The controversy and outrage over Donald Trump’s racist anti-immigrant comments is moving quickly. While Trump’s comments have generated outrage and solidarity among Latinos and demonstrated the Latino community’s growing clout in corporate America, the Republican Party seems headed in the opposite and wrong direction. Until today, the GOP’s presidential...
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Friday, 7/17: Trump just got a big-time demotion, this time thanks to the Huffington Post. Earlier today, the site announced it would be moving all Trump-related coverage from the politics section, to the entertainment section: Our reason is simple: Trump’s campaign is a sideshow. We won’t take the bait....
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is set to announce his official candidacy for the president this morning, joining the crowded Republican field. As the Washington Post reported yesterday, the Christie campaign wants to drive “the national conversation” by unveiling a series of “big ideas,” including on immigration, and will use a slogan...
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In stunning breaking news earlier today, NBCUniversal announced it would be “ending its business relationship” with GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump. “At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values,” the network said in a statement. “Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump...
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The fallout continues for Donald Trump. Univision, the largest Spanish-language network in the U.S., has announced it is cutting ties with the Republican Presidential candidate following his vile accusation that immigrants from Mexico are “rapists.” Leading Latino groups are calling for NBC to cut ties with Trump as well....
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Group Calls on Governor to Make Good on Meeting Commitment, Articulate Clear Policy As we reported yesterday, after traveling all the way from Ohio to Iowa to talk to their own Governor, John Kasich, about the President’s immigration executive action programs, 11 year-old U.S. citizen Andrew and his DAPA-eligible...
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Earlier today in Iowa, DAPA-eligible Maria, along with her U.S. citizen son Andrew, were finally able to confront their Governor, Ohio’s John Kasich, on where he stands on the lawsuit blocking DAPA and expanded DACA. Ohio is one of the 26 states blocking deportation relief for Maria and 25,000...
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Please note the following column was translated from Spanish to English and is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper credit. This column is available online in Spanish here. I wonder if Republicans, especially Hispanic Republicans, who say they support immigration reform believe they can avoid...
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Ron Brownstein on Republican Voters in Three Early 2016 Primary States: Support for Legal Status for Undocumented Immigrants Not Much of a Deal-Breaker The narrative runs something like this: GOP presidential candidates are moving right on immigration reform because the GOP base has moved right; sure, there may be...
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Donald Trump is running for President, and at least one other person is really, really, really happy about it: The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart. But after all the horribly offensive remarks Trump made about immigrants during his announcement yesterday, we’re glad Jon is happy too, because we know that...
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