As we highlighted, yesterday Mitt Romney proudly trumpeted the endorsement of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) –the leading architect of costly and inhumane state-based, "papers, please" anti-immigration laws like Alabama's and Arizona's. Continue »
Today, Mitt Romney issued a press release highlighting his endorsement by anti-immigrant ringleader Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R). Kobach is the leading architect of the "papers, please" anti-immigration laws in states like Alabama and Arizona and has a long track record of opposing positive immigration reforms—including... Continue »
Today, Mitt Romney issued a press release highlighting his endorsement by anti-immigrant ringleader Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R). Kobach is the leading architect of the "papers, please" anti-immigration laws in states like Alabama and Arizona and has a long track record of opposing positive immigration reforms—including... Continue »
Today the White House announced that Cecilia Munoz has been named Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC). The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice Education Fund reacting to today's news. Continue »
Why is it that Republican politicians in Nevada can't learn from recent history when it comes to Latino voters and the politics of immigration? In a key development for one of the 2012 cycle's most prominent Senate battleground races, Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) used the occasion of a... Continue »
On a press call today held by America's Voice Education Fund and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, legal experts, families and immigrant advocates applauded the initiation of a new family unity waiver process by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that will keep families together, improve the bureaucracy, and facilitate... Continue »
On a press call today, experts on Latino voters, the politics of immigration, and the DREAM Act highlighted how Mitt Romney's recent pledge to veto the DREAM Act will imperil his chances in the general election. Romney's comments sit right at home with the GOP field, which has... Continue »
On a press call today, experts on Latino voters, the politics of immigration, and the DREAM Act highlighted how Mitt Romney's recent pledge to veto the DREAM Act will imperil his chances in the general election. Romney's comments sit right at home with the GOP field, which has... Continue »
Today, America's Voice releases an updated version of the report Why Do Elephants Put their Heads in the Sand?, which examines the immigration record and rhetoric of the Republican presidential field. The report assesses how, in contrast to past Republican leaders like Ronald Reagan, the Republican Party... Continue »
Washington, DC – Last week, Mitt Romney offered a fresh reminder that his pandering to the far right on immigration during the primary season will hurt his potential general election chances. In response to a question in Le Mars, IA, Romney pledged that he would veto a federal... Continue »