The New York Times’ immigration-beat reporter, Julia Preston, wrote an important article today which confirms what we’ve known to be true: the Obama administration’s prosecutorial discretion program is not working: After seven months of an ambitious review by the Obama administration of all deportations before the nation’s immigration courts, very few...
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We know we’ve been writing a lot about Mitt Romney’s three-part strategy regarding Latino voters. Yet everyday on the campaign trail seems to offer more fodder for our theory: while the Romney campaign is acutely sensitive to their problems with Latinos, they have no plans to engage on the subject...
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Por Maribel Hastings ORLANDO, Florida – Si la campaña del presidente Barack Obama coloca a Florida en la lista de estados que pueden inclinarse a uno u otro partido el 6 de noviembre, una visita a la región central revela por qué. Votantes hispanos entrevistados expresaron falta de entusiasmo...
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Jun 4, 2012
We’ve been publishing a series of posts from the DREAMers of the Campaign for an American DREAM. Last month, they set off from San Francisco to begin a 3,000-mile, 8-month+ walk to Washington, DC to call attention to the DREAM Act and the need for immigration reform. Today’s post is from Jonatan Martinez,...
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Since the DREAM Act was narrowly defeated in Congress in December 2010, DREAMers around the country have been calling on President Obama to provide executive relief to immigrant youth and their families. However, the Obama Administration has repeatedly stalled, saying that they lack the legal authority to grant this...
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As we have documented, both margin and mobilization are of critical importance to determining the impact of Latino voters in the 2012 elections. Today, a range of observers offer advice to President Obama and Republicans on how to improve their numbers with Latinos. Political analyst Charlie Cook examines new...
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