Outside of Trump Media Circus Latino Power Builds Across the Country Donald Trump battles the Pope. Marco Rubio promises to take protections away from Dreamers on Day One. Ted Cruz tries to outdo Trump’s nativism. Hillary Clinton promises immigration reform bill introduction in the first 100 days. So, what’s the...
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And as a party that likes power, shouldn’t the GOP halt their sprint to the far right on immigration? Yesterday Pope Francis celebrated mass at the U.S.-Mexican border, calling for compassion and human decency for migrants and asylum seekers. Here are brief excerpts from his moving homily: Here in Ciudad...
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Lynn Tramonte: “Ohioans—indeed, all Americans—deserve better leadership than this” Following Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s death, Senator Rob Portman and Governor John Kasich stated that the current President should not fill his vacancy. The Toledo Blade issued an important editorial calling the two Republicans to task. “Creating a crisis in one...
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Today, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Al Franken (D-MN), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the “Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016.” The legislation would ensure that vulnerable individuals, such as unaccompanied minors and asylum...
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It’s only February and the 2016 general election is still over 270 days away, but so much has already happened in this year’s cycle, it’s hard to keep track. On the Republican side, the Presidential field has gone from 15 candidates, to just six as of today: Jeb Bush,...
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Andres Oppenheimer: GOP Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Alienating Latinos and Threatening Republicans’ Chances Kerry Eleveld: Home Raids Against Central American Refugees Could Give GOP “An Escape Route by Driving Down Participation” Among Latino & Immigrant Voters With immigration center stage in the 2016 presidential cycle, one of the most important questions...
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Feb 5, 2016
As Candidates Double Down on Hardline Immigration Stances, Latino Voters Mobilize Despite evidence coming out of Iowa that GOP primary voters in fact, don’t view immigration as a top issue—immigration ranked a distant fourth out of four issues in network entrance polling—that hasn’t stopped the field from doubling down on...
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“If the justices approach their task as judges and not as politicians, the administration will easily prevail” Prominent legal analyst Linda Greenhouse assesses the stakes of the Supreme Court’s upcoming immigration executive action case, United States v. Texas, in a new must-read opinion piece published in today’s New York Times. United States v. Texas will decide...
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