The reviews continue to pour in about last week's Republican presidential primary debate and the consensus is clear – the GOP's continued mishandling of the immigration issue threatens their chances in the general election, especially with respect to reaching the 40% threshold with Latino voters.
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When it comes to policies aimed at illegal immigrants, Governor Rick Perry of Texas is on one side of the fence, his GOP rivals on the other. Ten years ago, Perry signed legislation making Texas the first state to allow some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at...
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When quizzed on the problem of illegal immigration at their debate the other night, the Republican presidential hopefuls were by turns vague, evasive, confused, contradictory and — in the notable case of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who opposes a border fence because it might prevent law-abiding Americans from...
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A video clip from a debate in 1980 between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a much different approach to immigration then we're seeing from the current crop of GOP presidential contenders.
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A leading Republican lawmaker has proposed creating a program to bring 500,000 foreign migrant farm workers to the United States each year, responding to an outcry this summer from American farmers who said shortages of legally authorized labor were imperiling their crops.
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Republican presidential candidates spent 10 minutes talking about immigration during the Wednesday debate, finally speaking out on an issue they have been doing their best to avoid for the past several months.
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The recent Republican presidential candidate debate left a troubling void in terms of the lack of an expansive vision on the immigration issue, something that goes beyond reinforcing border controls and punishing undocumented immigrants.
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Wednesday night's GOP presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, California, produced some strange happenings. First of all, in keeping with one of the great culinary traditions of the state, someone obviously slipped some hot sauce into the dinner entrees.
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Ann Coulter, the conservative pundit, has called Gov. Rick Perry "a little bit too much like George Bush" on immigration — and she does not mean it as a compliment. Tea Party loyalists have decried Mr. Perry's opposition to a border fence and Arizona-style enforcement laws.
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During the Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library last night, Noticiero Telemundo anchor José Díaz-Balart pushed the candidates to go further than their usual "we must secure the border" tropes and actually answer a question on immigration.
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