News Clips Archive
The Stolen Dreams Act
04/03/12 | Huffington Post | Word is leaking from the Senate that Republicans, facing stiff and well-deserved opposition from most Hispanic voters, are crafting a bill similar to but not nearly as good as the DREAM Act, a bill to legalize the immigration status of young people who grew up in the United States but are currently undocumented immigrants. | Read the story
Schumer: ‘No Way’ Romney Can Win Without Better Latino Support
04/02/12 | National Journal | New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, who heads the Senate Democrats' messaging and policy shop, said that recent endorsements picked up by Mitt Romney may hurt more than help, and that a problem with Latino voters could cost him the general election. | Read the story
Ann Coulter Says Marco Rubio as VP Pick Would Be a ‘Mistake’
04/02/12 | ABC News | While pundits, politicians and prognosticators have tapped Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as one of the most likely GOP vice presidential picks, conservative commentator Ann Coulter warned today that such a choice would be a “mistake.” | Read the story
Dream Act advocates in Las Vegas quickly strike against GOP proposal
04/02/12 | Las Vegas Sun | On Tuesday The Hill reported Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was drafting an alternative Dream Act that he hoped to bring to Congress in the near future. The newspaper that covers Congress said Rubio offered no specifics on how his bill would differ from previous versions of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. | Read the story
Ariz. sheriff faces crossroads in civil rights case
04/02/12 | USA Today | America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff is fast approaching a crossroads where he must decide either to settle claims that his officers racially profiled Latinos in his trademark immigration patrols — and overhaul his practices — or take his chances at trial. | Read the story
Immigration detention is no ‘holiday’
04/02/12 | The Hill | In his recent op-ed, “Alleged illegal and criminal immigrants should not be taxpayer-supported guests,” Rep. Lamar Smith gets several things wrong. While attacking the newest detention facility opened by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Rep. Smith complains that the facility’s cost was “[over] $30 million taxpayer dollars.” | Read the story
Don’t keep ‘Dreamers’ waiting
04/02/12 | Miami Herald | I recently met Daniela and Dayanna Pelaez, two exceptional young Floridians from Miami whose struggles to gain citizenship this paper has documented well. Within the complicated immigration debate, Daniela and Dayanna represent an area of common ground. | Read the story
Romney’s tough challenge with Latino voters
03/30/12 | MSNBC | As a Republican primary race increasingly defined by demographics and math drags into April, a daunting demographic mountain looms on the horizon for Mitt Romney if he becomes the GOP presidential nominee: winning over Latino voters who could prove to be pivotal in November. | Read the story
Democrats Take Aim at Rubio-Romney on Immigration
03/30/12 | National Journal | Democrats have a plan if Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida becomes the first Hispanic on a national ticket: wage a policy battle over immigration. The strategy has been emerging since the Cuban-American rising star was elected to the Senate in 2010, and it became more apparent after Rubio endorsed Republican front-runner Mitt Romney on Wednesday evening. | Read the story
Some clergy oppose Miss. immigration bill
03/30/12 | NECN | Representatives from Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist groups appeared Thursday at the state Capitol to reiterate their concerns about House Bill 488. Bishop Ronnie Crudup of New Horizon Church in Jackson said the bill would lead to racial profiling. | Read the story
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