Farmers Reduce Production, Take Other Drastic Measures Since the early stages of the GOP primary, Mitt Romney has championed extremist immigration policies like “self-deportation,” a radical right strategy that aims to purge America of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in our country. This policy, developed by Romney advisor Kris...
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Ron Brownstein captures the results of a new National Journal poll on immigration quite succinctly: “On immigration, most Americans favor the velvet glove—and the iron fist.” For years, anti-immigration groups have exploited Americans’ frustration with the broken immigration system to advance their enforcement-only agenda. Meanwhile, polls have consistently shown...
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RNC Hispanic Outreach Director Inclán Criticizes Obama’s Record Deportations, While Romney Pledges More RNC Hispanic Outreach Director Bettina Inclán created a media firestorm yesterday when she said that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is “still deciding what his position on immigration is.” As we wrote yesterday, Inclán’s colleagues...
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Huffington Post Exposes Backers of GOP Bill that Empowers Abusers House Republicans have hijacked this year’s reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for political purposes. Instead of protecting all victims of domestic violence, the GOP bill approved by the Judiciary Committee yesterday empowers abusers and harms victims. ...
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Orlando Sentinel Look at I-4 Corridor Captures Personal Nature of Immigration Debate for Many Latinos Political analysts are in agreement that Latino voters will help shape the outcome in numerous 2012 battleground states – and perhaps determine the presidency in the process. For example, the Orlando Sentinel captures the...
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One of our main takeaways from last week’s Supreme Court hearing on Arizona v. United States was the troubling disconnect between the discussion in the court room and how the law would actually play out on the ground. By insisting that discussion of the law’s effects were off the...
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Today’s DHS Announcement Reveals the Answer: Not Much Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its long-awaited response to last year’s report from the Secure Communities Task Force. Secure Communities, the Obama Administration’s signature immigration enforcement program, has been fiercely criticized by law enforcement experts, state governors and...
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This has been a historic week on immigration policy in an election year. Below is the America’s Voice take on some of the major political storylines surrounding immigration. If upheld, the Supreme Court ruling on the Arizona “show me your papers” provision would have a huge mobilizing effect on...
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