One of the hottest Congressional races this year is in Colorado’s 6th district, Rep. Mike Coffman (R) versus challenger Andrew Romanoff (D). The district’s main newspaper has just endorsed Romanoff, in part over Coffman’s out of touch stance on immigration: When Coffman first went to Congress to represent a...
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Opponents of immigration reform were quick to pounce on recent statistics that 70% of adults with children who made it to the border and were then released pending a court date, failed to report to immigration offices. But that doesn’t mean they’re missing their court dates, as the Wall Street Journal...
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Yesterday, Daniel Strauss at Talking Points Memo exposed a new ad from Karl Rove’s American Crossroads PAC attacking Iowa’s Bruce Braley for supporting immigration reform. The problem? Karl Rove himself is a noted supporter of reform — he wrote this Wall Street Journal piece defending the Senate immigration bill last year. Yet he’s targeting...
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Moyers & Company: Morning Reads Real Clear Politics: Demographics, Hispanic Voters and the Midterms The Hill: Dem pollster predicts Hispanic voters to stay home Wall Street Journal: As Midterm Elections Loom, U.S. Voters Are Excited About…Nobody Fox News Latino: In Colorado Senate debate, rivals accuse each other of flip-flopping...
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In Colorado, Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) has been making some pretty silly claims about supporting immigration reform, despite what the record shows, and his Democratic challenger is determined to expose the truth — in Spanish. Democrat Andrew Romanoff this week launched two ads (one for TV and one for radio)...
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Today, the anti-immigrant group Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) is making headlines with its new TV ads, which are airing on national cable TV networks and running for several weeks. CAPS’ premise is that immigration reform is bad for the US economy and American workers — contrary to all known fact...
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Why is a Karl Rove ad citing a Heritage study from the guy who once claimed that Latinos have low IQs? Karl Rove is a noted supporter of immigration reform. Yet more than once this election season, groups funded by him have attacked Democratic candidates by going after them...
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NBC News: Report: Since Eisenhower, Executive Action Used for Immigration Fox News Latino: U.S. deported a record number of undocumented immigrants in 2013, DHS says Fox News Latino: Latino voters turning their backs on President Obama over lack of action on immigration MSNBC: Sex abuse at immigrant family detention...
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In case you missed it last night, watch the speech below (starts around 23:27) or view the transcript: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you to Senator Menendez, and to the Chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congresswoman Velázquez, for those extraordinary introductions, but more importantly for the...
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National Journal: Obama Faces Latino Audience Frustrated Over Immigration New Republic: Obama Deserves Credit, Not Criticism, for His Recent Immigration Record Huffington Post: Obama Heckled Defending Immigration Action Delay Washington Post: Obama: I’ll take executive action on immigration between the midterms and end of the year Wall Street Journal: Obama Says He’s Frustrated With...
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