Once thought to have been the GOP's solution to its Latino problem, Marco Rubio's move to the right on immigration (from his previous stance of saying as little as possible on the issue) is a dubious strategy, to say the least, to curry favor with Latino voters. This is...
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Jul 12, 2011
Poor Marco Rubio. Florida's junior senator could have been a contender. Instead, he's become a caricature. In parts of the Hispanic community, Rubio is thought of as just another ambitious politician who is willing to sell out Latinos to curry favor with Anglo colleagues. That's what you hear...
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For years now, immigrants have been blamed for things like homegrown terrorism via "terror babies," global warming, the health care crisis, the demise of Wall Street, and spreading leprosy and bird flu (among other diseases). Arizona Senator John McCain (R), one-time immigrant champion, is adding another to our...
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Last Friday, at Netroots Nation in Minneapolis, Minnesotam White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer sat down to take questions from a political base none too happy with President Obama's first-term shortcomings. We heard his panel got pretty ugly.
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President Obama's visit to Puerto Rico, the first official state visit by a president in five decades, has been widely recognized as an attempt to reach out to voters back home, where winning the Latino vote is a key part of Obama's re-election strategy.
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In a recent editorial in another Capitol-focused publication, my colleague Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) sought — as he has in the past — to pressure Congress to resist immigration reform. This time, he added an interesting prediction: that even without immigration reform, Latino Republican candidates will deliver the...
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Republican leaders have repeatedly stressed the need for their 2012 nominee to win the growing Hispanic vote, but most of the party's president contenders have no outreach focusing specifically on Hispanics.
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The Latino community is deeply concerned about aggressive official policies that impact undocumented immigrants, such as the 287(g) and Secure Communities programs. They also worry about the fact that Congress is unlikely to approve comprehensive immigration reform.
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Jun 14, 2011
U.S. immigration policy has eclipsed the economy and jobs as the top issue for Hispanic voters, according to a national poll released Monday. Asked to name the most important issues facing Hispanics, 51% of respondents cited immigration. Another 35% said the economy and jobs, while 18% said education.
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Cheering crowds in the steamy tropical heat are expected Tuesday when President Barack Obama makes a rare presidential visit to Puerto Rico. But the nearly 4 million U.S. citizens who live on the island and can't vote in the general election aren't really the point.
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