Cross-posted from Latino Decisions: Latino Decisions election eve polling shows 66% of Hispanics and 63% of Asian Americans voted for Governor-Elect Terry McAuliffe. More specifically, an estimated 95,500 Hispanic and 51,000 Asian-Americans voted in the Virginia election, meaning that Asian and Hispanic voters provided a combined 95,160 votes for McAuliffe,...
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The House is swearing in one of its newest members of Congress tomorrow, and he’s a supporter of immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Vance McAllister, soon to be the Representative for the 5th Congressional district of Louisiana, believes that there should be a path to citizenship for...
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WOW–and the GOP wonders why it has a problem with Latino and female voters. Yesterday, we wrote about an amazing act of civil disobedience in Washington state, where more than 30 women were arrested protesting for immigration reform, including the wife of the Seattle mayor. They had occupied the...
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A year ago this month, Republicans were smarting after the 2012 election, in which President Obama triumphed over Mitt Romney in a reelection bid supported by 75% of Latino voters. And one year ago today, Speaker John Boehner sat down and talked about the need for immigration reform, saying: It’s...
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“Qué Pasa” is our weekly roundup of news, opinion, and links from Spanish-Language online news publications: La Opinion: A divided party Republicans in Congress are at a crossroads due to the pressure from activists, the Senate, and President Obama to pass immigration reform. So far, House Republicans have been stalling on...
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This week’s gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia offered two different models of Republicanism, with two decidedly different outcomes. As the electorate grows more and more diverse, the future of the Republican Party depends upon its ability to attract minority voters, including the growing Asian and Latino electorates....
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Members of CASA in Action and 32BJ SEIU held a funeral procession this week to state GOP headquarters to warn Virginia Republicans of impending electoral doom if they continue to oppose immigration reform. The march featured All the Saints Theater Company members, Republican rat puppets, stanzas from a Latino...
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Yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio, nine women sat down in a busy intersection despite steady wind and rain, and refused to leave until they were arrested in an act of civil disobedience for immigration reform. View pictures courtesy of the Cleveland Plain Dealer here. The action, organized by We Belong...
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The Hill: Advocates to GOP allies: Use Tea Party tactics to move immigration By Russell Berman Tampa Bay Times: Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart: Immigration reform won’t happen this year By Marc Caputo Washington Post: The Morning Plum: Labor blasts House Republicans over immigration By Greg Sargent CNN: Pro-immigration attack ads...
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One day after AFL-CIO announced that they would be running ads in target districts calling out Republicans for opposing immigration reform, SEIU announced a $500,000 ad buy in the districts of seven House Republicans who are key targets in this year’s push to pass legislation. Watch one of the ads–targeting...
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