GOP Congressman Lamar Smith has once again asserted himself as his party's leading strategist on the Latino vote. He's taking issue with Chris Cillizza's recent analysis of census numbers,"The Republican's Hispanic Problem." Smith, who supports mass deportation, is desperately trying to get his fellow Republicans deny the facts and...
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Today, Politico reports on new polling of Latinos in California that confirms those fears. There's not a lot of love for Republicans.
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New Census data on the growth of the Hispanic population continues to underscore the importance of this group in our national fabric -- and to the electoral map.
Take Arizona for example: the Hispanic population grew 46% in the last decade and we now constitute 30% of the population of...
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Today, the Center for American Progress (CAP) and America's Voice hosted a panel entitled "Spanish-Language Media and the Issues that Move Latino Voters."
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A one pager on the influence of the Spanish-Language media with the growing Hispanic population.
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Yesterday, we reported that Arizona State Senator Russell Pearse had introduced yet another anti-immigrant bill to the Arizona Senate. If you thought SB 1070 was bad, check out SB 1611.
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The American people want leadership and solutions on the immigration issue, but what they've been getting from Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is flip-flopping and hypocrisy. Instead of taking the lead towards solutions, Cornyn talks about supporting immigration reform in public, while undermining legislative efforts in Congress.
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Feb 17, 2011
Republican extremism on immigration could cost them at election time, especially in states with significant Latino populations, recent polling data appears to confirm.
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Last week, the latest ImpreMedia - Latino Decisions Tracking poll showed that immigration is a top issue for 47% of Latino voters. That's an impressive figure. However, it's also important to keep in mind that immigration reform has the support of a broad majority of voters, not just...
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Feb 11, 2011
An interesting number in a new poll of Hispanic voters: Immigration, which typically trails jobs as the top issue for, is now viewed as the single most-important issue.
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