Nov 17
Known for his harsh immigration policies and anti-immigrant rhetoric, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy responded to the brutal murder of Ecuadorian immigrant, Marcelo Lucero, by saying that it was a “one-day story” and that the hate crime received excessive attention due to his own stance on immigration. Steve Levy has since apologized for his comments, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/11/17/steve-levy-immigration-marcelo-lucero/
Nov 14
CNN reports: Latinos felt Republicans were on the wrong side of issues such as the economy and immigration. Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a>
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/11/14/cnn-reports-on-latino-vote-impact/
Nov 14
Photo by lsc21. Throughout America, freedom fries are meeting samosas. A report released by the Brookings Institution yesterday calls Philadelphia a “remerging gateway” and home to one of the fastest growing immigrant populations in America. The quickly growing immigrant communities of metro Philadelphia, which now make up 75% of their labor market growth, include burgeoning …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/11/14/philadelphia-a-reemerging-gateway-for-immigrants/
Nov 13
This week on the Today Show, Matt Lauer asked Palin if she was surprised by the margin of the Obama victory. Palin responded, Ya know, it did. I thought it would be closer—but then, taking a step back and being able to consider why it was that the margin was as great as it was, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/11/13/palin-lists-hispanic-vote-first-as-reason-for-mccain-defeat/
Nov 13
Photo by David Tribby Photography. Immigration restrictionists don’t know what to do with themselves. First off, none of the vehemently anti-immigrant candidates for president got their party’s nomination (or a great deal of public support), and both presidential candidates agreed on the need for comprehensive immigration reform – including a path to citizenship for undocumented …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/11/13/data-shows-americans-support-cir-discredits-restrictionists-claims/
Nov 12
One can only hope that columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. of the San Diego Union-Tribune is just being pessimistic when he tells readers “don’t hold your breath” waiting for President-elect Barack Obama to pursue comprehensive immigration reform. In July, Obama pledged at the National Council of La Raza’s annual conference to make immigration reform “a top …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/11/12/latinos-a-reason-to-hold-your-breath-for-immigration-reform/
Nov 11
After living in the U.S. for 16 years, Marcello Lucero, an Ecuadoran immigrant living in Long Island, was senselessly stabbed to death by a group of seven teenagers, who Police say were looking to kill a Hispanic – any Hispanic. According to the blog Long Island Wins, [The assailants] said that they were on patrol …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/11/11/long-island-immigrant-dies-from-brutal-hate-crime/
Nov 10
This past Sunday, on Meet The Press, RNC Chair Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) acknowledged that the current climate of undeterred public immigrant-bashing along with an immigration policy of “attrition through enforcement” has put Republican candidates at a disadvantage when it comes to the Latino vote. Sen Martinez urged all of his fellow GOP colleagues to …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/11/10/gop-senator-admits-immigration-debate-tarnished-republican-brand/
Nov 07
Video by America’s Voice. Interviews conducted in Los Angeles and Miami between October 23 and November 4 by Bendixen & Associates [for America’s Voice] confirm what immigration experts were predicting all along: the “giant” is awake. Andy Hernandez, a Texas pollster commented, “Latinos are flipping red states to blue…in this election, Latinos contributed to Virginia …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/11/07/reports-confirm-the-sleeping-latino-voter-giant-is-awake/
Nov 05
Photo by Barack Obama on flickr. In the weeks leading up to the election, immigration experts were predicting that a “sleeping giant” was about to awake in the U.S. Yesterday, that giant opened its eyes, casted its vote, and changed the face of the American electorate forever. Immigrant voters–particularly Latinos–are said to have played a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/11/05/latinos-help-tip-election/
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