In Boston Globe Follow-up Interview, Romney Camp Clarifies DREAMer Position & Continues to Fly Immigration Hardliner Flag A number of media outlets yesterday highlighted Mitt Romney’s comments to the Denver Post regarding his plans for applicants to the DREAMer deferred action program. Many observers interpreted the Romney comments...
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A Vote for Romney is a Vote Against More than a Million DREAMers According to the Boston Globe, the Romney Campaign has clarified Mitt Romney’s remarks regarding the future of President Obama’s initiative to protect undocumented youth eligible for the DREAM Act – and it is not good news....
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Support for DREAMer Relief Sky High, Support for Path to Legal Status at New High and Latino Support for Obama at Record High A set of new CNN polls show how the politics of immigration have shifted dramatically in favor of pro-immigrant policies and candidates. With respect to President...
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Against a Background of Hard Line Positioning, Welcome Move Fails to Reassure Washington, DC- After months of ducking questions about what he would do with President Obama’s deferred action policy, Mitt Romney finally said something that was responsive yesterday in an interview with the Denver Post. Said Romney, “The...
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Pressure Building on Obama Administration to Address Failed “Secure Communities” Program California Governor Jerry Brown had the chance this week to make California the anti-Arizona, a place where immigrants could count on and work with local police to fight crime. Instead, he chose to keep California on a path...
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Mahony Joins Diverse Voices Calling on California to Become Anti-Arizona and to Enact Sensible Immigration Reform A diverse array of voices are making the case for the TRUST Act – sensible compromise legislation passed by the California legislature that would re-focus immigration enforcement within the state towards individuals convicted...
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Sep 27, 2012
Today’s editorial in the Washington Post blasts Mitt Romney’s handling (or better put, mishandling) of the immigration issue and offers some cogent advice to the candidate himself: f Mr. Romney really wants to make inroads into Mr. Obama’s lead among Hispanics, what he needs is an immigration policy that...
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Sep 26, 2012
The Romney presidential campaign continues to duck answering basic questions regarding a potential President Romney’s immigration policy. Yesterday, Radio Bilingüe featured both Obama and Romney campaign spokespeople on host Samuel Orozco’s Spanish language show. During the interview, Romney spokesperson Sharon Castillo refused to say whether or not Romney would...
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A spate of new polls offer further evidence that the old conventional wisdom on immigration politics is so outdated and misguided that it now can be officially declared dead. The old conventional wisdom went something like this: Democrats should avoid leaning into controversial immigration policy issues because it mobilizes...
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Outcome of Key Contests Will Influence Path Forward on Immigration Reform Next Year Today, America’s Voice releases a spotlight on six key Senate races of importance to Latino and immigrant voters—and all those who care about common sense immigration reform. The analysis evaluates the power of the Latino voter...
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