Since the 2012 election, a key political topic has been the Latino vote and how the GOP’s inability to court it could doom them in future elections. Texas is a crucial factor in this calculation, as a longtime red state that saw a 38% growth in eligible Latino voters...
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Updated 1:45 PM ET. A new superPAC, Republicans for Immigration Reform, is launching a television ad today in South Carolina supporting Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and his leadership on immigration reform. The ad is part of a $60,000 ad buy organized to show support to Sen. Graham and defend him...
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On the eve of CPAC, more groups are coming out in support of immigration reform every day, including the National Federation of Republican Women and the San Diegans United for Commonsense Immigration Reform. At CPAC itself, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) is scheduled to talk about how Republicans can win over...
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Yesterday we wrote a blog post about a Tanton network hate group, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) attacking the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a civil rights organization, for hating on them. Today another Tanton network extremist group, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), has put out...
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Talking Points Memo: What Does A ‘Real’ Path To Citizenship Even Look Like? By Benjy Sarlin Los Angeles Times: Senators agree on path to legal status for illegal immigrants By Brian Bennett Talking Points Memo: Senate Gang Approaches Deal On Path To Citizenship By Benjy Sarlin The Atlantic: The...
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Editor’s note: Maribel Hasting’s analysis of the key players in the immigration debate was originally published in Spanish at Univision. Below is an excerpt. Washington, DC – As Congress gets ready to debate immigration reform bills, the players that are part of the discussion are as diverse as their...
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Over the weekend, Fox New’s Laura Ingraham brought on Bob Dane, a spokesman for the Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR, considered to be a hate group), to slam the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and pretend that hate groups don’t exist. “There’s a legal definition as to what...
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Jeb Bush capped off his whirlwind immigration book release with appearances on all the major English language and Spanish language Sunday shows this past weekend. After starting last week distancing himself from his past support for a path to citizenship, Bush concluded the week by embracing theSenate plan and the concept of citizenship – as predicted....
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Starting TOMORROW and continuing through this week, groups supporting immigration reform–like SEIU–are asking that you exercise your rights for immigration reform. The immigration debate is underway, and it’s crucial that we let Congress know that we support reform, and that immigration reform MUST include a path to citizenship! Please...
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Over the weekend, Jeb Bush gave immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship a bear hug, columnist George Will said that “any plan that does not envision as an end point, citizenship” will not work, and Bob Dane (a spokesman from the hate group FAIR) went on Fox News...
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