Jan 25, 2012
Despite entrenched opposition in Congress to immigration reform, President Obama in the State of the Union speech asked both chambers to resurrect the Dream Act, a bill that would create a path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants who are college students and military service members.
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Hoping to exploit former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's potential weaknesses with Latino voters, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and a major Democratic super PAC are attacking the Republican presidential candidate in a Spanish-language radio ad entitled "Las Dos Caras de Mitt Romney," or "The Two Faces of Mitt...
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Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney once tacitly supported immigration reform. Sadly, his recent embrace of hard-line immigration positions is a show we've seen before with Sen. John McCain in 2008, and it targets the fastest-growing demographic in the country. With his new stance, he risks losing not only the...
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The Republican primary season is heading to Florida, then out west for primaries in Nevada, Arizona and Colorado, all states with Hispanic heavy populations. These primaries are worthy of attention as they present a clear test of the GOP's strategy of pandering to the anti-immigrant wing of their base.
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Univision, in collaboration with Miami Dade College, will host a "Meet the Candidates" event with the 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls. Watch Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum speaking with Univision journalist Jorge Ramos on a range of issues – one of which is sure to be immigration.
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Jan 24, 2012
As I watched the Republican debates last night, I was taken by surprise when Mitt "I will veto the DREAM Act" Romney all of a sudden decided to sing to a "different" (perhaps more alarming) tune on the whole issue
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Last night's Republican debate in Tampa, FL confirmed the fact that Mitt Romney is championing a radical anti-immigrant agenda aimed at expelling 11 million undocumented immigrants – a population the size of the state of Ohio – from the United States.
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Republican Presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich repeatedly traded harsh words during Monday night's debate in Florida. When it came to immigration, the two GOP candidates varying views came to light in the heavily Latino state.
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He's young, telegenic and charismatic. He's Hispanic, Catholic and the son of Cuban immigrants. He's a tea party favorite, a GOP star and, many say, the future of the Republican Party. Sen. Marco Rubio's endorsement would be a big get for any of the presidential contenders ahead of the...
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Three Republican presidential hopefuls will participate in a "Meet the Candidates" forum in Miami this Wednesday, sponsored by Univision and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, in the lead up to Florida's hotly-contested GOP primary election.
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