How many illegal immigrants could gain legal status under an idea proposed by Newt Gingrich? Perhaps as many as 3.5 million, according to figures published Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington.
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Newt Gingrich continued to shore up his right flank on immigration Thursday, signing a pledge to build a fence along the U.S. - Mexico border by the end of 2013 if he becomes president.
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The 1992 presidential campaign boiled down to this memorable slogan from Bill Clinton's camp: "It's the economy, stupid!" The 2012 contest for the GOP presidential nomination is now being reduced to an intriguing variation: "It's all about immigration, stupid!"
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While Newt Gingrich's proposal is extremely limited and far from an adequate policy answer to our broken immigration system, he has played an invaluable role in isolating the key question: What do we do with the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently settled in the United States?
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Nearly all the Republican presidential hopefuls are now on record as wanting to build a 2,000-mile-long fence on the U.S. border with Mexico — a wildly expensive, staggeringly wasteful project that would do little to deter illegal immigration.
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While Newt Gingrich does not have the right policy answer on how to fix our broken immigration system, his recent immigration remarks have helped isolate the key question that fellow GOP candidates like Mitt Romney and Rick Perry were hoping to avoid – what to do about the 11...
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Republicans could be hurting their general election chances by calling for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants and vowing not to reform the system until the border is secured, a pollster and a Republican strategist said on Tuesday.
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While the country's flailing economy is still shaping up to be the most important issue in next year's election, the hot-button topic of immigration continues to play a prominent role in the Republican primary. Never has that been more apparent than today.
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For President Obama, there's good and bad news when it comes to the fast-growing Latino vote and its role in the 2012 presidential race. Obama captured two-thirds of the Latino vote in 2008, but he faces a distinct enthusiasm gap heading into his reelection bid, an expert on Latino...
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Why is Sheriff Joe Arpaio endorsing Rick Perry for president? For those not familiar with the Arizona lawman, Sheriff Arpaio has built up a reputation as perhaps the nation's the fiercest anti-illegal immigration crusader, rounding up thousands of undocumented workers in Maricopa County for deportation.
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