Oct 19, 2016
A searing SEIU/iAmerica Action ad promises there will indeed be a wall — of Latino voters. “For more than a year, Latino families have heard Donald Trump promise to build a wall,” SEIU/iAmerica Action says. “Their response: no, #SomosElMuro – we are the wall that will keep you out...
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Ahead of tonight’s final presidential debate in Las Vegas, and with immigration set to be a major focus of the proceedings, we offer key immigration questions for each candidate and offer additional backgrounders and resources for reading up on the most timely immigration-related topics. Key Questions for Donald Trump: 1) You...
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As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump meet for the final Presidential debate in Las Vegas tonight, CNN profiles Trump International Hotel employees who will not be voting for their boss. Among them are several Latina guest room attendants who, citing his record of anti-immigrant and anti-Latino rhetoric, will be...
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Last night, former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (R) said that he “very strongly” supports a path to citizenship for aspiring Americans, while his rival, incumbent Senator Rob Portman, expressed support for just legalizing their status. Some are reporting that this means the candidates largely agree on immigration. But for...
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The women’s protest that shut down Trump Tower in Manhattan earlier this month is back and more powerful than ever. Last Friday, some sixty women and their allies shut down Trump Tower following Donald Trump’s own admission to sexually assaulting women. Today, women again gathered, and not just in Manhattan, but also at other...
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Hungry? Needed to register to vote in Nevada? These folks had it covered. On the last day of voter registration in the state yesterday — and a day before the final Presidential debate in Las Vegas — local groups lined up a caravan of 35 taco trucks and dozens of...
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During US Senate debates in Nevada and Florida this week, Republican candidates scrambled to hide their trumped-up records on immigration and support for their party’s nominee for President, Donald Trump. In Nevada, former State Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto went “on the offensive over Republican Heck’s prior support...
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***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Debate Watch Parties WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 at 8 PM EST (See Below for Location Near You) With Florida likely to be the tipping point in this crucial election, Floridians are gathering in Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, Osceola, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Orange, and Pinellas to watch the final presidential debate on Wednesday,...
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New polling of Latino voters from NBC News/WSJ/Telemundo finds that Hillary Clinton leads Trump by a 70%-17% margin among Latinos in a head-to-head matchup. The polling also finds positive signs for Latino engagement, as an accompanying poll summary from NBC News notes: “Sixty-nine percent of Latino voters now say they are very interested in...
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A six-year-old girl was among the recipients of a fundraising letter from former KKK leader and Louisiana Senate candidate David Duke urging voters to back him and Donald Trump, according to the Huffington Post: “’Thank God Trump has emerged and embraced my issues such as stopping immigration, fair trade...
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