Oct 20, 2011
Today, Republican candidates are competing over who can talk the toughest about illegal immigration — who will erect the most impenetrable border defense; who will turn off "magnets" like college tuition benefits.
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Last week, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain vowed that, if he was elected president, he would build a 20-foot-high electrified fence on the border with Mexico with a sign alongside it that would read: "Crossing the border illegally has a price; it will kill you."
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Neither Rick Perry nor Mitt Romney can claim conservative purity on illegal immigration — and now both must deal with it. Illegal immigration has emerged as a defining issue with remarkable staying power in a GOP presidential race that was expected to be primarily focused on the nation's struggling...
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In the debate over immigration among the Republican presidential candidates, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota signed a pledge last week to build double-fencing the entire length of the 2,000-mile border with Mexico.
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The sprint to the right by the Republican Presidential candidates, which was on display again at last night's debate in Las Vegas, should be helpful to President Obama's reelection. It should be. But, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to undercut his Latino outreach efforts.
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Last weekend in Tennessee, Herman Cain boasted that as President, he'd build a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border "20-feet high, with barbed wire, and electrified." The crowd applauded, and in an interview a day later, Cain shrugged the whole thing off as "a joke." He might come to regret...
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Rick Perry's most pointed attack against Mitt Romney in Tuesday night's debate concerned an immigration matter that came to light when Mr. Romney was campaigning for president four years ago.
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A leading House Democrat is taking GOP presidential contender Herman Cain to task for suggesting an electric border fence would be the country's best defense against illegal immigrants. Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) accused Cain on Tuesday of "spewing hate" and inciting violence without offering any real solution to the...
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In 2012, President Obama will run at the top of the Democratic ticket, so for the time being, the Republicans are alone in showing the nation their pathologies in a series of strange televised encounters that we agree to call debates. Tuesday night's installment had Anderson Cooper guest starring...
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Judging by past debates and recent rhetoric on the campaign trail, tonight's Republican presidential debate in Nevada is likely to feature continued discussion of immigration. As you cover tonight's debate – perhaps even as you make your way into the debate venue – you will likely hear a...
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