trump is the nominee

Remember that 2012 “GOP Autopsy Report?” The one that called for Republicans to rally behind comprehensive immigration reform and to work on that whole Latino outreach thing? You’d think that now that Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for President, the RNC would just want to forget... Continue »

You almost have to applaud this. Almost. It takes some real cajones to nominate as your party’s standard-bearer someone who insulted Mexicans and then release a Cinco de Mayo statement today “celebrating” Mexicans. We’d been wondering all week if the RNC would dare release a Cinco de Mayo proclamation as... Continue »

English (en español al final de la página): Politico: McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes By Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim Reno-Gazette Journal: Heller leaves possible run for governor open By Seth A Richardson Houston Chronicle: Trump anxiety spurs Latino voter registration By Lomi Kriel The... Continue »

English (en español al final de la página): Medium (Op-ed): 24 Of The Worst Things Donald Trump Has Ever Said By Gabe Ortíz Huffington Post: U.S. Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Has Never Endorsed A Presidential Candidate. Now It’s Picking Two. By Elise Foley Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Rally... Continue »

Recent polling of Latino voters, conducted by Latino Decisions and commissioned by America’s Voice, confirms that Donald Trump is deeply unpopular with Latino voters; and that the Republican Party’s brand image with Latinos is deeply damaged and getting worse, due in part to Trump’s rise but also because of the... Continue »

New polling of Nevada Latino voters, conducted by Latino Decisions and commissioned by America’s Voice, makes clear that immigration matters to Latino voters; that Donald Trump is deeply unpopular with Latino voters; and that the Republican Party’s brand image with Latinos is deeply damaged and getting worse, due in part to... Continue »

After cavorting onstage with noted racist Steve King, Republican Senator Ted Cruz shouldn’t be one bit shocked he was run out of the Bronx on a rail yesterday. Cruz had already taken heat over the past few months for slamming so-called “New York values” while simultaneously collecting campaign donations from... Continue »

Though it wasn’t a major national media story, we think the most significant political news from yesterday involved a group of high school students in the Bronx. In advance of Ted Cruz’s scheduled appearance at their high school, a group of students wrote a letter asking their principal to... Continue »

 And the Pro-Immigrant Forces Are Winning Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, on Fridayposted a new piece on Medium that puts the current state of the immigration debate into a powerful, historical context. Sharry reflects that compared to the 1990s, the American public today is much more hospitable to immigrants and... Continue »

And the Pro-Immigrant Forces Are Winning Surely, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are onto something, the unerring pundits say. Clearly, their extremist views and unforgiving rhetoric regarding immigrants tap into a powerful vein of public sentiment. Could it be that the support they are activating is just the tip... Continue »