The past seven days have been quite a ride for Jeb Bush. He began the week by recanting his earlier support for immigration reform with a path to citizenship. That’s because Jeb wrote a book last year when it didn’t seem like a path to citizenship would be the...
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Editor’s note: This column by Maribel Hastings was originally published in Spanish at La Opinion and Huffington Post Voces. The Spanish language version can be viewed here. WASHINGTON, DC – In an interview on NBC’s Today Show Monday, former Florida governor Jeb Bush said it’s premature to declare whether he’ll...
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One of the most interesting angles in the Jeb Bush reversal on citizenship this week has been his fellow Floridian (and 2016 rival) Sen. Marco Rubio’s response. Rubio predicted to Talking Points Memo today that Bush would eventually swing back to his traditional support for citizenship, given his long...
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It is safe to say that Day One of the immigration book media tour for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush did not go exactly as planned. Numerous observers condemned Gov. Bush for walking back on his past support for citizenship and called it a politically damaging flip-flop. Today, Gov. Bush said he would support...
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It is safe to say that Day One of the immigration book media tour for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush did not go exactly as planned. Numerous observers condemned Gov. Bush for walking back on his past support for citizenship and called it a politically damaging flip-flop. Today, Gov....
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As the Tampa Bay Times reports, two Florida Republicans, Senator Marco Rubio and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, are engaging in the upcoming debate over immigration reform. They have different approaches–Rubio’s for an incremental strategy while Diaz-Balart wants a comprehensive approach. From the Tampa Bay Times: Immigration — one of the...
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Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio has been talking about immigration lately. But, he’s not making himself very clear. This week, he told an inside-the-beltway breakfast hosted by Politico that he we need comprehensive reform, but can’t do it comprehensively — or something like that. The headline of the post...
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America’s Voice Releases Election Scorecard With Wins in 3 of 3 “Races to Watch for Supporters of Immigration Reform” Among the key post-election storylines in Florida is the following: as the state’s sizeable Latino population grows more diverse with every election cycle, the Republican Party is losing their lock...
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Florida’s Diversifying Latino Voters Deliver for Obama, Nelson Newly-released election-eve polling from impreMedia and Latino Decisions – which surveyed Latino voters nationally and in eleven states, including Florida – shows how the candidates’ positions on immigration and other top issues were pivotal in determining the winners and losers in the 2012s. The Republican Party...
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