Home    Search   About Us   Contact Us   Join our Mailing List Civic Participation Civil Liberties Comprehensive Reform Demographics Homeland Security Immigrants & the Economy   Latino Vote Is in Play in Presidential Contest New York Sun (July 7, 2008) Senator Obama is battling hard against Senator McCain for Latino voters, with both campaigns seeing Hispanics as a demographic group that could swing battleground states in the presidential election. States Take New Tack on Illegal Immigration New York Times (June 9, 2008) Three months after the local police inspected more than a dozen businesses searching for illegal immigrants using stolen Social Security numbers, this community in the Florida Panhandle has become more law-abiding, emptier and whiter. Immigration policy reform has Obama, McCain in agreement Los AngelesTimes (July 2, 2008) Courting the increasingly influential Latino vote, the rival presidential candidates each pledged Saturday to make overhauling the nation's immigration policies a top priority. Young illegal immigrants lose their San Francisco sanctuary Los Angeles Times (July 2, 2008) California's best-known sanctuary city -- a haven for illegal immigrants -- has been escorting convicted juvenile offenders back to their home countries at city expense for nearly a generation and shielding them from federal officials in the process. Tancredoed? Think Again: What McCain’s Success Says about the Politics of Illegal Immigration Matt Homer, The Century Foundation, 3/6/2008 When Tom Tancredo quit his quest for the presidency in December, he boasted that he had actually won. That’s because he had been able to pull other candidates closer toward his hardliner approach on illegal immigration: “secure the borders, deport those who don’t belong, [and] make sure they never come back.” Immigration's New Frontiers The newest report from The Century Foundation examines the experience of five of “gateway” states: North Carolina, Iowa, Georgia, Minnesota, and Nebraska. The report illustrates how the absence of a functional federal immigration system has created enormous difficulties for other levels of government. What the Public Really Wants On Immigration (PDF) Opinion data shows the public favors a tough, but not punitive, approach to immigration enforcement. By Ruy Teixeira. Home    Search   About Us   Contact Us   Join our Mailing List Publications    News & Opinions   Legislation    Issues   Research   On the Web Copyright 2008 The Century Foundation. Privacy Policy Visit The Century Foundation Web site www.tcf.org