Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva has developed a reputation as a blunt, staunch liberal since being elected to represent his state's 7th District in 2003. His outspokenness garnered him national headlines in 2010, when he called for an economic boycott of Arizona following the passage of SB1070.
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Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told Puerto Ricans on Wednesday they would have to make English their primary language if they want to pursue U.S. statehood, a statement at odds with the U.S. Constitution.
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Mar 14, 2012
As was true in other conservative states this year, exit polls from the Alabama and Mississippi primaries show that the Republican electorate is not all riled up about the immigration issue.
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Okay, so Super Tuesday last week wasn't quite super for Mitt Romney. None of the Three Amigos — Rick , Newt and Ron — was knocked out. Female voters were seen as fleeing the GOP as a result of that contraception chatter and Rush Limbaugh's observations.
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As the GOP candidates gear up for Tuesday's primary in Alabama, the home of the nation's toughest immigration law, Mitt Romney remains comparatively quiet on the state's form of "self-deportation" which he promoted aggressively just months prior. Some say his fear of alienating Latino voters in the general election...
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Whenever I hear stories such as that of Daniela Pelaez, the illegal immigrant and valedictorian at a Miami high school who was set for deportation to Colombia by the Obama administration, I get depressed.
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Lo and behold, the political glitterati have realized that new Americans actually vote. And that there are a whole lot of them. To which Latinos, Asians and other new Americans respond, "Duh."
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With demographic realities now undeniable, more and more political analysts agree that Republicans are committing political suicide by embracing hard-line, anti-immigrant policies. A piece by Paul Begala in The Daily Beast, lifts up some important quotes from prominent GOP strategists who agree that Republican candidates change on immigration...
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With demographic realities now undeniable, more and more political analysts agree that Republicans are committing political suicide by embracing hard-line, anti-immigrant policies. A piece by Paul Begala in The Daily Beast, lifts up some important quotes from prominent GOP strategists who agree that Republican candidates change on immigration...
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The Alabama Republican primary is tonight, and the Center for American Progress has released its latest fact sheet entitled "The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Alabama's Demographic Changes and Immigration Politics".
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