Editor’s Note: Our colleagues, Maribel Hastings and Pili Tobar, were in Charlotte and provided updates from the convention. They’ll be covering a wide range of events hosted by various groups, including NALEO and Voto Latino. Also, during the convention, America’s Voice’s Executive Director, Frank Sharry, was on a panel hosted by the...
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Last week, Republicans met in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate. For the RNC, we put together a guide of what to expect from the convention, its nominee, and its delegates on immigration. Turns out, not so much. When it came to immigration, as Univision’s Jordan Fabian reported: no speaker...
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Por Maribel Hastings, asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice CHARLOTTE, Carolina del Norte – Barack Obama ha hecho historia en los estadios. Aceptó la nominación presidencial de 2008 en el estadio Invesco de Denver, Colorado con la promesa de cambio. Ahora aceptará la nominación a un segundo periodo en el...
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On Tuesday night, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro will be the first Latino to give the keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. He has been major Latino surrogate for Obama. And, Castro is from the same part of Texas as House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith. There couldn’t be a more...
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***MEDIA AVAILABILITY*** ***America’s Voice Available for Interviews at the Democratic National Convention*** Washington, DC – With the final night of the Republican National Convention behind us, below are the major takeaways about where Mitt Romney’s Republican Party stands on immigrants and immigration reform: 1. Primary and Platform Immigration Positions...
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UPDATE: DRM Capitol Group has joined forces with Get Equal this morning and “disrupted Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s victory speech to denounce his hypocritical policy positions on immigration and LGBT issues,” according to the statement they released. Watch video of the fearless DREAMers protesting: DREAMers with the DRM...
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UPDATE: It’s not just Sheriff Joe Arpaio who believes that Mitt Romney will in fact enact the immigration positions he espoused during the Republican primaries. America’s Voice also caught up with Kris Kobach, Mitt Romney’s sometimes-maybe immigration advisor, who also said he had no reason to doubt Romney’s positions...
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