On Wednesday, President Obama gave an interview on the popular Spanish-language radio program Piolin. The host, Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo, took Obama to task for not delivering the immigration reform he promised when he ran for office. Obama responded that “My presidency is not over. I’ve got another five years coming up. We’re going to...
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Early in his State of the Union Address, President Obama called for passage of the DREAM Act. Calling DREAMers “American through and through”, Obama said that “the opponents of action have run out of excuses.” He said that while Congress should pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform, “at least stop expelling talented young people.”
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Latino voter approval for the job President Barak Obama is doing has fallen to the lowest level of his presidency according to a Pew Hispanic Center poll. Only 49% approve. This has not translated into a migration to the Republicans, however. In a head to head match-up with Mitt Romney, Obama wins by 68%...
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Recent national polls show continued popular support for Arizona’s SB-1070 anti-immigrant law. Today’s Politico looks at the political upside for Obama from his apparently unpopular pro-immigrant stand: here…is a potential political upside to a immigration-related legal showdown that may ultimately be resolved by the Supreme Court: It could give a major boost to Obama’s...
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The latest Politico poll shows President Obama with a high, but declining, favorability rating among Latino voters. He’s up at 62% compared to Republicans like Ron Paul at 24% and Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann who both at 17%. Only 5% say they are very likely to vote for Mitt Romney. Sounds like Obama...
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A new survey by Latino Decisions gives the Obama campaign more signs of trouble for the president’s reelection.  Only 38% of Latino voters said they are certain they will vote for President Obama in 2012. This was a 5% decline since February. The survey also showed a decline in enthusiasm for voting among Latinos....
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BREAKING NEWS The Associated Press is reporting that the Obama administration will halt the deportations of many undocumented immigrants who don’t have criminal records. Here is all the information we have at 5:00 PM: Here is the latest from the New York Times : White...
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With the Obama administration under increasing pressure from immigrant organizations after ICE recently made Secure Communities (S-Comm) mandatory nationwide, the White House is hitting back. Cecilia Munoz, the White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, has long been a trusted figure within the Latino community. She worked for years at the National Council of La...
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Immigrant rights organizations around the country are mobilizing against a decision by the Obama administration to make the so-called “Secure Communities” program (S-Comm) mandatory nationally. Monday saw a raucous protest in Los Angeles outside a hearing on S-Comm by a federal task force. Community leaders demanded that the task force members resign in protest...
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The New York Times published an editorial on August 14 against “The Widening Dragnet” being set for immigrants by the Obama administration: The Obama administration has decided to stick with Secure Communities, the discredited but rapidly growing immigration-enforcement program that has helped it deport a million people in the last two and a half...
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