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Warning to Both Parties: Misread the Public on Immigration, Continue to Face Backlash

09/01/10 | New polling from Gallup shows that Republicans now have a sizable advantage over Democrats on a range of policy issues, including immigration. When asked if congressional Republicans or congressional Democrats would handle the immigration issue better, Gallup found that the public favors Republicans by a 50% - 35% advantage. | Read more

Leaders from the Religious, Child Advocacy, and Immigrant Communities Urge ME Senators to Intervene

08/31/10 | Immigrant and child advocates joined religious leaders from Maine on a call today to press Congress to pass the DREAM Act in September and to urge Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) to intervene in the deportation case of Selvin Arevalo, an American student who may soon be deported to Guatemala. Selvin’s story is the most recent of thousands across the U.S. highlighting the need for federal action. | Read more

Immigration Policy Gets Welcome Dose of Common Sense

08/31/10 | A recent memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton is rooted in basic law enforcement principles, but it is already being attacked by Administration opponents as “amnesty.” The policy applies only to a defined group of people who are in deportation proceedings, but have already applied for and are about to obtain legal immigration status. | Read more

Following AZ & FL Primaries, Experts Assess Impact of Latino Voters on 2010 Elections

08/25/10 | Today, leading experts on Latino voter trends and the politics of immigration reform gathered on a conference call to analyze Tuesday’s primary results in Arizona and Florida, and assess the influence of Latino voters and the immigration debate on elections in these states, as well as California, Colorado, Nevada, and other areas in the run-up to November. | Read more

Michigan and National Leaders Call for ICE to Stop Ivan Nikolov’s Deportation

08/18/10 | Immigration advocates and Michigan community leaders joined Allana Woolley, Ivan Nikolov’s fiancée, on a call to highlight the need for action on the DREAM Act and urge U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to step in to prevent Ivan’s deportation. | Read more

On Immigration Polling, Fox Gets it Right and CNN Gets it Wrong

08/17/10 | A new poll from Fox News finds that 68 percent of voters, including majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, say efforts to secure the border should be combined with reform of federal immigration laws by Congress. What do voters mean by reform of federal immigration laws? Sixty-eight percent “favor allowing illegal immigrants who pay taxes and obey the law to stay in the United States.” | Read more

Heated Immigration Debate Lighting a Fire Under Latino Voters

08/10/10 | A new summary of recent Latino voter polls highlights the way the immigration debate is influencing Latino political engagement in the run-up to the November mid-terms. The lack of action on comprehensive immigration could dampen enthusiasm among Latino voters at a crucial time. | Read more

House Passes $600 Million Border Bill, Sends it Back to Senate

08/10/10 | At the President’s request, bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate are about to send millions more taxpayer dollars to the broken border. It’s no coincidence that this ‘emergency supplemental’ is on the agenda just before the August recess. We’ve read this story before, and we know how it ends. The bill will be approved and politicians will go home and brag to their constituents about how tough they are, without solving a thing. | Read more

GOP Would Rather Change the Constitution than Take Up Immigration Reform

08/09/10 | The latest flap over “birthright citizenship” has exposed a new low for Republican politicians hell-bent on politicizing the immigration debate and obstructing action on comprehensive immigration reform. Apparently, GOP politicians would rather change the Constitution than just do their job and fix the broken immigration laws--a sad commentary on the state of the GOP, a transparent political exercise, and another nail in coffin of Republican outreach to Latino voters. | Read more

Senate Talks Tough on Immigration, Ignores Lasting Fix

08/06/10 | Yesterday, the U.S. Senate approved $600 million in funding for additional security measures along the border with Mexico, including new technology and new personnel. The agreement represents election year politics at their worst, as Senate Democrats and Republicans both know that the only route to true border security is comprehensive immigration reform. In poll after poll, American voters choose comprehensive reform over deportation-only proposals because they want reform that will work. | Read more

Number of illegal immigrants in US now declining

09/02/10 | Associated Press

Brewer, Goddard spar over immigration, state budget

09/02/10 | Arizona Republic

A heavy price to ending birthright citizenship

09/02/10 | Los Angeles Times

Latinos Blame Both Parties On Immigration Reform

09/02/10 | National Journal

U.S. files new suit on Ariz. immigration issue

08/31/10 | Washington Post

Latino Republican walking a tightrope in Nevada race

08/31/10 | Los Angeles Times

Advocates Urge Maine Senators to Invervene in Deportation of Portland Man

08/30/10 | Maine Public Broadcasting

When the Border Patrol Comes Aboard

08/30/10 | New York Times

Immigrants Make U.S. Workers Richer

08/30/10 | Wall Street Journal

Thomas Elias: More fiction than fact about ‘anchor babies’ born in U.S.

08/30/10 | Salinas Californian