The purpose of our series "March to the Polls 2010" is to capture the attitude of Hispanic voters in key states. Two years ago, they voted at record levels, but in the last two years they have been battered along with the rest of the country by an economy... Continue »
A new Los Angeles Times/USC poll found that voters hold positive views about immigrants overall and favor accommodating illegal immigrants who have held down jobs in the state. Continue »
The candidates voiced sharply different perspectives about what the government should do about the estimated 2.6 million undocumented immigrants living in California. But most of their disagreement concerned policies under the purview of the federal government. Continue »
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer waded into immigration politics in her first Spanish-language ad, hammering her Republican opponent, Carly Fiorina, for supporting Arizona's controversial new immigration law. Continue »
Meg Whitman was asked again about her employment of an undocumented immigrant for more than nine years. Continue »
The issue of benefits for illegal immigrants landed at the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, as out-of-state students challenged a law allowing anyone who has graduated from a California high school to pay in-state tuition at a public university, regardless of immigration status. Continue »
CA-Gov debate highlights Whitman's immigration hypocrisy following housekeeper kerfuffle. Poll shows DREAM debate helped Dems with Latino voters. Murdoch, Bloomberg latest to lobby Congress for immigration reform. Menendez introduces comprehensive bill; Hatch fires back with enforcement-only. DREAM Act helps spur unprecedented GOTV efforts across the country. Continue »
Immigration became the hottest issue in the California gubernatorial race last week, as controversy raged over Republican candidate Meg Whitman's treatment of undocumented former housekeeper Nicky Díaz Santillan, and Whitman and Democratic nominee Jerry Brown squared off in a Univisión-sponsored debate at California State University-Fresno. Continue »
The dust-up over Republican Meg Whitman's undocumented housekeeper may be driving defections among the small group of Latino voters who were inclined to support the former eBay chief's gubernatorial campaign. Continue »
Republican Meg Whitman struggled to steady her campaign for California governor after disclosures about her former housekeeper - an illegal immigrant - threatened to cut into her support among Latinos just weeks before election day. Continue »