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.
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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.
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Meg Whitman was asked again about her employment of an undocumented immigrant for more than nine years.
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Oct 6, 2010
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Oct 1, 2010
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.
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California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina (R) refused to take a position on immigration reform during her second debate with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).
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Meg Whitman will likely be spending at least the next several days fending off questions about how she treated a low-wage domestic worker in her own home.
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