Immigration News Coverage

Martinez: Immigration reform depends on Obama

12/03/08 | South Florida Sun Sentinel | Retiring Senator Mel Martinez of Florida and other immigration reformers are looking to Barack Obama to push their cause next year in Congress. Martinez,... said he will try over his remaining two years in the Senate to help enact reforms that include legal status for millions. But he expects the new president to take the lead. | Read the story

Democrats Should Face the Challenge

12/03/08 | Washington Post | As the likely next secretary of homeland security, Ms. Napolitano will need a similarly deft touch if she elects to push for broad reform of the nation's failed immigration system in an administration preoccupied with war abroad and an economic crisis at home. She should. Even in a sharp recession, the United States will continue to depend on millions of undocumented workers. | Read the story

Report shows “GOP immigration strategy went down in flames”

12/02/08 | Newspaper Tree | The report "Republicans Fenced in by Immigration" is making the rounds in major media outlets, most recently landing on the opinion page of the Wall Street Journal. This report comes at time when the GOP is facing major setbacks especially with Hispanic voters. The GOP's share of the Hispanic vote fell from 40% in 2004 to 31% in 2008. | Read the story

More Immigration Losers

12/02/08 | Wall Street Journal | According to a review of election results by America's Voice, an advocacy group, Republican restrictionists had especially weak showings in "battleground" races. "Nineteen of 21 winners advocated immigration policies beyond enforcement-only," says the report. "This includes 5 of 5 Senate races and 14 of 16 House races listed in the 'toss-up,' 'leans Republican,' or 'leans Democratic' categories of the Cook Political Report." | Read the story

Napolitano Sketches Border Fix

12/01/08 | ABC News | In the January 2008 interview, Napolitano laid out a four-part plan: beefing up border security with technology and manpower, cracking down on employers who hire illegal workers, increasing the availability of work visas, and offering the country's 12 million illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship. | Read the story

Simple reality

12/01/08 | Arizona Republic | Republican pragmatism may turn immigration reform into a bipartisan priority next year. A survey by America's Voice, a pro-immigration group, shows that 14 of 16 Democratic House candidates nationally won competitive races "where the Republican candidate tried to use illegal immigration as a wedge issue." | Read the story

Homeland security nominee is tough on immigration

12/01/08 | Miami Herald | While taking a law-and-order posture on immigration enforcement, Napolitano has opposed the construction of a 700-mile wall along the Mexican border and stressed that policing immigration is a federal responsibility. Now as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security, she won't be able to pass that buck anymore. | Read the story

Baca pushes immigration reform

11/30/08 | San Bernardino Sun | Buoyed by the election of Barack Obama and a larger Democratic majority in Congress, Latino political and community leaders say the time is right to push for a major overhaul of immigration laws. Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, said immigration reform will be "one of our top priorities" after Obama takes office Jan. 20. During the congressional recess, Latino leaders plan to meet in Chicago with Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff, to discuss immigration, Baca said. | Read the story

Immigration

11/27/08 | San Francisco Chronicle | An exit poll, reported by America's Voice, interviewed voters in Florida and California and found that 63 percent of the 2,101 Latino voters polled felt immigration issues were "very important" to them. Immigrant rights groups are casting an eye toward five newly elected, pro-immigration-reform senators they hope will examine immigration issues in a different light. | Read the story

Napolitano Likely to Prioritize Immigration at Homeland Security

11/25/08 | Washington Independent | If Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano becomes the new secretary of homeland security, this centrist Democrat could have the opportunity to institute nationwide reforms to address continuing problems with illegal immigration and border security. These reforms could grow out of the policies and programs that Napolitano has tested in her 15 years of public service in a state that is ground zero in America’s struggle to control its borders. | Read the story

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