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Biden: Romney wants Latinos 'to show your papers, but he won't show us his'

Vice President Joe Biden railed Tuesday against the GOP's hard-line stance on immigration in a speech warning Latino voters of the consequences if they "sit on your hands" in the coming elections.

 

Mitt Romney says he would lead on immigration, he just won’t say how

Mitt Romney has had a lot to say about immigration over the past few days, but what he has said adds up to a giant question mark. Rarely has a presidential candidate had as many opportunities to clarify or recalibrate his position on a vital issue, and rarely has a candidate passed up those opportunities as consistently as the former governor.

 

Obama pounds Romney on immigration

As President Obama heads to Florida to talk to Hispanic lawmakers, his re-election campaign is hitting Republican opponent Mitt Romney over the immigration issue. A new video from the campaign spotlights Romney's refusal to say whether he would repeal Obama's new policy ending deportations of children of illegal immigrants.

 

Obama's immigration move wins support in battleground states

President Obama’s decision to extend administrative relief to an estimated 800,000 young illegal immigrants has won favor with Latino voters in key battleground states, according to a new poll.

 

Obama immigration order ignites social media

Barack Obama

President Obama's order Friday suspending deportations for some young illegal immigrants sent a charge through social media over the weekend, with both the president and his Republican challenger seeing steep spikes in online chatter about them. According to the social media analysis firm VoterTide, about 52,000 messages about Obama were posted to Twitter Friday, a 74% jump over his daily average of about 30,000 and the highest number of mentions since he announced his support for gay marriage May 9. The firm did not offer an estimate of how many of these tweets were positive or negative.

 

Romney won't say he'll overturn immigration order

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney is refusing to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama's new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States... before the Iowa caucuses in January, when he faced the challenge of winning over the right-wing base of the GOP, he pledged to veto legislation backed by Democrats that would have created a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

Senh: Mitt "The Flip-flopping Etch-A-Sketch" Romney is at it again.

 

Obama's immigration order shows the Oval Office advantage

It boosts his reelection campaign among Latinos and young people and amounts to an end run around Republican rivals. By calling a halt to the deportation of hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants, President Obama not only helps himself politically with two groups vital to his reelection — Latinos and young people — but also shows the advantage that comes with a seat in the Oval Office.

 

Gingrich could draw GOP ire on immigration

Gingrich could draw GOP ire on immigration

Newt Gingrich has charged into the fray over illegal immigration, risking conservative ire just as his Republican presidential campaign - once declared all but dead - has vaulted into front-runner status....

 

Romney hits Perry on immigration in robo-calls

Mitt Romney's campaign is reportedly paying for automated calls in Iowa that hit GOP presidential rival Rick Perry on illegal immigration.

Senh: Now that Herman Cain's busy with the sexual harassment lawsuits, which was supposedly planted by Rick Perry, Mitt Romney's targeting Perry. He should thank Perry for pushing Cain out of way.

 

Immigration Talk Turns Off Some Hispanics

Many Republican strategists see recent remarks having a potentially negative impact in swing states with many Hispanic voters.

 

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