Grassroots & labor activists continue to reject GOP attempts to vilify immigrants and play on economic and social fears for electoral gain. Leaders from across the Sunshine State firmly rejected Donald Trump’s latest attempt to vilify the undocumented community and pit American-born workers against immigrants. While many thought that...
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** Two Press Calls/Webinars** Friday, September 9th at 10 AM & 12 PM Eastern New Latino Voter Polling in 7 Battleground States to be Released on Friday Press Calls and Webinars Presidential, Senate and Congressional Matchups, Role of Immigration in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia Embargoed poll...
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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has called for an investigation of Donald Trump’s modeling agency following allegations that several models — all non-US citizens — worked in the United States without proper documentation. From Mother Jones: Three former Trump models, all non-US citizens, told Mother Jones they worked for the...
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Poll Suggests Democrats Should Lean Into Immigration in 2016 New immigration polling from CNN highlights that pro-immigrant policies, such as an earned path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, enjoy the overwhelming backing of the American public, while mass deportation and other policies associated with Donald Trump are unpopular even among many...
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Red Sox icon David Ortiz called Donald Trump’s anti-Mexican attacks “a slap in the face” during a recent USA Today interview. “I walk around sometimes, and I see Mexican people trying to earn a living in an honest way,” said the Dominican-born slugger. “And to hear somebody make those...
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The Republican candidate for president called for “ideological certification.” American values? I don’t think so. This election is one for the history books. The two candidates are strikingly different in their views on virtually everything, but especially on foreign policy and immigration issues. Without immigration, the U.S. population would...
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In a new piece, Vox’s Dara Lind argues there’s been no debate, pivot, or flip-flop on immigration from the Trump campaign. In fact, the only part of Trump’s immigration plan that has changed is the media’s coverage. Lind explains that reporters familiar with immigration policy know that Trump has been consistent...
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Taco trucks on every corner? How about taco trucks at every polling site instead. That’s the idea from the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, following a Latino Trump supporter suggesting that a Trump defeat in November would mean taco trucks on every street corner in America (as if that’s...
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While the Trump campaign’s continued word blizzard around immigration is designed to sow confusion, the policy thrust remains consistent and disturbing. America’s Voice Executive Director Frank Sharry called Trump’s approach “the most radical immigration policy of any nominee in modern American politics. The intended outcome of Trump’s policy is to drive...
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Last week, one of the few remaining Latino Trump supporters warned that America was on the brink of a delicious takeover. “My culture is a very dominant culture, and it’s imposing and it’s causing problems,” said Marco Gutierrez, a Mexican immigrant and founder of something called “Latinos For Trump”, during an...
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