The Real Mitt Romney has launched a bid to win over Latino voters, from noting that his father was born in Mexico to airing a new Spanish-language ad in Florida. But he's not getting any help from @MexicanMitt, a ribald and unsympathetic Latino alter ego someone has launched on... Continue »
Mitt, we hardly knew ye. Or should I say, "primo!" As much as it embarrasses me to admit it, given some of his views and how he expresses them, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and I could be distant cousins. Romney's father, George, was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, and... Continue »
Local and national evangelical leaders with the National Latino Evangelical Coalition kicked off the Nuestro Futuro voter registration campaign this week in Florida, launching a drive to register Latino evangelical youth for the 2012 election. Continue »
As we highlighted, yesterday Mitt Romney proudly trumpeted the endorsement of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) –the leading architect of costly and inhumane state-based, "papers, please" anti-immigration laws like Alabama's and Arizona's. Continue »
Mitt Romney collected the endorsements Wednesday of the architect of Arizona's immigration-crackdown law, marking the final step on a journey that has taken him from lukewarm support of legalization to the Republican presidential field's most ardent opponent of amnesty. Continue »
When it comes to Hispanic outreach, Republicans on Wednesday took two tiny steps forward and one giant step back. The RNC announced they were ramping up their outreach efforts to Hispanic voters and Mitt Romney released an advertisement in Florida in Spanish. Continue »
South Carolina might be south of New Hampshire, but Mitt Romney just took a hard right out of Manchester to get there. Today he proudly announced the endorsement of Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State and anti-immigrant restrictionist. Continue »
Mitt Romney, who used to try to sound like a moderate on immigration, has dropped the pretense. On Wednesday, he proudly accepted the endorsement of the anti-immigrant activist Kris Kobach, architect of the nation's most radical immigration crackdowns, including the unconstitutional show-your-papers laws in Arizona and Alabama. Continue »
Today, FOX News Latino published an article titled, Mitt Romney Pushes Hardline on Immigration in South Carolina. That's no surprise given Romney's increasing hard-line stance on immigration reform. As we have reported, two weeks ago, Romney stated that he would even veto the DREAM Act. Continue »
Today, Mitt Romney issued a press release highlighting his endorsement by anti-immigrant ringleader Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R). Kobach is the leading architect of the "papers, please" anti-immigration laws in states like Alabama and Arizona and has a long track record of opposing positive immigration reforms—including... Continue »