At the Washington Post today, Greg Sargent presents a new analysis by Michael McDonald at the United States Elections project, which finds that the Latino vote from 2012-2016 will rise by two percentage points in Florida, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona — and one percentage point in Virginia,...
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In Tacoma, Washington, hundreds of detainees are in the fourth day of an ongoing hunger strike to protest President Obama’s record deportations. Advocates say that 1,200 detainees are participating in the hunger strike, which would be nearly the entire population of the Northwest Detention Center (1,300). The hunger strike...
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Nation’s Largest Spanish Newspaper Delivers Important Editorial Calling for Both/And Approach The nation’s largest Spanish-language newspaper, La Opinión, editorializes today that President Obama should take executive action to “prevent the deportation of people with deep roots in this country.” Notably, the editorial captures that the rising pressure on the...
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Roll Call: Gutierrez Defends Calling Obama ‘Deporter in Chief’ By Emma Dumain Associated Press: Can GOP neutralize immigration as election issue? By Nicholas Riccardi Huffington Post: Immigration Advocates Juggle Fights Against Obama And GOP By Elise Foley UPI: Immigration advocates call on Obama to cut back deportations Gannett: Immigration...
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Mar 7, 2014
The Border Patrol and its policies allowing for the excessive use of force came under renewed scrutiny last week, with the release of a DHS inspector general report investigating 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths. The report found, among other things, evidence of Border Patrol agents deliberately stepping...
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It has not been a good week for President Obama. (See the headlines here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, just for starters.) Members of Congress have joined immigration advocates in pressuring Obama to stop deporting people who qualify for immigration reform. Here’s what’s happened in the last...
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Yesterday, in response to fierce and growing criticism about the Obama Administration’s record-breaking deportations, the President declared he was the “Champion-in-Chief” for immigration. Apparently, his political appointees haven’t gotten the message. We’ve known for years that the Department of Homeland Security, particularly ICE and Border Patrol, are out of...
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Rep. Gutiérrez and Janet Murguía Discuss Multi-Pronged Approach to Pressuring Republicans and President Obama to Deliver Reform An array of calls from both the pro-reform movement and congressional Leaders, calling on the White House to rollback deportations, drew attention far and wide this week. And while this may mean...
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Hat tip to Brookings fellow John Hudak for snapping the photo and telling this story: Thursday afternoon, CPAC hosted a panel on GOP outreach into minority communities. The panel included Virginia Senate candidate Ed Gillespie and a panel of Republican political strategists: Jason Roe, Elroy Sailor, and Robert Woodson. The...
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Bloomberg View: Immigration Backers Corner ‘Deporter in Chief’ Obama By Francis Wilkinson Los Angeles Times: Immigration advocates step up pressure on Obama to ease deportations By Kathleen Hennessey and Brian Bennett Fox News Latino: Deporter-In-Chief? President Obama’s Base Turning Against Him Over Inaction On Immigration By Elizabeth Llorente BuzzFeed:...
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