Next Up: Colorado Caucus
While immigration may not be the biggest issue for most Colorado Republican caucus-goers, the issue--and the Latino vote--will have a clear impact in November.
Immigration & Latino Voters in Nevada
"What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Simply put, what happens in February won’t matter much in November. That’s when the state will turn into a battleground.
2012 by the Numbers: 10 Things To Know About the Latino Vote and What it Means
What does Romney's primary win in Florida say about the Latino vote in the general election?
FL Politics: A Crash Course in the History of Latino Voters & Immigration
Florida’s Latino community has long been a powerful force in state politics, constituting 13% of registered voters. Every four years they are a force in national elections as well.
Blog Highlights
Backlash against Kris Kobach Grows as Support for Alabama’s HB 56 Anti-Immigrant Law Wanes
02/09/12 - As HB 56, the Alabama immigration law, undergoes more scrutiny, the backlash against its architect, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, continues to grow. People are fed up with HB 56, and they know Kris Kobach is the one to blame. | Read More
The Incredible Shrinking Rep. Lamar Smith
02/08/12 - Does anyone (besides Mitt Romney) listen to the chair of the House Judiciary Committee anymore? | Read More
Amid Miramonte Elementary School Sex Abuse Tragedy, Immigrant Families Afraid to Turn to Police
02/08/12 - As the story of sexual abuse at an elementary school in Los Angeles continues to shock the nation, Spanish-language media is reporting another tragic development. Parents of some Miramonte Elementary School children are afraid to go to informational meetings or talk to the police because they worry that contact with the authorities could lead to deportation. | Read More
Valentine’s Day in Montgomery: One Heart, One Alabama Rally to Repeal HB 56
02/08/12 - In Alabama this Valentine’s Day? Help us take a stand against HB 56, Alabama’s immigration law. The state legislature returns to session this week and we need to show them that there is NO love for HB 56 in Alabama. | Read More
- Major Changes Needed as Alabama Legislature Considers “Tweaks” to HB 56 Anti-Immigrant Law (02/07/12)
- Dear Mitt: Not That You Care, But to Latino Voters, Pete “Prop 187” Wilson Is Still “El Diablo” (02/07/12)
- Immigration Policy Center Report Investigates Consequences of “Attrition Through Enforcement” (02/07/12)
- Romney Announces New Member of Anti-Immigrant Task Force: Gov. Pete Wilson Joins the Team (02/06/12)
- Immigration Advocates Ask Auto Manufacturers to Stand Against HB 56, Alabama’s Anti-Immigrant Law (02/06/12)
- After Nevada: placing bets on the Latino vote in November (02/06/12)
- Colorado: While Immigration Won’t Drive GOP Caucus, Issue Could Prove Decisive in November 2012 (02/06/12)
- John McCain Is No Fan of Romney’s “Self-Deportation” Immigration Strategy (02/06/12)
- Nevada: How The West Will Be Won (02/03/12)
- Immigration & Latino Voters in Nevada: Why the 2008 & 2010 Results Are More Instructive for November (02/03/12)
- Utah Attorney General Says ‘Thanks, But No Thanks’ to Help From the Likes of Kris Kobach & FAIR (02/03/12)
- Nevada DREAMers Rally Outside of Romney’s Campaign Headquarters (02/03/12)
Latest News
Backlash against Kris Kobach on immigration is growing
02/09/12 - Kansas City Star
Kris Kobach’s ears should be burning. Backlash built this week against the Kansas secretary of state for gallivanting state-to-state, drumming up support for laws bent on driving illegal immigrants out. The rebukes aren’t coming from his usual critics, those who display sanity about the federal reforms needed to effectively deal with illegal immigration.
In school sex scandal, parents fear deportation if they talk
02/09/12 - MSNBC
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday rushed to dispel rumors among Latino families that they would be deported if they come forward with information about child sexual abuse allegations at Miramonte Elementary School, where two teachers have been arrested.
On Mitt Romney’s Immigration Rhetoric, Obama-Supporting LA Mayor Previews Line Of Attack
02/09/12 - Huffington Post
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat, plans to dig into Mitt Romney in a speech on immigration reform Wednesday, when he will call the candidate's rhetoric and anti-immigrant endorsers "beyond the pale."
For battered immigrant women, fear of deportation becomes abuser weapon, but laws can overcome that
02/09/12 - Washington Post
Teresa Gomez, a Salvadoran woman in her 20s, and Margaret Ashong, a grandmother from Ghana, endured regular beatings, threats and insults by the fathers of their children. Like many battered immigrant women in the Washington area, they mostly suffered in silence, fearful that if they went to the police they could lose their right to remain in the United States and their source of economic support.
Immigrant military bill ‘a cruel joke’
02/09/12 - San Antonio Express News
During one of the Republican debates in Florida, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney agreed that the only way they'd support the DREAM Act is to take out the educational component.
The Moment of Truth Is Near
02/09/12 - Huffington Post
It has been nearly four years since the May 2008 ICE raid at the Agriprocessors kosher meat packing facility in Postville, Iowa. The raid, which was the largest worksite enforcement raid in U.S. history, resulted in the conviction and deportation of more than 300 undocumented immigrants, the majority of whom were uneducated Guatemalan farmers.
Analysis: Pete Wilson could become Romney’s Latino albatross
02/08/12 - Univision
Pete Wilson could help Mitt Romney. Pete Wilson could hurt Mitt Romney. Both of these things are true. But the help Romney could receive from Wilson, the former California governor, during the Republican presidential primary could further wreck his reputation with Latino voters, the fastest-growing voting bloc, in the general election.
