Morning NewsTaco
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Justices Taking Up Arizona Immigration Law (The Wall Street Journal): The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to take up a case at the heart of the political dispute over immigration policy, with the justices weighing Arizona’s tough measures against illegal immigrants.
High Court Can Bring Bush Immigration Plan Back From Dead (Bloomberg): President George W. Bush rightly championed comprehensive reform that would have legalized much of the undocumented population over time while increasing border security. Regardless of how the court rules on Arizona’s law, that is still the right approach.
Arizona anti-immigration law already felt in state’s Hispanic communities (The Guardian): Hispanic communities in Arizona are living in a state of virtual siege, civil rights activists in the state are warning, as a result of little-noticed provisions in the harsh anti-illegal immigration law SB1070 that have already been allowed to go into effect.
Immigration officials offer to shelve 7.5 pct of deportation cases under review (AP/Washington Post): Immigration and Customs Enforcement has agreed to temporarily suspend deporting roughly 16,500 people after reviewing more than 70 percent of the immigration cases pending as of mid-April, according to statistics released by the agency.
Democrats plan to force vote on Arizona immigration law if it’s upheld by court (Washington Post): Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) will announce the fallback legislation at a hearing on the Arizona law Tuesday, a day before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a suit to determine whether Arizona had the authority to enact the 2010 state crackdown.
Poll: Americans overwhelmingly support Ariz. immigration law, think court should uphold it (The Daily Caller): A Quinnipiac University poll released Friday asked 2,577 registered voters nationwide whether they support Arizona’s immigration law, S.B. 1070, passed in 2010. Sixty-eight percent of respondents said they approved of the law while 27 percent said they disapproved of it.
Economy, Not Immigration, Is Key Issue for Latinos in 2012 (U.S.News and World Report): Resurgent Republic just released a study based on focus group data that addresses this very point. Talking with independent Latinos who all voted for Barack Obama in 2008 but are undecided about how the will vote in 2012, they found some very interesting things—like the fact that these voters are “primarily concerned about the direction of the economy and finding quality jobs.”
However Supreme Court rules on immigration, numbers favor Obama (Los Angeles Times): Just as the U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear arguments about Arizona’s hard-line immigration law, a study pops up that says illegal immigration from Mexico is a diminishing problem.
Rethinking the Hispanic Vote (The Journal): Democrats have counted Hispanics as a pivotal part of their coalition, but there’s no guarantee that as first-generation immigrants assimilate, they will remain reliable partisan voters. Indeed, a complementary Pew Hispanic Center study, released last month, showed immigrants becoming more Republican the longer they’ve been in this country — a similar narrative to other first-generation ethnic groups.
Poll: Obama Leads Romney In Youth Vote, But Has Trouble Too (U.S.News and World Report): President Obama has widened his lead among voters age 18-29, according to a survey released Tuesday by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. Nevertheless, said the institute’s director Trey Grayson, “The president continues to struggle with key segments of the millennial demographic.”
The Young And The Restless: Can Obama Re-Charge The Youth Vote? (ABC News): A recent Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll found that while the president enjoys a substantial, 60 percent to 34 percent lead, against Mitt Romney, among young voters, Obama’s “enthusiasm has taken a nosedive,” according to The Hill newspaper.
Hurt by Arizona immigration law, Hispanics organize (Chicago Tribune): As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares on Wednesday to hear Arizona defend its crackdown on illegal immigrants, Hispanics in the state are responding to the 2-year-old measure with a surge of activism ranging from civil rights classes to a revved up effort to get out the vote this election year.
Marco Rubio Is This Election’s Sarah Palin (Slate): As a possible vice presidential pick, he is popular with the grassroots. He is an envoy to a key part of the electorate and has crossover political appeal. He has successfully bucked his party establishment, and those who have seen him work say he’s skilled. He’s an easy and talented campaigner, and he’d wow them in Tampa the way Palin did in Denver. He is also fundamentally at odds with his potential running mate’s message and criteria for his vice president.
Calderon Says Mexico Reduced Net Migration to U.S. to Zero (Bloomberg): Mexican President Felipe Calderon said that better education, more job opportunities and broader health-care availability in Latin America’s second-largest economy have cut net migration to the U.S. to zero.
Denver political leader, businessman Paul Sandoval dies (Denver Business Journal): Paul Sandoval, a Denver political leader and businessman who helped steer city politics for a generation, died Tuesday at age 67.
Undocumented Immigrant Worker Plan Backed by Kansas Tourism Group (Fox News Latino): The trade group for travel and tourism businesses in Kansas threw its support behind an effort to start a state program aimed at placing undocumented immigrants into hard-to-fill jobs like farm work.
