One Year After Obama Administration Announces New Deportation Policy, Progress Report Using DHS Data Shows Fewer Individuals Getting Relief and Those Getting Relief are Getting a Worse Deal Washington, DC – After a growing outcry by immigrants, allies, and Members of Congress, outraged at the record number of deportations carried out...
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Tools and Data Available at www.latinovotemap.org Allows User to View Different Scenarios, Outcomes Washington, DC – Latino voter behavior is one of the key variables in the 2012 election cycle, with both political parties navigating real challenges and opportunities in their effort to reach Latino voters. In order to help...
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Strong Support for Citizenship, Federal Immigration Reform Among All Voters Two new polls show that both Latinos and non-Latinos continue to embrace common sense, federal immigration reform and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. While some politicians continue to hide from the issue, suggest tentative baby steps forward, or hope the states...
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By Following Lead of Lamar Smith and Steve King on Immigration, Republicans Continue Down Self-Destructive Path Yesterday, in a near party-line vote, the House of Representatives approved an amendment by Rep. Steve King (R-IA) to the Homeland Security appropriations bill that would prevent the Department of Homeland Security from prioritizing immigration enforcement to focus...
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***Livestreaming Panel from Netroots Nation: Saturday June 9th at 10:30 AM Eastern*** ***http://www.livestream.com/fstv1*** Washington, DC – America’s Voice is convening a panel at Netroots Nation 2012, entitled, “Latino Vote Matters: Immigration, Power, and an Interactive Look at the Map” on Saturday, June 9th, at 10:30AM. The panel, viewable...
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We know we’ve been writing a lot on Mitt Romney’s three-part strategy regarding Latino voters. Yet everyday on the campaign trail seems to offer more fodder for our theory: while the Romney campaign is acutely sensitive to their problems with Latinos, they don’t plan on engaging on the subject of...
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Today, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign unveiled a new online ad in English and Spanish directed at Latino voters. The ad juxtaposes a range of statistics about the economic struggles of Latinos with a clip from an Obama campaign ad that says “We still haven’t arrived where we need to...
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Whether President Obama Will Deliver Relief for DREAM Youth a Test Case in Old vs. New Politics of Immigration Old theories about the politics of immigration are giving way to new realities, as demographics and the results of recent elections make the political case for pro-immigration positions. But too...
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As we have documented, both margin and mobilization are of critical importance to determining the impact of Latino voters in the 2012 elections. Today, a range of observers offer advice to President Obama and Republicans on how to improve their numbers with Latinos. Political analyst Charlie Cook examines new...
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From Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) to dozens of Senate Democrats, there is growing consensus that something needs to be done to address the status of young undocumented immigrants who grew up here and call this country home, but lack the papers that allow them...
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