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Immigration reform ranks surprisingly low on the list of Hispanic voters
Immigration reform ranks surprisingly low on the list of Hispanic voters
As much as the media has sensationalized immigration reform since President Obama’s promise to pass a bill, the issue is not a top concern for many Hispanics according to a new poll from the Pew Hispa...
Why Whitman is leading in the polls
Why Whitman is leading in the polls
When Meg Whitman bested Steve Poizner a few months ago, moderates all over California breathed a sigh of relief that a Republican with more in common ideologically with Arnold Schwarzenegger than with...
Great Recession curtails illegal immigration, giving DC time to craft a new strategy
Great Recession curtails illegal immigration, giving DC time to craft a new strategy
Between 2007 and 2009, the Great Recession appears to have discouraged illegal immigrants from flowing into the US, according to a new Pew Hispanic Center study.      “The ann...
Governor Brewer's recent gaffes provide fresh political fodder in intensifying debate over illegal immigration
Governor Brewer's recent gaffes provide fresh political fodder in intensifying debate over illegal immigration
Gov. Jan Brewer, signer of Arizona’s immigration law, is finding herself in some deep water due to her recent mishaps. Just this past week, the Arizona governor embarrassed herself in her first gubern...
Tea Party takes heat in illegal immigration debate
Tea Party takes heat in illegal immigration debate
The Tea Party could make a big impact in Congress, unless rival political factions successfully paint the largely independent-minded voter movement as being driven by racism in the controversy surroun...
Latino immigration activists mobilize against Republican Party
Latino immigration activists mobilize against Republican Party
Over the weekend, 47 years to the day that Martin Luther King Jr. shook the conceptions of race in the United States at the Lincoln Memorial, Latino immigration activists boarded buses from California...
At state convention, California GOP attempts to chart new course on immigration
At state convention, California GOP attempts to chart new course on immigration
One of the highlights in news publications covering this past weekend’s State GOP convention is the California Republican Party’s refusal to embrace Arizona’s immigration law as a legitimate approach ...
Fiorina and Whitman:  California's Republican tag team
Fiorina and Whitman: California's Republican tag team
The battle for Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat, not to mention the position of Governor, is now in full swing. The Republicans held their convention this week in San Diego, at which nominees Meg Whitman a...
California able to deploy National Guard troops to border before Arizona
California able to deploy National Guard troops to border before Arizona
This week, California became the first state to be provided with resources to deploy National Guard troops to its southern border with Mexico.  The move is a part of a promise from the Obama admi...
Battle brewing over birthright citizenship
Battle brewing over birthright citizenship
An L.A. Times editorial recently challenged the prospect of modifying the 14th amendment’s birthright citizenship provision, categorizing those who support repealing it as part of a fringe element.&nb...