First of all, the public owes Lorraine Osario, the person who asked the immigration question at last night’s debate, many thanks. She asked the central question regarding our nation’s immigration policy: “what do you plan on doing with immigrants without their green cards that are currently living here as...
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Transcript courtesy of Univision: Lorraine Osorio asked the candidates their stance on immigration. Here’s the full transcript of what they said. CROWLEY: Governor, I want to move you along. Don’t — don’t go away, and we’ll have plenty of time to respond. We are quite aware of the clock...
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At tonight’s second presidential debate, the topic of immigration was finally addressed. The substantial back and forth was originally raised by Obama, with a follow-up question from the audience. Today, America’s Voice released short immigration backgrounders on both candidates that put tonight’s immigration discussion into context. Here are links to President Obama’s and Mitt...
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Obama’s polling numbers have slipped slightly since the first presidential debate, including among Latinos. Romney aides this week, however, apparently decided that to attribute to a more endemic factor than a poor debate presence—they’re trying to claim that Obama is not “macho” enough for Latino voters. As Buzzfeed reported...
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While immigration has not yet been raised as a topic in this year’s general election debates, Mitt Romney and President Obama are taking the stage again tonight, and we hope that immigration reform is on the agenda. It’s an issue where the two candidates have very different view, and an...
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By Latino Decisions and Latino Vote Matters: ImpreMedia & Latino Decisions released the latest in a series of tracking polls today revealing support for President Obama slipped from 72% last week to 67% this week, suggesting that his debate performance also led some Latino voters to re-evaluate the President....
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This week, America’s Voice with Latino Decisions is finishing our series of releases on polling information about Latino voters in key swing states. Today, we are releasing new data about Latino voters in Virginia. The polling will answer questions about which candidate these segments of the electorate are supporting,...
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The contentious race between 14-term Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA) and 8-term Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) in California’s 30th congressional district took a bizarre turn yesterday, as Rep. Sherman physically confronted Rep. Berman and questioned his leadership role in drafting the DREAM Act. As video documents, Rep. Sherman put his arm around Rep....
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Howard Berman IS Original Author of DREAM Act, Champion of AgJOBS, and Indispensable Leader on Immigration Policy in Congress The contentious race between 14-term Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA) and 8-term Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) in California’s 30th congressional district took a bizarre turn yesterday, as Rep. Sherman physically confronted...
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Spurred by his first debate performance, some observers argue that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has started to “move to the middle” on a variety of issues, including immigration. For example, Karen Tumulty’s front-page headline today in the Washington Post was said, “Romney shifts to more moderate stances on...
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