This morning, we'll be live-tweeting this event at the Center for American Progress: A Discussion on Immigration Policy with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. "As Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano brings to her job a deep understanding of immigration and border issues from her...
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Nov 12, 2009
Lou Dobbs, a CNN anchor known for his strong views on immigration, said his show Wednesday was his last for the cable-news network. Mr. Dobbs has been a divisive figure both inside and outside Time Warner Inc. He used his show to promote his views on illegal immigration, and...
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Last night, Lou Dobbs aired his final broadcast on CNN. So tonight, when viewers tune in to CNN primetime, the hate TV will be gone. According to the New York Times, CNN President Jonathan Klein said: "Lou Dobbs will carry the banner of advocacy journalism elsewhere." Help us...
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The need for immigration reform topped the list of concerns that Latino leaders brought Thursday to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., who held an hour-long "listening" session at a senior center in the Lower Yakima Valley.
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently announced the results of a sweeping review of America's immigrant detention system. Acknowledging its shortcomings, she pledged that her Department would implement a series of reforms to improve the management and oversight of this sprawling network of facilities.
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Lou Dobbs has left CNN, or maybe the other way around. Whichever it is, an old, odd, infuriating-to-many mismatch of sober network and strident host is over. CNN, for now anyway, changes back to something closer to the nonpartisan, straight-up news network it wants you to think of it...
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Via the New York Times Media Decoder Blog today, news of Dobbs' replacement: "John King will replace Lou Dobbs as the new 7 p.m. anchor on CNN, the network told its employees Thursday morning.Mr. King is currently the anchor of "State of the Union," CNN's Sunday political news show."
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Nov 11, 2009
We told you Dobbs was resigning... here's the proof. Via Media Matters, video of Dobbs' resignation. It will be interesting to see what Dobbs' next "contribution" to public life might be. Eric Burns, head of Media Matters, states, "This is a happy day for all those who care about...
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This just in, from the New York Times Media Decoder Blog today, very big news for those of us who've been calling on CNN to drop its anti-immigrant anchor, Lou Dobbs. In Update: Lou Dobbs to Quit CNN, Brian Stelter and Bill Carter report: "Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN...
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If well-intentioned interventions could magically change lives, last weekend would have marked more of an end than a beginning when people paused to remember the anniversary of the stabbing death of Marcelo Lucero, a 37-year-old Ecuadorean immigrant who the police said was attacked by seven teenagers outside the village...
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