Mitt Romney likes Arizona's law mandating that employers verify workers' immigration status so much that he'd push to make it national. Rick Santorum has suggested he'd be willing to split up families if some members are in the U.S. illegally. Both want tougher border security.
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Reporting from San Juan, Puerto Rico— When Mitt Romney heads to Puerto Rico on Friday on the hunt for delegates before Sunday's primary, his campaign hopes to telegraph his message not just to American voters of Puerto Rican descent but to the broader universe of Latinos, who will play...
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The conditions are converging for another presidential election that will sharply divide the country along racial lines, with troubling implications no matter which side prevails. From one direction, the Republican presidential primaries have witnessed an epic failure by the GOP contenders to attract and engage minority voters.
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Mar 15, 2012
In an article entitled, "How Mitt Romney Lost Latinos," POLITICO's Glenn Thrush details how the Republican presidential frontrunner may have sealed his fate with Latino voters by fully embracing the vision of anti-immigrant architect Kris Kobach.
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Republicans had high hopes of eroding President Barack Obama's dominance among Hispanic voters in 2012 — so great was Latino frustration with Obama's tough deportation policy and his failure to fulfill the promesa of immigration reform.
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Mar 14, 2012
Okay, so Super Tuesday last week wasn't quite super for Mitt Romney. None of the Three Amigos — Rick , Newt and Ron — was knocked out. Female voters were seen as fleeing the GOP as a result of that contraception chatter and Rush Limbaugh's observations.
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With demographic realities now undeniable, more and more political analysts agree that Republicans are committing political suicide by embracing hard-line, anti-immigrant policies. A piece by Paul Begala in The Daily Beast, lifts up some important quotes from prominent GOP strategists who agree that Republican candidates change on immigration...
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With demographic realities now undeniable, more and more political analysts agree that Republicans are committing political suicide by embracing hard-line, anti-immigrant policies. A piece by Paul Begala in The Daily Beast, lifts up some important quotes from prominent GOP strategists who agree that Republican candidates change on immigration...
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The Alabama Republican primary is tonight, and the Center for American Progress has released its latest fact sheet entitled "The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Alabama's Demographic Changes and Immigration Politics".
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The Alabama Republican primary is tonight, and the Center for American Progress has released its latest fact sheet entitled "The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Alabama's Demographic Changes and Immigration Politics".
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