Immigration News Coverage

Rove says immigration reform key to saving GOP

11/17/08 | Austin American Statesman | Republican strategist Karl Rove outlined a 10-point roadmap this week for the GOP in the aftermath of its Election Day losses. The plan includes “regaining ground among critial voting groups including Hispanics.” | Read the story

Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation

11/17/08 | Associated Press | No longer foes but not yet allies, President-elect Barack Obama and John McCain buried their bitter campaign in public smiles and searched for common ground in private on Monday, discussing possible collaboration on climate change, immigration, Guantanamo Bay and more. | Read the story

Chicago petition drive aims to make immigration reform a priority for Obama

11/17/08 | Chicago Tribune | Petitions collected Saturday in Chicago at a church in the Pilsen neighborhood will be sent to Obama this week demanding that Immigration raids be dramatically scaled back under his administration. Signed by U.S. citizens on behalf of friends or family in the country illegally, the letters also called for new action on Immigration reform within the first year of Obama's presidency. | Read the story

Obama faces pressure on immigration reform

11/17/08 | Boston Globe | Before a huge crowd in San Diego last summer, Barack Obama vowed to make fixing illegal immigration a top priority as president, and Latinos nationwide responded with massive support for him on Election Day. Now, they are pressing him to keep his promise. | Read the story

Hispanic Turnout May Spur Immigration Overhaul

11/17/08 | NPR | In recent years, political advice on immigration in both parties has gone something like this: "It's the third rail of politics." "The less said, the better." "If you say anything, talk tough." But with President-elect Barack Obama's solid win — and his overwhelming support from Latinos — some think that advice may change. | Read the story

Election leaves Martinez caught in the crossfire

11/14/08 | Orlando Sentinel | Election Day is all about the scoreboard. When it came to Hispanics and the Republican Party, it looked like a piñata party. The GOP got whacked in Florida. Barack Obama beat John McCain 57 percent to 42 percent in the presidential race. Obama tripled John Kerry's margin from 2004 in Miami-Dade County. Closer to home, Osceola County flipped to Democrats. | Read the story

Pragmatic Hope for Immigration Reform Under Obama

11/14/08 | New America Media | Editor's Note: Immigrant rights advocates are optimistic in the aftermath of the Nov. 4 elections, in which anti-immigrant politicians lost seats in Congress. They hope comprehensive immigration reform will prevail under the Obama Administration. | Read the story

The migration of the immigration vote

11/13/08 | Talk Radio News Service | According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, there was a flawed sense of conventional wisdom surrounding immigration’s political effects. This included notions that Latinos don’t turn out in significant numbers, any votes they do provide are generally split, and that if a Presidential candidate tries to attract Latino voters with a centrist immigration policy it will end up alienating swing voters. | Read the story

Immigrant Advocates Reach Out To Obama

11/12/08 | Washington Post | Dozens of immigrant advocates from across the country convened in Washington yesterday to call on President-elect Barack Obama to halt work-site immigration raids and fulfill campaign pledges to offer the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States a path to citizenship within his first year in office. | Read the story

Economic Crises Will Take Precedence Over Near-Term Immigration Overhaul

11/12/08 | Wall Street Journal | The next administration's preoccupation with economic crises will likely prevent immigration advocates from capitalizing on steep losses suffered by their foes in last week's election, delaying any attempt to ease entry for people in the U.S. illegally. | Read the story

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