Love may cross oceans and borders, but tens of thousands of same-sex couples in the United States live under the threat of separation because federal law prohibits immigration authorities from treating them the same as married opposite-sex couples. Continue »
Maybe the reset button was too high-tech. Now Mitt Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom, to the delight of both the Rick Santorum and Barack Obama campaigns, has compared the general election to an Etch a Sketch: "You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again." Continue »
Congressional Quarterly reports that Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) is planning to introduce a dramatically stripped down version of the DREAM Act -- and it doesn't pass the legislative or political laugh test. Continue »
Congressional Quarterly reports that Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) is planning to introduce a dramatically stripped down version of the DREAM Act -- and it doesn't pass the legislative or political laugh test. Continue »
The news that former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) has endorsed Mitt Romney for president is a missed opportunity to shift the Republican Party's direction on immigration. Continue »
A detailed analysis of the 2012 electoral map by Markos Moulitsas of DailyKos shows that Mitt Romney's problem with Latino voters could be decisive in the November elections. The analysis relies on recent polling, information about Latino voter turnout, and examinations of 2012 battleground states to highlight the... Continue »
Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio might call himself "America's Toughest Sheriff," but he was first to blink yesterday after a serious standoff with undocumented youth from the DREAM Activist movement. Continue »
Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio might call himself "America's Toughest Sheriff," but he was first to blink yesterday after a serious standoff with undocumented youth from the DREAM Activist movement. Continue »
The latest data on Latino voter preferences, commissioned by Fox News no less, shows that Republicans are getting absolutely crushed among Latinos. Among the findings, 69.5 percent consider themselves Democrats or lean that way, while just 15.9 percent consider themselves Republican or lean that way. Continue »
Dozens of voter ID laws have been introduced in state legislatures over the past two years, including particularly strict measures passed in seven states in 2011 -- Alabama, Kansas, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Continue »