In newly released comments from his previously off-the-record conversation with the Des Moines Register editorial board, President Obama unequivocally makes the case for immigration reform as a priority for 2013, while also recognizing that Latino voters’ support will have been decisive if he is able to win re-election. President...
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Oct 23, 2012
Today’s New York Times has a front page article titled, “Campaigns See Latino Voters as Deciders in 3 Key States,” discussing the Latino vote in Colorado, Florida and Nevada. From the headline, one might get the impression that the battle for the Latino vote in those three states is actually...
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First of all, the public owes Lorraine Osario, the person who asked the immigration question at last night’s debate, many thanks. She asked the central question regarding our nation’s immigration policy: “what do you plan on doing with immigrants without their green cards that are currently living here as...
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Obama Says Most Get to Stay; Romney Says Most Have to Leave First, the public owes Lorraine Osario, the person who asked the immigration question at last night’s debate, many thanks. She asked the central question regarding our nation’s immigration policy: “what do you plan on doing with immigrants...
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Update: Today, Politico reports that the most discussed moment of the debates on Twitter came when an audience member questioned Mitt Romney on immigration. “The debate peaked with 109,560 tweets per minute during that question” [View the story “Obama and Romney Spar Over Immigration in Second Presidential Debate” on...
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Transcript courtesy of Univision: Lorraine Osorio asked the candidates their stance on immigration. Here’s the full transcript of what they said. CROWLEY: Governor, I want to move you along. Don’t — don’t go away, and we’ll have plenty of time to respond. We are quite aware of the clock...
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At tonight’s second presidential debate, the topic of immigration was finally addressed. The substantial back and forth was originally raised by Obama, with a follow-up question from the audience. Today, America’s Voice released short immigration backgrounders on both candidates that put tonight’s immigration discussion into context. Here are links to President Obama’s and Mitt...
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