The lawyer behind the odious Arizona and Alabama “show me your papers” laws, Kris Kobach, the man driving the immigration agenda of Mitt Romney’s Republican Party, has somehow gone even further off the rails and is now embracing discredited “birther” conspiracy theories. As Talking Points Memo highlights, “Kansas Secretary...
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Fourth in Series of State Fact Sheets Highlighting Key Statistics and Information about 2012 Latino Battleground States Today, America’s Voice releases “Spotlight on Colorado: Immigration, Latino Voters, and the 2012 Elections.” The Colorado release is the fourth, following Arizona, Nevada and Florida, in a series of “state spotlights” focusing on...
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After Calling King His “Partner,” Romney Tries – Unsuccessfully – to Distance Himself on Immigration; Meanwhile Jeb Bush Prepares to Step Up After the Election with a Book that Argues for Sensible and Humane Immigration Reform Washington, DC – Yesterday, Mitt Romney’s campaign attempted to distance the candidate’s immigration views from those...
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With less than two months before the 2012 elections, the array of facts and figures circulating each day can be hard to follow. When it comes to the politics of immigration and the Latino vote, here are the numbers you need to know: 72,000: The number of young people...
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State Appeals Ruling on Immigration Law Out of “Principle” in Ugly Preview of Life Under Kobach/Romney Self-Deportation Plan Yesterday, the state of Alabama filed a motion asking the full 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear arguments about the state’s worst in the nation anti-immigration law. The Alabama law,...
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Second in Series of State Fact Sheets Highlighting Key Statistics and Information about 2012 Latino Battleground States Today, America’s Voice releases “Spotlight on Arizona: Immigration, Latino Voters, and the 2012 Elections.” The Arizona release is the third, following Nevada and Florida, in a series of “state spotlights” focusing on...
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Third in Series of State Fact Sheets Highlighting Key Statistics and Information about 2012 Latino Battleground States Today, America’s Voice releases “Spotlight on Florida: Immigration, Latino Voters, and the 2012 Elections.” The Florida release is the second, following Nevada, in a series of “state spotlights” focusing on the power...
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Mary Sanchez Column Says DNC Shows “How America is Really Shaded” A new Kansas City Star column by Mary Sanchez highlights the striking differences between the Democratic and Republican Conventions when it comes to demographic diversity. “A Herman Cain here and a Marco Rubio there won’t do the trick....
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Sep 7, 2012
This week’s Democratic National Convention represented a clean break from the old and discredited conventional wisdom that for Democrats, immigration is an issue best avoided when talking to general election audiences. Instead, and in contrast to last week’s Republican National Convention, Democrats embraced the new paradigm of immigration politics,...
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Sep 6, 2012
As Republican-Drafted SB 1070 Provision Goes Forward, Democrats Feature Undocumented Leader at Convention Frank Sharry: “The Contrast Could Not Be Clearer, The Stakes Could Not be Higher” Yesterday featured some stark reminders of why politics and elections matter. On stage at last night’s Democratic National Convention, DREAM Act advocate...
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