As the Republican National Convention gets underway, the Romney campaign says it hopes to capture 38 percent of the Latino vote in November as part of its strategy to beat President Barack Obama.
Immigration
A number of states are pushing for local immigration policies, even as a change takes effect at the federal level giving reprieve to young undocumented immigrants.
A key section of the controversial Arizona immigration law was upheld in the weeks following a major immigration policy change by the Obama administration.
Children are the unwitting victims of exclusionary policies toward undocumented immigrants.
On April 25, the Supreme Court is slated to start hearing arguments on SB 1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration law. An eventual ruling could impact similar local immigration laws.
AS/COA's report The Economic Impact of Immigrant-Related Local Ordinances "estimates that cities with restrictive immigration laws lower local employment numbers by nearly 20 percent," writes Council on Foreign Relations' Shannon K. O'Neil.
Panelists spoke about the effects of U.S. immigration policy on mixed-status households and policy solutions to address the challenge of undocumented youth.