Oct 29, 2010
The 2010 mid-term campaign season is shaping up to be the most vicious, vitriolic election cycle in recent memory. The issue of immigration is a perfect example. Distortions, lies, and stereotypes dominate the airwaves when it comes to immigrants and Latinos. From threats of violence against...
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Today the Pew Hispanic Center released a report with the title "Illegal Immigration Backlash Worries, Divides Latinos." And an article by USA Today mimicked the Pew Hispanic Center's framing with the headline "Hispanics in U.S. More Divided Over Illegal Immigrants." Similarly, a piece by CNN.com...
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As if the content and implications of Arizona's "papers, please" anti-immigration and anti-Latino law were not offensive enough, a new investigative journalism report from National Public Radio adds a shocking and disturbing element to the story. According to NPR's investigation, major private prison contractors were the architects and...
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In a year marked by Republican obstructionism of immigration reform in Congress, enactment of the anti-Latino "papers, please" law by a Republican legislature and governor in Arizona, and ugly anti-immigrant campaigning by GOP candidates across the nation, America's Voice, Campaign for Community Change, and Mi Familia Vota Civic Participation...
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America's Voice and Illinois Immigrant Action have teamed up to produce a humorous new viral online video to encourage young Latinos in the state to vote in the toss-up US Senate election on November 2nd. Latino voters could make the difference in this too-close-to-call race. The...
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One week before the midterm elections, Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions and Frank Sharry of America's Voice hosted a press call today to review the races Latino voters will help decide on November 2, and present new polling on voter sentiment heading into the mid-term elections.
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Oct 19, 2010
Following Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle's outrageous anti-Latino campaign ads, and fumbled attempts to "explain" them to a group of Latino students, a third-party organization with ties to the Republican National Committee is running a new Spanish-language ad in Nevada that tells Latino voters to just stay home.
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A federal grand jury has convicted two Pennsylvania men of committing a hate crime in the murder of Luis Ramirez in 2008. The verdict is welcome and long overdue. Now, it's time for politicians and media personalities to end the hateful rhetoric and immigrant bashing that...
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