April 19, 2012 ...
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Pundits and Parties Acknowledge Importance of Latino Voters for 2012 With Mitt Romney having all-but-officially sewn up the Republican presidential nomination, the consensus of pundits and party strategists alike is that we’ve moved into general election season. As Talking Points Memo noted, “After a week in which both sides...
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith is holding yet another hearing on his proposal for mandatory E-Verify. A blog post by Dara Lind, program associate at America’s Voice Education Fund, highlights Smith’s strong reliance on the “experts” from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), an anti-immigrant think tank founded...
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In Case You Missed It, please see the ThinkProgress piece below on Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s comments regarding his role in Mitt Romney’s campaign – which appear to contradict a Romney advisor assertions that Kobach is a mere “supporter.” View the full piece at ThinkProgress here. Kobach...
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In a series of interviews with Spanish language media this past weekend, President Obama promised to make immigration reform a year one priority of a potential second term. He also lamented Republican obstructionism on the issue. In an interview with Univision, Obama said: “I can promise that I will...
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Romney Acknowledges Problems with Latino Voters, But He’s in Denial About His Indelible Anti-Immigrant Brand Over the weekend, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney finally acknowledged the fact that he has a “Latino problem” due to his anti-immigrant posturing in the Republican primary. While Romney didn’t intend to say...
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Condi Rice: “I Don’t Know When Immigrants Became the Enemy;” Ken Starr Calls Parts of Arizona “Show Me Your Papers Law” Unconstitutional While the Republican Party’s hard right approach to immigration policy is often in sharp contrast with Democratic officeholders and candidates, recent immigration comments from two Republican luminaries...
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Yesterday, the backers of Alabama's "show me your papers" anti-immigrant law introduced new legislation to tweak, but not repeal, the state's law. The following is a reaction to the new bill from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice.
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