While House Republican leaders try to figure out the timing for when they should drop a floor vote on a flawed mandatory E-Verify bill, America's Voice Education Fund and Service Employees International Union launched a five-figure Spanish-language media campaign to educate constituents about the legislation, which we often refer...
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Speculation about New Jersey Gov. Christie entering the 2012 Presidential Race has raised more questions about immigration: Will Christie Stick with his strong Pro-Reform Position or Flip-flop?
If he stands strong, will party leaders defend his immigration stance from the attacks of the anti-immigrant forces?
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The Republican presidential debates have certainly generated a conversation about immigration reform. However, within Republican circles, that conversation has gotten ugly and divisive. But, as an editorial in USA Today makes clear, that is the wrong approach.
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In a Saturday editorial, the Wall Street Journal asked why aren't politicians happy – or noticing – illegal entry into the Untied States appears to be much lower than at any time in recent memory?
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The Republican Party has dug itself an awfully deep hole with Latino voters. And every time a Republican talks about immigration, the hole gets a little deeper. That includes nearly all the 2012 Republican presidential candidates. They can't avoid talking about the subject because it keeps coming up in...
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Sep 23, 2011
During last night's Republican presidential debate, Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) came under fire from other candidates about his support for in-state tuition for undocumented young people in Texas, and perhaps because of this many commentators continue to characterize Perry as a moderate on the issue.
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Rick Perry said that people who can't support the DREAM Act "don't have a heart." Mandatory E-Verify, which this week passed out of the House Judiciary Committee, was mentioned for the first time. Ron Paul called the bill a "national ID card."
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry was booed by the audience after he discussed his rationale for giving in-state tuition to the children of undocumented immigrants in his state, an Achilles' heel for the border-state governor when it comes to hard-line conservatives.
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Governor Perry, I'm going to ask you a question, so you don't need to respond to him, because you're going to get a full minute to answer your question, which is on directly this point. You're the candidate whose name, by a wide margin, came up most often in...
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Sep 22, 2011
Grab the popcorn - it's Fight Night, round three. The Republican presidential candidates will once again take the stage for a debate tonight, this time in the crucial battleground of Florida, a state rife with voters for whom issues likes Social Security, immigration and Israel are dominant.
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