In a hollow effort to distract Latino voters from their Party's poor record on immigration reform in recent years, the Republican National Committee picked fights with Democrats this week over "chimichangas" and perceived insults. Continue »
A new report released today by the Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland details the many ways in which immigrants of all stripes lift up Maryland's economy, and recommends steps the state should take to preserve a healthy relationship with all of its residents. Continue »
As costs mount, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is asking a federal judge to consolidate legal challenges to the state's "papers, please" immigration law, SB 1070. Brewer's learning the hard way that when you attack the Constitution, civil society stands up to protect it. Continue »
Conservative Republicans want Marco Rubio to be the vice-presidential candidate in November's presidential election. At least, that's what the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) showed last weekend. Continue »
Dana Milbank's Washington Post column caused quite a stir on Twitter yesterday. Milbank called the GOP's approach to Latinos a "death wish," because the Party is alienating the fastest-growing group of voters with its anti-immigrant positioning. Continue »
Yesterday, we wrote about the premiere of Chris Weitz's "Is this Alabama?" film series, a collection of four short videos documenting life under Alabama's HB 56 immigration law. Continue »
Colorlines has another story about families being ripped apart by the nation's broken immigration system. This is about Felipe Montes, who was deported in 2010. His children were place in foster care. Now, officials in Allegheny County in North Carolina want to strip him of his parental rights. Continue »
The Center for American Progress (CAP) today launched a new film series from Oscar-nominated director Chris Weitz ("Twilight: New Moon," "A Better Life") entitled "Is This Alabama?"—a project intended to probe into and expose the extremities of Alabama's harsh new anti-immigrant law, HB 56. Continue »
In a Washington Post column today, Dana Milbank wonders aloud about the GOP's anti-Latino strategy. Milbank writes, "What else but a death wish could explain the party's treatment of the fastest-growing voting bloc in the nation? First was the wave of Arizona-style immigration laws." Continue »
Today, Hollywood director Chris Weitz (who made one of the Twilight movies, About A Boy, and A Better Life will be releasing a series of short videos calling for the repeal of Alabama’s anti-immigrant law, H.B. 56.   The videos are being premiered at the Center for American Progress (CAP),... Continue »