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English (en español al final de la página): National Journal: GOP May Not Take Back the White House Without Latino Voters By Emily Deruy NBC News: GOP 2016 Win Will Need More Than 40 Percent Of Latino Vote, Says Study By Griselda Nevarez McClatchy: GOP needs much bigger share...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: Latino leaders held a convention, but only one Republican candidate came By Phillip Rucker NBC News: He’s The Only Republican Candidate Speaking At Major Latino Conference By Leigh Ann Caldwell National Journal: Ben Carson Says He Wants to Seal...
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With a few notable exceptions, the 2016 GOP field has lurched right on immigration. Scott Walker talks about 11 million people having to go back to their countries of origin. Chris Christie calls granting citizenship to immigrants “extreme.” Marco Rubio speaks out of both sides of his mouth, trying...
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Mar 24, 2015
National Journal: Ted Cruz Has Been Running for President for Years in the Senate By Lauren Fox Politico: Cruz’s strategy: Destroy the ‘mushy middle’ By James Hohmann and Alex Isenstadt New York Times: Ted Cruz, an Ambitious Conservative With Sharp Elbows By Ashley Parker and Maggie Haberman The Hill: Trump brings birther charge...
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The news that Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is officially running for President should be cause for alarm for Republicans hoping to recast their image on immigration ahead of the 2016 elections. In a campaign kickoff video, Cruz proudly introduces himself as the “son of an immigrant father, who fled oppression...
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Jan 22, 2015
Check out this piece from Matt Hildreth published today at the Des Moines Register. We’ve spent years on this blog pointing out how toxic Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is to national Republicans, calling DREAMers “deportable” and describing them as having “calves the size of cantaloupes,” and in general being the poster Congressman...
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Republican Candidates Demagogue Immigration and Border Security in 2014 at the Expense of GOP Viability in 2016 Washington, DC – Given the Republican Party’s need to improve its standing with Latino voters in order to win back the White House, the GOP’s embrace of anti-immigrant politics during the 2014 election...
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The Fix on Immigration: American People Support Citizenship, Republicans “Hard-Pressed to Vote Against” 12/11/12 at 11:38 am At The Fix, the Washington Post’s political blogger Chris Cillizza, took a close look at the new Politico/George Washington University Battleground Poll (which we wrote about yesterday.) Cillizza came up with a number...
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For the past few weeks, it’s been hard to get Mitt Romney to say anything publicly about immigration reform. That’s a marked change from the GOP primary campaign, when the now-Republican nominee never missed a chance to burnish his anti-immigrant credentials to the nativist base of his party. Romney...
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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 so publicly, his remarks at a closed door fundraiser in Florida were caught on microphone. ...
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