Oct 7, 2010
The news that Lou Dobbs relied for years on undocumented labor on his sprawling New Jersey estate highlights the rank hypocrisy that characterizes many immigration reform opponents. The Dobbs revelations, coming soon after similar charges levied against California Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman, highlights an uncomfortable truth:...
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Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle has released another racially inflammatory and false ad attacking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for his support of federal immigration reform legislation, including the DREAM Act. It is one of the most offensive television ads of the 2010 election cycle to...
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As Congress breaks and the 2010 campaigns heat up, political observers are wondering how the immigration debate in Washington, DC and across the country will impact the mid-term elections. Tracking polling by Latino Decisions is showing small but clear movement toward the Democrats, in the wake of a...
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Oct 1, 2010
This week, prominent leaders such as Mayor Michael Bloomberg, business titans such as Rupert Murdoch, and economists such as Robert Rubin called on Congress to pass sensible comprehensive immigration reform. Meanwhile, Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced a bill that would chart a course...
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Last night, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy filed the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010. America's Voice is issuing a three page and one page summary of the legislation.
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Recent developments in three high-profile 2010 races highlight the dynamics at play for Republican candidates on immigration, who play to an anti-immigrant faction of the base during the primaries and struggle to change gears to compete for Latino voters in the general election.
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Today, the Service Employees International Union, Mi Familia Vota Civic Participation Campaign, and America's Voice are launching Spanish-language radio ads in nine media markets across the country. The ads point to the Republican Party's obstructionism on immigration reform, cite the GOP's successful effort to block a vote...
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Representative Brian Bilbray (R-CA), who chairs the House Immigration Reform Caucus, wrote an anti-DREAM Act screed in The Hill that takes anti-immigrant politicking to a new and dangerous low.
In the essay, "Something to consider before casting a vote for the DREAM Act," Bilbray noted the horrible massacre of 72...
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The Senate's vote against a motion to proceed to debate on the Department of Defense Authorization bill – to which the DREAM Act and a repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" were attached – is a discouraging reminder that the Republican Party remains dangerously hostile to immigrants and, at...
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Sep 20, 2010
Is the DREAM Act germane to the Department of Defense Authorization bill before the Senate this week? Without a doubt.
The FY2010-12 Strategic Plan for the Department of Defense's Office of the Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness recommends passage of the DREAM Act, in order to help the military...
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