Sep 9, 2011
Wednesday night's GOP presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, California, produced some strange happenings. First of all, in keeping with one of the great culinary traditions of the state, someone obviously slipped some hot sauce into the dinner entrees.
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Ann Coulter, the conservative pundit, has called Gov. Rick Perry "a little bit too much like George Bush" on immigration — and she does not mean it as a compliment. Tea Party loyalists have decried Mr. Perry's opposition to a border fence and Arizona-style enforcement laws.
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In August, the Obama administration announced that immigration enforcement programs will no longer target DREAM Act-eligible youth and other low-priority immigration offenders. This is a huge step in the right direction for the White House and its Department of Homeland Security.
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The U.S. has deported more than 160,000 immigrants, the vast majority of whom had no legal representation — and signed documents they may not have understood — under a program that carries severe penalties should they reenter the country, a report released Thursday said.
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During the Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library last night, Noticiero Telemundo anchor José Díaz-Balart pushed the candidates to go further than their usual "we must secure the border" tropes and actually answer a question on immigration.
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An article by Julian Aguilar at Texas Tribune about Roxann Lara, a pregnant woman detained by Border Patrol agents, raises many more concerns about how that agency is complying with the Obama administration's new deportation policy.
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Nearly three-fourths of the debate passed before MSNBC trotted out Telemundo anchor Jose Diaz-Balart to ask the immigration questions of the night. We live-tweeted the segment here (spoiler: not much was said beyond the boilerplate 'we must focus on the border'). Here's a roundup of commentary from...
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Tonight, the President announces to the nation his much-awaited jobs plan. Many Republicans are already protesting; they think they have it all figured out. They're moving ahead with their very own jobs plan, crafted by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), in the form of a...
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The latest Republican presidential debate, being held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, will undoubtedly feature endless paeans from the candidates to our nation's 40th President. Yet on the issue of immigration, the Republican 2012 field has a lot to learn from the Gipper.
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The republican front runners all had a battle plan for immigration reform, which became a topic in the GOP debate at the Ronald Regan Presidential Library in California on Wednesday evening. Governor Rick Perry called for more border agents and attacked President Obama for not doing enough with immigration...
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