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The President's Actions on Immigration Will Speak Louder than Words

Yesterday, the President met with Latino celebrities and news personalities to talk about his push for comprehensive immigration reform.  This followed a similar meeting with other leaders last week, a...

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Roy Beck, Exec. Director of Anti-Immigrant Group NumbersUSA, Accuses Carlos...

Someone needs to get Roy Beck a dictionary.  Apparently this man has no idea how to define "hate speech."Last week, Georgia signed into law anti-immigrant Arizona copy-cat legislation.  Musician Carlos...

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The Worst Thing About Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA)

The worst thing about Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) might not be his extremist views towards immigrants and immigration policy. Don’t get me wrong, they’re bad—I mean really bad. But the absolute worst...

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The Truth About E-Verify

Imagine if Democrats proposed legislation that would cause the loss of almost 800,000 jobs, force 4 million more workers into an administrative quagmire, cause an undue burden on small businesses,...

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GOP, Led by Rep. Lamar Smith, To American Agriculture: Drop Dead

As the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), is gearing up to introduce legislation to make the flawed E-Verify program a mandatory cornerstone of his overall...

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David Vitter Is “Intimate” With Prosecutorial Discretion, but Wants to HALT...

You can’t make this stuff up.The  Senate sponsor of the legislation that would strip President Obama of  prosecutorial discretion to stop unnecessary deportation (the HALT Act) is none other than the...

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What Latino Voters Need to Hear on Immigration Reform From Obama at NCLR

Cross-Posted at Huffington Post and America's Voice:On Monday, President Barack Obama will make a luncheon speech at the National Conference of La Raza’s (NCLR) annual conference in Washington, DC....

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On Immigration Reform, GOP Candidates Should Ask "What Would Reagan DO?"

The latest Republican presidential debate, being held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, will undoubtedly feature endless paeans from the candidates to our nation’s 40th President.  Yet on the...

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Another Whopper From Lamar Smith Debunked: E-Verify Doesn’t Benefit Minorities

In his never-ending push to justify his plans of expelling immigrants from the country, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) resorted to one of his old standbys yesterday: do it for the minorities!Sigh.His...

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Alabama's Anti-Immigrant Law, HB 56: American Kids Pay the Consequences

The baby girl was born two days ago, weighing just 5 pounds  15 ounces. But just as she came into the world, her father was detained,  possibly to be deported.The mother, who is 20 years old and also...

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HB 56 and the Cab Driver

This is the sixth column in a series on the Alabama anti-immigration law by Maribel Hastings, Senior Advisor with America's Voice Education Fund:BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Our African-American cab driver...

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Federal Judge Calls Out Alabama State Senator Scott Beason, Author of HB 56,...

You know what’s a pretty good sign that you’re a racist?When a federal judge goes out of his way to explicitly call you out for being racist.Such was the experience of Alabama State Senator Scott...

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Five Years After Bush's Border Fence, Enforcement-Only Measures Are Still Not...

This October 26th marks the fifth anniversary of President George W. Bush’s signing the law to build a 700-mile fence on the U.S.-Mexico border. Five years later the “border security first” approach...

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Hands of Alabama: Working, Worrying, Waiting

This is the tenth column in a series on the Alabama anti-immigration law by Maribel Hastings, Senior Advisor with America's Voice Education Fund:BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – How many undocumented immigrants...

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Rep. Steve King to Former Police Chief and US Army Vet Art Venegas: Show Me...

Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee held yet another hearing on immigration. Titled, "Is Secure Communities Keeping Our Communities Secure?," the hearing provided another opportunity for...

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Mitt Romney for President: Two States, Two Languages, Two Faces

The well-deserved rap on Mitt Romney is that he is a political opportunist who lacks core principles.  No wonder. We're seeing a blatant example of that right now with the Romney campaign’s efforts to...

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First Immigrants, Now SOPA: Lamar Smith Has Been Trampling on Basic Freedoms...

Over the past few weeks, we've noticed a lot of attention focused on Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. See, Smith is the sponsor of  the Stop Online Piracy Act,...

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Mexican fathers and deported grandmothers

Note: Maribel Hastings, senior adviser at America's Voice, is in Florida covering the GOP primary. She'll be filing regular reports on the campaign as part of our "Voz Y Voto 2012" series.MIAMI - Maybe...

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"Is This Alabama?" Asks Hollywood Director Chris Weitz in Four Film Shorts

The Center for American Progress (CAP) today launched a new film series from Oscar-nominated director Chris Weitz (“Twilight: New Moon,”“A Better Life”) entitled “Is This Alabama?”—a project intended...

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Ask Honda and Hyundai to Put the Brakes on Hate

Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that “the greatest tragedy…was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”When it comes to auto manufacturing in Alabama,...

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