May 18, 2011
In what just might be a textbook case of psychological projection, leading anti-immigrant ringleader Roy Beck threw around accusations of "hate speech" this week, despite the reasonable nature of the comments Beck found objectionable and his continued association with those engaging in true hate speech against Latinos and other...
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May 16, 2011
Last Friday, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) placed his state on a perilous path by signing anti-immigration legislation modeled after Arizona's "papers, please" immigration law. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice Education Fund, "Georgia has thumbed its nose at solutions, common sense, and economic progress while...
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Only a week after Florida Hispanics rose-up to defeat an Arizona-like immigration bill in the Florida legislature, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has decided to cast aside the large Florida Hispanic community in favor of the national GOP anti-immigrant platform. Rubio told Telemundo that he would vote against the DREAM...
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Today, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Majority Leader Harry Reid and 31 of their Senate colleagues, in addition to Reps. Howard Berman (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) introduced the DREAM Act in the U.S. Congress. For the 11th year, this bipartisan legislation offers talented young people, Americans in...
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This afternoon President Obama delivered a speech on the need for immigration reform in El Paso, Texas. The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice Education Fund: First, the speech by President Obama today was strong, the efforts by his Administration to create...
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The news that Florida's state legislature will not advance Arizona-style anti-immigration legislation this year is a welcome development that should puncture several growing myths about the politics of immigration. For one, the developments in Florida should give pause to Republican strategists seeking to use immigration as a wedge issue...
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One day before President Obama gives a major speech on immigration at the U.S./Mexico border, new polling underscores that Americans are well ahead of some in Washington when it comes to understanding how to fix the broken immigration system. In particular, while many Republicans in Congress continue to...
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As the federal government and state legislatures try to expand the role of police in civil immigration enforcement, state and local police are pushing back. In Texas, Illinois, California, and elsewhere, law enforcement leaders are speaking out against proposals to gut their community policing policies and require them...
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