Racial Profiling Provision Will Lead to Discrimination, Needs to be Struck Down in the Future This is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling on the Arizona anti-immigration law. “Today’s Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s anti-immigrant law...
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This week Latino Decisions and America’s Voice release additional datapoints from our June 2012 5-state battleground survey. Below are results and related analysis from Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions: In advance of the Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s controversial SB1070, we asked Latino voters how they would feel if the court...
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June 2012 Latino Voters Want Respect, All Voters Want Solutions With the Supreme Court having ruled on Arizona’s anti-immigration law, SB 1070, we turn to another court for its ruling—the court of public opinion. Polls show support for both state-based laws and comprehensive, federal reform—not to mention pro-immigrant policies...
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In addition to their amazing cover story and video on the DREAM Act and the plight of immigrant youth, TIME Magazine today has a great story on the “fiscal fallout of state immigration laws,” or what happens to states that try to “deport their way to prosperity.” As the...
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May 31, 2012
Even Republican admit the obvious: it is a good idea to protect young undocumented immigrants who have grown up in America. But while talk of a legislative breakthrough this year sounds nice, what Latino voters really want to see is action. A New York Times piece reports today, DREAM Act students have...
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