Pete Wilson could help Mitt Romney. Pete Wilson could hurt Mitt Romney. Both of these things are true. But the help Romney could receive from Wilson, the former California governor, during the Republican presidential primary could further wreck his reputation with Latino voters, the fastest-growing voting bloc, in the...
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As he pushed further and further to the right in his effort to fend off the corps of arch-conservative rivals for his party's presidential nomination, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney probably didn't think some of what he was doing would have much effect in the larger states that will provide...
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California Proposition 187 was a 1994 ballot initiative to prohibit undocumented immigrants from health care, public education, and other social services.
At the time, Gov. Pete Wilson was its most ardent supporter. And now, former Gov. Pete Wilson is Mitt Romney's.
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The hot new immigration buzzword these days is "self-deportation," also known as "attrition through enforcement," and the Immigration Policy Center has a new report this week explaining the full, frightening reality of what it is.
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Like the ad says, "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Simply, what happens in February won't matter much in November. That's when the state will turn into a battleground. And if the past two election cycles -- and results of the 2010 Census -- are...
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Weeks after GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney touted the controversial endorsement of the architect of some of the strictest state immigration laws in the country, the presidential candidate has named a well-known immigration hard-liner as honorary chairman of his California campaign.
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In an interview on Sunday with Univision, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) criticized Mitt Romney's "self-deportation" immigration policy, stating that Republicans should adopt a "very humane approach" to immigration in order to secure Latino voters.
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Today, GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney announced the newest member of Anti-Immigrant Task Force: Gov. Pete Wilson joined the Team, a move sure to further alienate Latino voters. The notorious champion of CA Prop. 187 joins Kris Kobach & Lamar Smith on the Romney Endorsement List.
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Republican caucus attendees in Nevada chose Mitt Romney to carry their standard (and delegates) in the campaign for the presidential nomination, and all eyes there are now fixed on November's general election.
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With the Nevada caucus behind them, the GOP presidential candidates now turn to Colorado, where they will compete in the sixth nominating contest so far this year. Despite the fact that immigration is not a big issue for most Republican caucus-goers, as in years past, the issue will...
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