Immigration

Rick Perry

No, Rick Perry, the Border is Not Getting More Violent

Don't trust everything you see on television.

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| Tue Nov. 22, 2011 8:30 PM PST
Newt Gingrich

Newt Comes Out As An Immigration Moderate

A problem for the new front-runner?

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| Tue Nov. 22, 2011 8:27 PM PST

Arizona Supreme Court Reinstates Redistricting Chair

The state supreme court fires back at Gov. Jan Brewer's redistricting overreach.

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| Fri Nov. 18, 2011 9:15 AM PST

Obama's Latino Vote Strategy: Run GOP Debates "Verbatim"

No need to go negative, the President says, when the GOP candidates are doing more to alienate Latino voters than any attack ad ever could.

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| Thu Nov. 10, 2011 11:10 AM PST

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Sen. Jeff Sessions

GOP Showdown With Justice Department Over Immigration

A cadre of southern senators are trying to block the DOJ from investigating the constitutionality of state immigration laws.

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| Thu Nov. 10, 2011 4:00 AM PST
Ohio Issue 2

What You Missed: Election Night 2011

Two big wins for progressives—and the architect of Arizona's immigration law goes down in flames.

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| Wed Nov. 9, 2011 9:41 AM PST
Mitt Romney and Pual Babeu

Romney Robo-Caller's White Nationalist Controversy

Paul Babeu, who recorded robo-calls for the GOP front-runner, appeared on a radio show watchdog groups call "overtly racist."

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| Wed Nov. 9, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Standard-Bearer Russell Pearce Goes Down

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| Tue Nov. 8, 2011 10:12 PM PST
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Alabama Immigrants Organize to Fight HB 56

In the wake of the state's new immigration law, advocacy groups are training undocumented immigrants to deal with their new reality.

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| Mon Nov. 7, 2011 3:25 PM PST

Architect of Arizona's Anti-Immigration Law May Lose His Seat

Russell Pearce is in danger of losing a recall election in Arizona.

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| Mon Nov. 7, 2011 12:32 PM PST

How to Build a Deadly Electric Border Fence

Experts weigh in on Herman Cain's semi-serious plan to construct a fence that kills would-be illegal immigrants.

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| Mon Oct. 24, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Side Effects of Fast-Tracking Deportations

A report finds that a controversial initiative to screen for undocumented immigrants targets Latinos and wrongfully arrests US citizens.

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| Wed Oct. 19, 2011 1:43 PM PDT

Perry Takes Romney To Task Over "Hiring" Illegal Immigrants

Rick Perry's latest attack on Mitt Romney's "hypocrisy" was sloppy, misguided, and (mostly) false.

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 8:06 PM PDT
Rick Perry

About That Immigration Study Mitt Romney Cited...

Mitt Romney's opposition research: From the folks who brought you "terror babies."

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 7:52 PM PDT

Michele Bachmann Takes on the National Park Service

The Minnesota Congresswoman has pledged to build a fence across every inch of the southern border by 2013.

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 6:58 PM PDT
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Is Obama Keeping His Promise to Reprioritize Deportations?

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 2:15 PM PDT
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Open-Borders Obama Sets New Deportation Record

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 1:23 PM PDT
Robert Bentley

Ala. Immigration Law Update: Farm Work Is Hard

Two weeks in, a state plan to replace immigrant labor with unemployed American labor isn't working as planned.

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 8:50 AM PDT
Herman Cain

Anti-Immigration Think-Tank Slams Herman Cain

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 3:50 AM PDT

Must Iranian Authors Write about Iran?

San Francisco's annual literary festival, Litquake, asked some provocative questions.

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 1:53 AM PDT