In his first press conference post-election, President Obama took a question about immigration and said that a bill would likely be introduced in Congress soon after his inauguration. Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, had the following reaction to President Obama’s immigration comments: President Obama made it...
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Momentum keeps building on behalf of immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: From the President to conservative leaders to the American people themselves, the stampede towards broad immigration reform that will put 11 million new Americans...
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Voter ID struggles from this year’s election have culminated in Arizona, where 324,362 ballots remain uncounted. Between the seriously questionable pre-election materials that were distributed, local officials’ delayed response in counting all the ballots, and the fact that the ballots could make a difference in who wins key races...
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Over the past week, there’s been an avalanche of punditry and discussion about the new, post-election politics of immigration reform. Much of the focus has been on the Republican Party’s serious problems on the issue, caused by chronic catering to its anti-immigrant nativist wing, led by the likes of...
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Immigration reform has rocketed to the top of the national agenda in the past week, after Latino turnout and overwhelming support for President Obama and his party were key to holding the White House and Senate for the Democrats and gaining slightly in the House. Today, Lake Research and...
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Leaders from across the evangelical community held a press call this morning announcing the release of open letter to President Obama and to Congress calling for immigration reform. The call discussed the growing consensus for immigration reform within the evangelical Christian community, and asked the President and Congress to...
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Last week, we reported on the alarming number of provisional ballots left over from last week’s election that still to be counted in Arizona. Here’s a quick recap from the Arizona chapter of the ACLU: According to the Arizona Secretary of State, as of November 8 there were more...
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This morning, the DREAM Bar Association (DBA), the first and only bar association representing undocumented lawyers, held a press conference highlighting the launch of their “DREAM lawyers” campaign. The group is combining research, litigation, and advocacy to encourage all 50 states to grant law licenses to undocumented immigrant students—and...
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A week out from the 2012 elections, it’s clear that Latino voters’ decisive role in the electorate has boosted the prospects and accelerated the timetable for passing immigration reform legislation. Here are two key reasons why: 1. Without a significantly improved performance among Latino voters, the Republican Party’s future...
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If one thing is clear coming out of the election, it’s this: the movement demanding citizenship for 11 million new Americans have triumphed over the anti-immigrant crowd. Mitt Romney embraced the anti-immigrant policy of “self-deportation,” thinking we would let it slide. He was wrong. In fact, many analysts have...
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