Congratulations to Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) for receiving La Opinion’s endorsement in his upcoming Democrat-on-Democrat race against Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA). Reps. Berman and Sherman have been thrown together in California’s newly redistricted CD 30, and the race for the Congressional seat that only one of them can win...
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The exchange on immigration during the second presidential debate has misled some observers into believing that Mitt Romney has softened his position on immigration. Unfortunately, that is not the case. His strategy the other night–as it has been the entire general election season when it comes to immigration–was to wrap his...
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Maribel Hastings is a senior adviser to America’s Voice: WASHINGTON—When immigration finally came up as a topic in a presidential debate, Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s response earned him the title of Cynic-in-Chief. He continued to attack President Barack Obama for failing to pass an immigration reform bill that neither...
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Following the presidential debate last night, we put together a Twitter roundup of our favorite comments on the debate. Today, we’re putting together a blog roundup of responses commenting on who did better during the immigration segment of the debate, hitting Romney for his repeated use of the slur...
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Today, at a live streamed panel at the University of New Mexico’s main campus, national political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from New Mexico discussed how Latino voters and the immigration issue will shape the presidential and Senate races in this state and beyond. Gabriel Sanchez, Associate Professor at the University of...
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This week, America’s Voice with Latino Decisions is finishing our series of releases on polling information about Latino voters in key swing states. Today, we are releasing new data about Latino voters in New Mexico. The polling will answer questions about which candidate these segments of the electorate are supporting,...
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Trouble is brewing in Detroit again. This week, ICE agents approached two immigrant families while they were dropping off their children at Cesar Chavez Academy in Southwest Detroit. One father, Hector Orozco, was dropping off his son when he was arrested, and remains in detention. Another family was stopped...
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First of all, the public owes Lorraine Osario, the person who asked the immigration question at last night’s debate, many thanks. She asked the central question regarding our nation’s immigration policy: “what do you plan on doing with immigrants without their green cards that are currently living here as...
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Last night, Mitt Romney once again showed his true colors on immigration. One particularly noticeable example is Romney’s use of the slur “illegals” during his riff on self-deportation: Now, let me mention one other thing, and that is self-deportation says let people make their own choice. What I was...
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Update: Today, Politico reports that the most discussed moment of the debates on Twitter came when an audience member questioned Mitt Romney on immigration. “The debate peaked with 109,560 tweets per minute during that question” [View the story “Obama and Romney Spar Over Immigration in Second Presidential Debate” on...
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