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Mexican fathers and deported grandmothers

01/27/12 - Maybe someone told Mitt Romney he’d have to make a serious effort to attract Latino voters, especially on the eve of the Republican primary in Florida. Whatever the cause, the former Massachusetts governor, who has some of the most extreme positions on immigration of anyone in the field, decided that it was time to take advantage of his Mexican roots. | Read More

DREAMers Booed by Marco Rubio Crowd at Hispanic Leadership Network Conference

01/27/12 - We were in the room for Senator Marco Rubio’s speech today in Miami, Florida at the Hispanic Leadership Network Conference. During the speech, two brave DREAMers interrupted Senator Rubio asking why he doesn’t support undocumented immigrants. | Read More

Protect the DREAM Act From Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich

01/27/12 - The Tuesday night Florida GOP primary is fast approaching, and the leading Republican contenders keep outdoing each other on who is more anti-immigrant. The funny thing is that they're both fatootsed -- mostly with each other -- when anyone calls them anti-immigrant. It’s ridiculous. | Read More

Mitt Romney Is Mexican-American Now as He Flip-flops on His Father and His Mexican “Roots”

01/27/12 - On Wednesday, Mitt Romney told Univision's Jorge Ramos that he wasn't Mexican-American. The next day, Mitt Romney told CNN debate watchers that he was the son of immigrants and "My father was born in Mexico." He's conveniently Mexican-American now. | Read More


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Romney and Gingrich face Florida’s Hispanic voters days before high-stakes primary

01/27/12 - Washington Post
More than a million Hispanic voters are the prize as Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich resume campaigning after a feisty, final debate before Florida’s GOP primary. Romney was the aggressor in the second debate in four days Thursday night, pressing Gingrich to apologize for an ad labeling him as anti-immigrant and calling the idea “repulsive.”

Why Did Romney Go So Far Right on Immigration?

01/27/12 - National Journal
Newt Gingrich pulled a Spanish-language radio ad that called Mitt Romney "anti-immigrant" on Wednesday, but what's surprising is not that the ad aired, but that he gave Gingrich so much material to work with.

Jeb Bush offers no endorsement, but a warning

01/27/12 - CNN
Five days ahead of his state's primary – an election in which he promises to remain neutral – former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Thursday cautioned the contenders to soften their assaults, avoid a "circular firing squad," and connect personally with swing voters in the most diverse primary yet.

GOP, don’t blow it with Florida’s Latinos

01/27/12 - CNN
On behalf of all those Latino voters who have figured out that the Obama administration is the most hostile to Latino immigrants of any administration in the last half century and who are looking for an alternative, let me say this to the Republican presidential candidates: "Bienvenidos to Florida! Now, behave yourselves."

Caught in the net

01/27/12 - Economist
ALABAMA’S immigration law, boasted Micky Hammon, an Alabama legislator and one of its co-authors, “attacks every aspect of an illegal immigrant’s life. They will not stay in Alabama…This bill is designed to make it difficult for them to live here so they will deport themselves.”

Legislator: State immigration law hurting jobs

01/27/12 - Gadsden Times
The House Economic Development and Tourism Committee on Thursday previewed new legislation that would help industry recruiters, but the committee also heard that the state’s anti-immigration law is being used against them by other states.

Mitt Romney’s immigration dilemma

01/26/12 - Politico
For a moment Wednesday afternoon in Miami, Mitt Romney seemed to have a solution to his Hispanic problem: Was he not, Univision’s Jorge Ramos asked, Mexican-American himself, as his father had been born south of the border?

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