Sep 25, 2014
On the heels of high-profile editorials from La Opinión and Maribel Hastings, the Democratic National Committee today is launching national and state Spanish language radio ads pushing Latino voters in key states to vote in November. The ads are part of a seven-figure national paid media campaign and will air in...
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Looks like Kentucky’s Alison Grimes has the right idea. In a new ad, Grimes, the Democratic Senate candidate challenging Mitch McConnell, is firing back against a Republican hypocrisy which Steve Benen highlighted here and which Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post called “bizarre.” See, a pro-McConnell super PAC, the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, recently...
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Sep 24, 2014
Republicans have done nothing for the Latino community, and Democrats have broken their promises to it, which is why some immigration reform advocates have been pushing for a boycott of both parties in this November’s election. But the way to gain influence and win public policy involves showing power...
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In the immigration reform world, we know Kris Kobach well. He was Mitt Romney’s immigration advisor and partly responsible for Romney’s ill-fated espousal of self-deportation. He was the architect of incredibly anti-immigrant laws like Arizona’s SB 1070 and Alabama’s HB 56, which punitively targeted and terrorized immigrants before they were largely...
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At MSNBC today, Steve Benen points out the recent election-year Republican hypocrisy behind a series of ads attacking Democrats for supporting an immigration reform bill that 14 GOP Senators voted for. First, there was Michelle Nunn, the Democratic Senate candidate in Georgia who was blasted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee...
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Republicans are dead to Latino voters, between their inaction on immigration reform and their multiple votes to end DACA and deport DREAMers, while Democrats have been on blast for delaying executive action on deportations. Today, nearly 50 immigrant and Latino advocacy organizations launched Hispanic Heritage Month of Action to remind both...
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Whoops. As Aaron Blake at the Washington Post just reported, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has come out with an ad attacking Democrat Michelle Nunn (a Senate candidate in Georgia) for supporting last year’s Senate immigration bill, which the NRSC is calling “amnesty.” A few things here: National Republicans are...
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The consensus is that President Obama has delayed taking executive action on immigration because of political concerns — namely, to protect Senate Democrats facing tough reelection campaigns this fall. But Latino voters are a kingmaking demographic, and 2014 is no exception. A Latino Decisions poll found that without executive action,...
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Immigrant Communities Won’t Be Taken for Granted After Latino Voters Have Played Major Role in Colorado Electoral Victories This weekend President Obama officially announced his reversal of a promise to provide protection for millions of immigrant families by the end of the summer. The President’s willingness to cast the...
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Cross-posted from Latino Decisions: On June 30, 2014 president Obama announced that if Congress did not pass comprehensive immigration reform that he would implement an administrative order providing temporary legal status to millions of undocumented by the end of summer and before the November 2014 election. As late as August 28, 2014...
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