Sep 24, 2012
The Candidate Carefully Stacked the Audience at His Univisión Interview – But Won’t Be Able to Do that at the Polls in November The Romney campaign revealed a new Latino strategy at last week’s Univisión forum and it “worked”…for 35 minutes. A BuzzFeed interview with Univisión’s Maria Elena Salinas...
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Imagine how different the presidential race would be if Mitt Romney had not embraced hardline policies on immigration during the Republican primaries. With interviews on Univisión and Telemundo and a speech at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce this week, had Romney adopted a more nuanced policy early on,...
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Sep 20, 2012
Huge Implications for Immigrants and Immigration Reform in Dem on Dem Battle What’s the most critical race for immigrants that’s flying under the radar screen? It’s the Democrat-on-Democrat battle pitting 8-term Congressman Brad Sherman against immigration reform champion, and 14-term Congressman, Howard Berman in California’s 30th district. Thanks to redistricting and a...
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Washington, DC – After grilling Mitt Romney on immigration and other topics yesterday, Univisión’s Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas will interview President Obama later this afternoon. Below are five key immigration questions for the President. What’s your roadmap to victory on comprehensive immigration reform? In May of 2008...
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What’s Bad Politics in 2012 Will Only Be Worse Politics in 2016 Washington, DC – Tomorrow, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) travels to Sioux City, Iowa to speak at a fundraiser for Rep. Steve King (R). The following is a statement from Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s...
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Washington, DC – Yesterday, a U.S. District judge lifted an injunction against the “show me your papers” provision of Arizona’s SB 1070 anti-immigrant law, allowing this Draconian provision to go into effect. It’s widely agreed that implementation of this provision will involve rampant racial profiling of Latinos in Arizona, and additional...
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It’s Latino Week for Mitt Romney (and Hispanic Heritage Month for the rest of us), and the Republican candidate is already 0 for 2 when it comes to convincing Latino voters he’s on their side on immigration reform. Romney’s speech before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce yesterday was...
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The relationship status between Mitt Romney and Kris Kobach remains complicated. Romney claimed yesterday that he has “not met” with Kobach, the infamous architect of the “show me your papers” immigration approach that forms the heart of the Arizona and Alabama state laws, as well as Romney’s articulated “self-deportation”...
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