his home state of South Carolina.
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For a time, Mr. Dobbs did tone down his TV rhetoric, but on Wednesday he made a more drastic decision: He chose opinion.
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