Yesterday we lifted up a Wall Street Journal article highlighting the DREAMers’ tireless efforts around the nation this election season, and one of the campaigns they’ve worked on the hardest is the Brian Bilbray – Scott Peters race in San Diego. They even recorded Spanish-language radio ads to to...
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In the last few weeks, much attention has been paid to the importance of the Latino vote and its crucial effects on the upcoming election next week. Also important are the people who are pushing the Latino vote to turn out—in many cases, DREAMers, who cannot vote but who...
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Yesterday, America’s Voice released an updated analysis of key races where Latino voters and immigration will play a key role. Here’s the information on the the key Senate race in Florida: Candidates: Rep. Connie Mack IV (R) v. Sen. Bill Nelson (D), incumbent Rating: Lean Democratic (Cook Political Report, 10/4/12) Latino Eligible...
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After Arizona passed the viciously anti-immigrant law SB 1070, raising questions about whether the state was legalizing racial profiling, Congressman Brian Bilbray (R-CA) jumped into the fray by claiming that police officers wouldn’t have to resort to race in order to identify undocumented immigrants. “They will look at the kind...
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As we’ve been reporting, the DREAM Action Coalition has been traveling across the country, protesting and rallying against anti-immigrant candidates up for election this year. One of their targets is Connecticut’s GOP Senate candidate Linda McMahon, the WWE magnate who famously spent $50 million to lose a Senate campaign. McMahon...
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A delegation of DREAMers from the DRM Capitol Group and DREAM Action Boston visited one of Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA)’s campaign’s offices yesterday, but were left to wait outside before they could speak with the campaign about Brown’s stance on the DREAM Act. “We wanted to simply speak on...
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There are just two weeks left until Election Day and the Educating Maryland Kids campaign supporting Question 4 and the state DREAM Act is in full gear. We received this update from the campaign, highlighting the upcoming events this week that will rally in favor of the Maryland DREAM Act...
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