Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders defended undocumented immigrants against the ongoing anti-immigrant rhetoric during a Latino roundtable in the battleground state of Iowa.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) reinforced their mission as the political party for comprehensive immigration reform during its summer meeting in Minneapolis.
The Democratic and Republican presidential frontrunners will be absent from an Iowa immigration forum this weekend. In fact, all Republican presidential hopefuls were invited but made no confirmations. The only Democrats attending: former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Sen. Lincoln Chafee, D-R.I.
Although there's still plenty of time before the first primary vote, Latinos appear to have formed opinions for at least two Republican presidential candidates, namely Donald Trump and Jeb Bush.
The Latino electorate will once again be the key in the 2016 presidential election, according to Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa, who has long observed and understood the hurdles of the voting bloc.
Democrats and liberals have verbally attacked several of the Republican presidential candidates for the growing anti-immigrant rhetoric on the campaign trial, but conservative groups also have had a say on the issue.
An undocumented immigrant working on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign called out the Republican presidential field for the “hateful rhetoric” used toward the immigrant community.
U.S. Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., chairperson of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), said the Republican presidential candidates’ “anchor babies” remarks are a personal attack towards her and the immigrant community.
Democrats are hitting back at two prominent Republican presidential candidates for using the term "anchor babies," to describe U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
Democratic presidential candidate, and front-runner, Hillary Clinton reiterated her stance that undocumented immigrants should be deported if they cross the border illegally.
Republican presidential candidates have questioned the 14th Amendment, which allows U.S.-born children the automatic right to citizenship, but prominent Latinos and Latino-based organizations are criticizing calls to change the law.
