We're running out of ways to describe Sharron Angle's predictably race-baiting immigration ads, but this latest one entitled "The Wave" (screenshots at right) might just take the cake. Not to mention that, despite Angle's absurd claim last week that her ads weren't about the southern border, there's a shot...
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If you thought Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070, was controversial, keep reading.
Republican State Legislator (FL), William Snyder (pictured at right, to the left), has proposed a new immigration bill for his state, modeled after the infamous Arizona law that has people all over the country in a tizzy over...
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Oct 20, 2010
Sharron Angle did not show up at the huge Tea Party Express rally in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. But the event was almost entirely in support of her and the divisive, anti-immigrant platform she has promoted in her accelerating drive to replace Senator Harry Reid.
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Immigration has been the subject of many attack ads in the final stretch of campaigning for mid-term elections. Host Michel Martin talks with Matt Barreto, a political science professor at University of Washington, and media consultant Lionel Sosa.
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Building on race-baiting campaigns that demonize immigrants and deploy Spanish-language ads to suppress Latino turnout, many 2010 Republican candidates have embraced a disturbing new vision for U.S. immigration policy. The vision, touted recently by high-profile Republican Senate candidates Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Mark Kirk in Illinois, and Joe Miller...
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For nearly a year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been desperately trying to devise a way to energize Hispanic voters in his quest to secure a fifth term, and his GOP opponent and a GOP-linked group may have just handed him two.
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Oct 18, 2010
Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle told dozens of Hispanic high school students last week that "some of you look a little more Asian to me," inducing gasps from the crowd.
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We've reported on Angle's vicious attack ads, criticized for demonizing Latino immigrants both on TV and in mailers. Now, the Nevada Senate candidate is going on offense again, claiming these attacks have been "misinterpreted." The Hispanic Student Union at Rancho High School in Las Vegas invited Angle to meet...
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Oct 16, 2010
U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle defended a series of campaign advertisements that use images of sullen, dark-skinned men and a map of Mexico to blast rival Sen. Harry Reid's immigration record.
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Last night, in the much anticipated (and only) debate between Sharron Angle and Harry Reid, the Republican candidate for Senate had this to say when asked about immigration, reported by the LA Times:
She said the solution to immigration is to secure the border. She also touted the Arizona sheriff...
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