On the day of the Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, we are reminded of President Reagan's immigration legacy and his vision for America. Yet at tonight's debate, according to experts on immigration and Latino politics who participated in a press call held earlier today,...
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Two important must read posts from Markos Moulitsas on the Latino vote and its implications for 2012, especially for Obama. One is titled, Obama's waning Latino support, and the other is: What drives Latino approval ratings of president
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In New Mexico, where Gov. Susana Martínez and her GOP buddies are pushing to repeal a law enacted in 2003 that allows all residents of New Mexico to apply for a driver's license, an immigrant advocacy group Somos Un Pueblo Unido is mobilizing their members to take action against...
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As we've written about in post after post, a seismic demographic change is underway in the U.S., but both political parties still seem to be ignoring the facts and their electoral implications.
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Minorities accounted for 98 percent of the population growth in the nation's largest metropolitan areas over the past decade, according to a new report, as the country's white population continued to stagnate, and in many places, decline.
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A Washington Post editorial notes that Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) is just the latest candidate to use "the usual Republican crutch to justify his position, insisting that the border must be made secure before reform is possible. But the border is more secure than it has been in decades,...
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According to Senator Rubio, President Reagan "basically defined the era in which I grew up in, in every way possible. And to this day, so much of what Reagan stood for is still what we're still debating about." Unfortunately, it seems Senator Rubio hasn't read the chapter on...
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Yesterday's announcement of the Obama Administration's important step towards bringing deportation practices in line with its enforcement priorities already is generating predictable responses from many Republicans and their mass-deportation allies.
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Today the Obama Administration announced significant changes to deportation practices bringing them in line with enforcement priorities. The Administration responded to the call for administrative action with significant changes that, if implemented fully and fairly, will focus immigration enforcement on the worst of the worst, not the best and...
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Republican presidential candidates are again struggling with the issue of immigration. The Republicans' strategy appears to be: stick to their border security sound bites and avoid the other immigration issues at all costs. Yet such a balancing act remains increasingly tenuous for any of the 2012 candidates...
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