Apr 7, 2010
Last night, in an exchange with Charles Krauthamer on the O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly claimed that Mexico was invading the United States and that President Barack Obama should deploy the military to stop it. O'Reilly goes on to ridiculously claim that the threat Mexico poses to the...
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On the eve of Sunday's march, other stories attracting the attention of the Spanish-language media include an op-ed from Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham sketching the outline of a bill for comprehensive immigration reform, and another round of raids being undertaken by Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona.
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Monday night I listened in on a organizing call for leaders of NumbersUSA, the "MoveOn" of the anti-immigrant lobby. The purpose of the call was to figure out how to throw a wrench in the upcoming grassroots mobilization (taking place in DC on March 21st) for real immigration reform....
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Feb 18, 2010
Talk show host and former Congressman J.D. Hayworth has become nationally known as an expert practitioner in driving Latinos away from the Republican Party, and failing to inspire the confidence of swing voters. His primary challenge to Senator John McCain is emblematic of a tug-of-war happening in the Republican...
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A group called the American Principles Project aims to promote conservative values among Hispanics and defend comprehensive immigration reform among those same ultraconservatives who have rejected it in the past. According to EFE, Alfonso Aguilar, who served under the Bush administration as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
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Two editorials in La Opinión in the last few days have discussed immigration reform: "No more empty words" ("No más palabras vacías") and "The moment for reform" ("El momento para la reforma"). "Campaign promises have attracted supporters and raised hopes. The votes cast for candidates committed to immigration reform...
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Roy Beck, the executive director of Numbers USA, the immigration restriction group, has removed his mask and eviscerated his long-standing claim to being a "mainstream" activist who shuns immigrant bashing.
First, he showed up at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville this week. Then, during the nativism-riddled speech...
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Jan 22, 2010
You might remember Krikorian from when he was named Worst Person in the World by Keith Olberman for trying to push some of that "Anglo-conformity" on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor for pronouncing her name too ethnically: "Deferring to people's own pronunciation of their names should obviously be our...
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As we pause to commemorate the historic achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., protest the horrid abuses of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and come together to help Haiti rebuild in the wage of tragedy, one can't help but wonder exactly what sort of America members of Congress like...
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"The Stop Terrorist Entry Program (STEP) Act, first introduced in 2003, also would have required all persons from these countries on student visas, temporary work visas, exchange and tourist visas to leave the United States within 60 days, despite their legal status in the country. Residents and nationals of...
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