This afternoon, this tweet with some good news caught our attention: Bill to stop NYC from cooperating with ICE without judicial warrant passes @NYCCouncil 41-6. — Mara Gay (@MaraGay) October 22, 2014 And, a report from the New York Observer: The New York City Council overwhelmingly passed legislation today...
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On Monday, America’s Voice released a poll examining Latino voters and their implications on the upcoming midterm and Presidential elections. The full toplines, crosstabs and power point presentation are available online. Here’s an infographic highlighting the key takeaways for 2016.
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Republican Candidates Demagogue Immigration and Border Security in 2014 at the Expense of GOP Viability in 2016 Washington, DC – Given the Republican Party’s need to improve its standing with Latino voters in order to win back the White House, the GOP’s embrace of anti-immigrant politics during the 2014 election...
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Apparently. There are some people, we suspect they are mostly GOP operatives, who believe the Denver Post’s polling numbers for Lations in the Senate race. The Denver Post, unlike any other outlet, found Cory Gardner was leading Mark Udall with Latino voters by a 49% – 35% margin. Not. Very....
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Last night, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes did a segment on New Hampshire GOP Senate Candidate Scott Brown’s obsession with the border, noting we’ve seen this anti-immigrant strategy before: Mitt Romney, 2012. At a debate last night, Brown and his Democratic opponent, Senator Jean Shaheen, “discussed” immigration and the border: In...
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MSNBC: GOP candidates accelerate party’s right turn on immigration By Benjy Sarlin October 21, 2014 BuzzFeed: Pollster: Most People Are Getting The Critical Latino Vote Wrong In Colorado By Adrian Carrasquillo October 21, 2014 EFE: Latinos will vote for Democrats despite Obama’s inaction on immigration By Raquel Goods October...
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Yesterday, America’s Voice released polling from Latino Decisions on “the politics of immigration are influencing Latinos’ perceptions of both parties and potential presidential contenders heading into 2016 and beyond.” Among the key finding: Republicans are Facing Major 2016 Problem: Fifty-five percent of Latinos said that they’d vote for the...
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Elise Foley from Huffington Post reports on the case of an Honduran teenager, who fled gang violence, settled in with a new family – and is now being forced back to Honduras by the Department of Homeland Security: In 2011, a then-14-year-old orphan fled Honduras for the U.S., fearful...
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MSNBC (Jose Diaz-Balart): Democrats see early 2016 advantage among Latino voters October 20, 2014 Bloomberg: Burned on Immigration Reform, Latinos Start to Pull Away from Democrats By Greg Giroux October 20, 2014 The Fiscal Times: Three Reasons Why a GOP ‘Wave’ Is Still Possible By Eric Pianin October 20,...
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Today’s Los Angeles Times reports on what it calls President Obama’s “time out” from his “year of action.” Of course, one of the issues subject to delay was immigration reform: Immigration reform, once deemed a pressing back-to-school item, will wait at least until the winter holidays. That delay has...
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