Jan 21, 2011
Jeb Bush, the popular former governor of Florida and possible Republican presidential candidate -- albeit, more likely in 2016 -- has strong feelings about how Democrats play politics with Hispanics while Republicans play with demographic dynamite by alienating them.
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Last week's Republican-backed Hispanic Leadership Network conference in South Florida overflowed with chatter about how the GOP needs to improve its positioning with Latino voters. Amidst all the discussion, however, few voices at the conference admitted the simple truth that appealing to Latino voters will not simply require...
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More than 200 people turned out at a church in a central Washington college town Friday to discuss a series of immigration raids that resulted in more than two dozen arrests and left relatives scrambling to care for the children left behind.
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In response to a recent Roll Call article calling out the nativist lobby, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith wrote a letter to the editor making a series of claims—many of which he's been making for the last 20 years—which simply don't stack up to the facts. These...
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An almost mythical figure among his supporters, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona returned to San Diego on Thursday to deliver a speech at a Mission Valley hotel and do what the longtime lawman always does — talk tough on a range of hot-button issues.
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George W. Bush jokes that he got his father's eyes and his mother's mouth. Barbara Bush has no trouble saying what she really thinks, no matter whom it offends.
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Taxes, spending and immigration reform top Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) goals for this Congress, he said Tuesday night.
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A new internet video, entitled, "2 girls undermine entire US border strategy in under 18 seconds" is causing quite a stir. It's already received nearly 1/2 a million hits on YouTube and is sure to continue to spark debate. Watch it.
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States have pushed their way to the forefront of immigration-related lawmaking in recent years, citing the absence of federal legislative reform, and the tenor of their efforts is expected to intensify this year.
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Republican speakers at a conference on reaching Hispanic voters urged the party to tone down its rhetoric on immigration and to take up comprehensive reform in Congress, warning that the party could lose ground with the country's increasingly diverse citizenry if it doesn't.
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