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New Poll from Latino Decisions Reveals that Immigration is Top of Mind for Arizona’s Latino Voters  Today, at a live-streamed panel at the Cronkite School, Arizona State University in downtown Phoenix, political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from Arizona and across the country discussed how Latino voters and immigration reform will shape... Continue »

Update: Today, Politico reports that the most discussed moment of the debates on Twitter came when an audience member questioned Mitt Romney on immigration. “The debate peaked with 109,560 tweets per minute during that question” [View the story “Obama and Romney Spar Over Immigration in Second Presidential Debate” on... Continue »

Today, at a live-streamed panel at the Cronkite School, Arizona State University in downtown Phoenix, political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from Arizona and across the country discussed how Latino voters and immigration reform will shape the presidential, Senate and House races in this state and beyond.  Latino Decisions principal Gary Segura and Arizona... Continue »

New Poll from Latino Decisions Reveals that Immigration is Top of Mind for Arizona’s Latino Voters Washington, DC – Today, at a live-streamed panel at the Cronkite School, Arizona State University in downtown Phoenix, political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from Arizona and across the country discussed how Latino... Continue »

Maribel Hastings,  es asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Si sólo dependiera del voto latino, el presidente Barack Obama podría pintar al conservador estado de Arizona de azul porque cuenta con un sólido 72% del apoyo de los electores hispanos que afirman que están seguros de que... Continue »

This week, as a range of national and state polling demonstrates the popularity of pro-immigration reform positions like the DREAMer deferred action program, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made it clear that he would shut down the DREAMer protection program as soon as he got inaugurated.  As immigration is... Continue »

As New Polling Shows Popularity of DREAMer Program, Senate Candidates Face Key Question This week, as a range of national and state polling demonstrates the popularity of pro-immigration reform positions like the DREAMer deferred action program, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made it clear that he would shut down... Continue »

In advance of the Republican National Convention next week, the political chatter in recent days has refocused on the importance of the Latino vote in the 2012 election.  Mitt Romney apparently now has a goal of winning at least 38% of the Latino vote nationwide–despite all the polls that... Continue »

Romney’s “Just Trust Me” Campaign Just Doesn’t Cut it On Immigration, Especially Given Campaign’s Tacit Approval of Anti-DREAMer Lawsuit This week has seen renewed chatter about the importance of Latino voters to the 2012 elections.  Coverage has focused on the news that Mitt Romney’s campaign has a goal of... Continue »

As we predicted yesterday, Kris Kobach – the Kansas Secretary of State and legal architect of the Arizona and Alabama anti-immigrant laws  – continues to drive the immigration policies of Mitt Romney’s Republican Party.  Yesterday, he persuaded the RNC platform committee to adopt the key elements of his radical immigration... Continue »