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.
Mexican fathers and deported grandmothers
Mitt Romney, who has some of the most extreme positions on immigration in this campaign, has decided to take advantage of his Mexican roots.
Blog Highlights
Nevada: How The West Will Be Won
02/03/12 - Although the Republican primary process has barely begun, Mitt Romney is looking like the inevitable nominee. This Saturday, he's expected to repeat his 2008 triumph in the Nevada caucus, winning a state that will be decisive in the fight for the White House in November, and where the Latino vote will be instrumental. | Read More
Immigration & Latino Voters in Nevada: Why the 2008 & 2010 Results Are More Instructive for November
02/03/12 - For the next few days, Nevada will be the center of the political universe. But like the ad says, "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Simply, what happens in February won’t matter much in November. | Read More
Utah Attorney General Says ‘Thanks, But No Thanks’ to Help From the Likes of Kris Kobach & FAIR
02/03/12 - Mitt Romney may be eager to have Kris Kobach around as an adviser and endorser, but not everyone is as enthusiastic about the prospect of such ties. | Read More
Nevada DREAMers Rally Outside of Romney’s Campaign Headquarters
02/03/12 - From the Sunshine State to the City of Lights, DREAMers continue their quest to deliver their message to Mitt Romney: Support our 'DREAM' | Read More
- ABC’s Nightline on “Shattered Families” and a U.S. Deportation Policy That Rips Families Apart (02/03/12)
- In NYT Editorial, DREAMer Explains the Real Meaning Behind Romney’s “Self-Deportation” Policy (02/02/12)
- Rachel Maddow Show Reports on the History of Self-Deportation: “It’s a Joke!” (02/02/12)
- What They’re Saying: Range of Observers Tear Apart Romney’s “Self-Deportation” Policy (02/02/12)
- In Kobach’s Home State, Business Leaders Want to Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Have Jobs (02/02/12)
- The Cuban vote and the Latino vote: not the same thing, and not the same size (02/02/12)
- 2012 by the Numbers: 10 Things To Know About the Latino Vote and What it Means (02/01/12)
- HB 56 Anti-Immigrant Law Could Cost Alabama $11 Billion, Says Report (02/01/12)
- Action Needed: Stop the GOP’s Plan to Target and Punish Immigrant Families (02/01/12)
- NPR’s “This American Life” Broadcasts Comprehensive Look at HB 56, Alabama’s Anti-Immigrant Law (01/31/12)
- In Florida, Romney finds the “lucky corner” (01/31/12)
- In Wake of Federal Indictment of Four Officers, East Haven Police Chief Resigns (01/31/12)
Latest News
Romney’s Tough Immigration View Is at Odds With His Church
02/03/12 - New York Times
While Mitt Romney is taking a hard line on immigration even as the Republican primaries head toward the heavily Hispanic states of Nevada, Colorado and Arizona, the Mormon Church to which he belongs has become a decisive player in promoting policies that are decidedly more friendly toward immigrants.
Dying Dad Jesus Navarro Denied Kidney Transplant Over Immigration Status, but Supporters Try to Help
02/03/12 - ABC News
Support is pouring in for a California man who was denied a kidney transplant because of his immigration status. Jesus Navarro, an immigrant from Mexico, was on an organ donor list for six years before he received word from UC San Francisco's transplant center that he was next in line.
Kansas’ Kobach confirms he’s unpaid Romney adviser
02/03/12 - Wichita Eagle
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (KOH'-bahk) confirms that he's serving as an unpaid adviser on immigration issues to Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. Kobach told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he's been advising the former Massachusetts governor since the beginning of this year.
Romney is vulnerable with Hispanics
02/03/12 - CNN
On the eve of the Nevada caucus, here's some advice to Newt Gingrich: If you still want to draw contrasts with Mitt Romney over immigration, don't toss in your cards. Double down. Why? Because you're not in Florida anymore.
A steep price to pay
02/03/12 - Economist
IN AN article I wrote last week on Alabama's immigration law, I referred to Samuel Addy, an economist at the University of Alabama who was trying to determine the overall costs of the law. Mr Addy has just released his cost-benefit analysis, and it makes for compelling—and, at nine pages, brief—reading, for the law's supporters and opponents alike.
Kansas immigration policy mishmash will punish the innocent
02/03/12 - Kansas City Star
Duck if you’re headed into the state of Kansas. Mixed signals are flying fast. On the subject of undocumented immigrants, officials are all over the place. The secretary of agriculture wants to put them to work. The secretary of state wants to deport them. The governor vows to eradicate child poverty while taking food aid from the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
Hispanics out West a tougher sell for Romney
02/02/12 - Washington Times
Mitt Romney took a hard line on illegal immigration, was labeled anti-immigrant and had a national network of Hispanic Republicans come out against him, yet he won Florida’s primary by carrying more than half of Hispanics who voted - better than he did among whites.
