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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With Community Policing and Trust of the Immigrant Community at Stake, Brown Must Sign the TRUST Act California Governor Jerry Brown has until the end of the month to decide if he’s going to sign the TRUST Act into law. His decision to sign the bill or veto it...
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Today, Mitt Romney speaks before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles, just two days before he will take questions from Univisión anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas. Given Romney’s poor standing with Latino voters and Latinos’ importance in numerous 2012 battleground states, this week’s Latino-focused...
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The lawyer behind the odious Arizona and Alabama “show me your papers” laws, Kris Kobach, the man driving the immigration agenda of Mitt Romney’s Republican Party, has somehow gone even further off the rails and is now embracing discredited “birther” conspiracy theories. As Talking Points Memo highlights, “Kansas Secretary...
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Fourth in Series of State Fact Sheets Highlighting Key Statistics and Information about 2012 Latino Battleground States Today, America’s Voice releases “Spotlight on Colorado: Immigration, Latino Voters, and the 2012 Elections.” The Colorado release is the fourth, following Arizona, Nevada and Florida, in a series of “state spotlights” focusing on...
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After Calling King His “Partner,” Romney Tries – Unsuccessfully – to Distance Himself on Immigration; Meanwhile Jeb Bush Prepares to Step Up After the Election with a Book that Argues for Sensible and Humane Immigration Reform Washington, DC – Yesterday, Mitt Romney’s campaign attempted to distance the candidate’s immigration views from those...
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With less than two months before the 2012 elections, the array of facts and figures circulating each day can be hard to follow. When it comes to the politics of immigration and the Latino vote, here are the numbers you need to know: 72,000: The number of young people...
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