May 10, 2010
As the Tea Party movement increasingly acts as a Party Whip for Republicans, new developments show that this source of pressure is already having consequences for ongoing GOP outreach to Latinos and the prospects for bipartisan immigration reform. As TIME magazine noted, the halls of Congress could feature...
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Arizona's law criminalizing undocumented immigrants is still the biggest story in Spanish-language news, with media outlets covering statements from Obama Administration officials, a few silver linings among the effects of the law, and the anti-immigrant organizations that helped put it together.
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Our new video might be outrageous, but it's nothing compared to Arizona's new immigration law.
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Last night, Rachel Maddow exposed the network operating behind the Arizona's new SB 1070 bill – notoriously known as legislation that promotes racial profiling.
From the neo-nazi-hugging Arizona senator, Russel Pearce, who introduced the bill, to the Federation of American Immigration Reform -- designated as a "hate group" by the...
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But she did sign Arizon'a harshest profiling bill yet, S.B. 1070, into law today. So, why is she telling cops to profile people based on "reasonable suspicion" they could be undocumented, if she doesn't know what that looks like? Watch it.
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More on Arizona’s highly controversial immigration law from CNN — featuring Sojourners’ CEO Jim Wallis: “I got up here at 4 in the morning to fly to Phoenix… Enforcement that breaks up families is unacceptable… Enforcement that doesn’t recognize a broken system is not gonna work… They’re gonna stop...
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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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