02/21/13 Widely covered in the media has been John McCain’s town hall meeting in Arizona from Tuesday, in which anti-immigrant “jerks” started shouting about how the only way to stop undocumented immigrants is with guns and how immigrants would “go home” if the US cut off their welfare (a null argument, since they’re not eligible). McCain [...]
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02/20/13 Washington Post (Wonkblog): Undocumented immigrants would have 13-year wait for citizenship under Obama plan By Suzy Khimm New America Media: Who Will Benefit Most From an Immigration Reform Bill? By Elana Shore New York Times: Obama Works the Phones to Calm Tensions on Immigration Plan By Ashley Parker New York Times: Coalition to Apply Election [...]
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02/19/13 Over the holiday weekend, the big news in immigration reform was the leak of President Obama’s immigration bill–and Marco Rubio’s harsh response to it.  The President’s plan would create a Lawful Prospective Immigrant visa for the 11 million aspiring Americans already in the US.  If they passed background checks, learned English, and pay back taxes, [...]
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02/15/13 Articles from National Journal, Bloomberg, NBC Latino, The Hill, National Journal, Washington Post, Roll Call, Denver Post, CBS, Think Progress, Talking Points Memo, TechCrunch, Immigration Impact, and Latino Rebels.

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02/14/13 Yesterday’s hearing on immigration reform in the Senate Judiciary Committee dominated the coverage. The testimony from Jose Antonio Vargas generated a lot of attention.  The four Democratic Senators in the “Gang of Eight” met with President Obama last night. And, there’s a lot of discussion about the GOP and immigration reform — lots of efforts [...]
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02/13/13 Another day with a slew of clips on immigration. Lots of reaction to last night’s State of the Union by President Obama and the GOP rebuttal from Senator Rubio. And, there’s a hearing underway in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which we are live-tweeting from @AmericasVoice. The livestream can be found here. New York Times Op-ed [...]
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02/12/13 Even on the Republican side, things have changed on immigration.  Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Tancredo’s successor, now says that he supports a path to citizenship for some immigrants, and legal status for others, while Fox News’ Roger Ailes says “I don’t have any problem with a path to citizenship.” Voice of America: Lia Parada [...]
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02/11/13 Coming up this week: President Obama's State of the Union speech (and Sen. Marco Rubio's rebuttal afterward) will mention immigration, and Jose Antonio Vargas will testify at a Senate immigration hearing this Wednessday.
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02/08/13 In response to Rep. Raul Labrador (R-IA)’s comments yesterday, commentators and bloggers continue to criticize Republicans who hold that there can be legalization without citizenship.  As Markos Moulitsas wrote this week, “if they’re going to send that message, they might as well just obstruct [immigration reform] because that’s not going to win them any immigrant votes.” [...]
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02/07/13 There’s been intense backlash against creating what Talking Point Memo’s Josh Marshall calls “second class non-citizenship status” — the idea from some House Republicans to prevent citizenship for undocumented immigrants. The consensus across the spectrum is that the path to citizenship is, in fact, the “middle ground.” New York Times (editorial): Immigration and the Middle [...]
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02/06/13 There was a ton of coverage of immigration yesterday given the House Hearing, Obama’s meetings and statements from Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor. Today, we compiled a pretty hefty collection of article and posts on the key subjects. Also, Greg Sargent from The Plum Line at the Washington Post explained how the path to [...]
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02/05/13 Immigration articles from Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Plum Line, Huffington Post, CNN, USA Today, Politico, New York Times, the Hill, Wall Street Journal, and NPR.
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07/24/12 Yesterday’s webinar revealed the results from polling national latino voters, which included negative sentiments toward Arizona’s SB 1070, unenthusiastic feelings about Mitt Romney regarding his views about SB 1070, and more trust in the democratic party when it comes to immigration. Here’s what others in the media had to say about it. According to Elise [...]
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07/20/12 Cross-Posted at Mom’s Rising: I’d like to believe that most Americans, perhaps with the exception of the hard-core nativists, like Rep. Steve King and Romney advisor Kris Kobach, knows our nation’s immigration policies need to be fixed.  But behind these failed policies are real human beings:  those who make decisions about how to enforce the [...]
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07/14/12 Last month, Latino Decisions and America’s Voice released polling of Latino voters in five battleground states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Virginia. On Friday, July 13th, President Obama campaigned in Virginia. Univision’s Jordan Fabian noticed the President’s stump speech included language on immigration: President Obama briefly departed from his usual stump speech in Virginia Beach, [...]
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10/11/11 Our colleague, Maribel Hastings, who has been in Alabama for the past week, wrote a very powerful column, which appeared in The Guardian over the weekend. It's definitely worth a read, highlighting the very human toll the new anti-immigrant law is having. The piece is titled, "Sweet home Alabama no more."
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05/13/11 News of President Obama's recent push for immigration reform has hijacked the news this week, and media personalities have been all too vocal about what they think are Obama's real intentions for immigration reform. Some have called his efforts "insincere" while others have praised him for finally playing to his base; this is entirely politics, some argue, while others say that yes, it might be, but it's also good policy
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03/23/11 On the last stop of his visit to Latin America, in El Salvador, President Barack Obama declared that "we have to make sure that we've got a legal immigration system that is effective and is not frustrating for families, doesn't divide families." Interesting enough, it almost seemed as if he were talking about the case of 4-year-old girl Emily Samantha Ruiz, who was born in the United States to undocumented parents.
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02/10/11 Today, La Opinión publishes the first of a series of articles of opinion polls among Latino voters conducted by the firm Latino Decisions in collaboration with Impremedia. The main finding: A "high level of economic anxiety in the community, a disconnect in the economic decisions made by the Obama administration and the highest level of concern ever seen about the current immigration policy."
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02/01/11 Today, the Spanish-language press covers a newly-released report from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) which concludes that around half of all undocumented immigrants detained under the 287(g) enforcement program are detained for misdemeanors and traffic violations rather than serious crimes. Telemundo, La Opinión (Los Angeles), Notimex and the AP, among others, cover the report.
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01/27/11 The Spanish-language press reports today that Republicans' response to President Barack Obama's request to cooperate to pass immigration reform was a hearing during which they advocated enforcement-only policies with no solution but deportation for the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
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01/26/11 Today, the Spanish-language press covers President Obama's statements on immigration during his second State of the Union address. EFE, Notimex, AFP, and Univisión.com, among others, write that Obama called on Republicans and Democrats to "take on, once and for all, the issue of illegal immigration." "I am prepared to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders, enforce our laws and address the millions of undocumented workers who are now living in the shadows," he continued.
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12/21/10 Here's what a sampling of what progressive blogs have been saying about Saturday's DREAM vote. The DREAM Act has also been a major focus of Latino-focused and immigration-related blogs:
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12/10/10 As the future of the DREAM Act remains in the hands of the United States Senate, the Spanish-language press reports today that the upper chamber's strategy of shelving the proposal in order to consider the version passed by the House of Representatives is breathing new life into the bill's prospects of becoming a reality.
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12/07/10 The Spanish-language press reports today on the period before votes are scheduled in both houses of Congress on the DREAM Act, a bill which would legalize undocumented young people who wish to attend college or serve in the armed forces.
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12/02/10 As the pressure intensifies in Congress to try to pass various bills in the lame-duck session, including the DREAM Act, several Spanish-language media outlets report on a new Republican effort to obstruct any legislative action unless Democrats agree to fund all government operations and extend the Bush tax cuts.
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11/29/10 The Spanish-language media, both print and online, devote significant coverage to the imminent debate over the DREAM Act in the U.S. Senate over the coming days.
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