Feb 16, 2012
Dana Milbank's Washington Post column caused quite a stir on Twitter yesterday. Milbank called the GOP's approach to Latinos a "death wish," because the Party is alienating the fastest-growing group of voters with its anti-immigrant positioning. Jim Messina tweeted that the "line of the day" was Milbank's...
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Colorlines has another story about families being ripped apart by the nation's broken immigration system. This is about Felipe Montes, who was deported in 2010. His children were place in foster care. Now, officials in Allegheny County in North Carolina want to strip him of his parental rights.
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Tennessee faith leaders called on presidential candidates to refrain from negative campaign rhetoric regarding immigration leading up to the state's March 6 Republican primary.
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In a Washington Post column today, Dana Millbank wonders aloud about the GOP's anti-Latino strategy. Millbank writes, "What else but a death wish could explain the party's treatment of the fastest-growing voting bloc in the nation? First was the wave of Arizona-style immigration laws. Then came the anti-immigrant...
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In a Washington Post column today, Dana Milbank wonders aloud about the GOP's anti-Latino strategy. Milbank writes, "What else but a death wish could explain the party's treatment of the fastest-growing voting bloc in the nation? First was the wave of Arizona-style immigration laws."
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Eleven men arrested in 2007 immigration raid in New Haven have reached an unprecedented settlement with the federal government paying them $350,000 and effectively ending any immigration proceedings against them.
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Feb 14, 2012
Last week, Frank (Sharry) wrote a blog post at Huffington Post about the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX).
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The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in his Roll Call op-ed ("President Is Ignoring Immigration Laws," Feb. 6), argues that a policy of deporting serious criminals instead of parents, military families and students attending college is bad for the country. Once again the Republicans are on the wrong...
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Last week a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals looked at five immigration cases, turned to the Department of Homeland Security, and effectively said, "Really!? Are you really going to deport these people?
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American University in conjunction with Latino Decisions held an freewheeling event today on "Latinos and the 2012 Elections" – a primer on the impact of the Latino vote this November. (We live-tweeted the event here.)
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