Latino Decisions Blog

Month: June 2011

Is There an Ethnic Dimension to the Immigration Debate?

By Rene Rocha, University of Iowa What determines public opinion on immigration policy has been the subject of much debate. Among the most regularly cited explanations are a series of…

Do Immigrants Actually Make Us Less Safe?

By Christopher Lyons and Maria Vélez, University of New Mexico Advocates for more punitive immigration laws often argue that there is a correlation between immigration and crime, thus contending that…

Latinos divided on Obama and immigration

By Pilar Marrero – [email protected] | 2011-06-13 New Poll Results Posted Here LOS ANGELES, CA.- The number of Latino voters who intend to support President Barack Obama increased by 9%…

June Tracking Poll: Immigration is a critical issue for voters

By Pilar Marrero, impreMedia, [email protected] | 2011-06-09 LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Latino voters are not unfamiliar with the critical situation faced by undocumented immigrants who live in the United States….

Latino Decisions and impreMedia to release new poll on Immigration Policy

New: June 9 Survey Results Click Here Latino Decisions and impreMedia will be releasing data from a new survey focused on the Latino electorate’s attitudes and experiences with immigration policy…

Redistricting and the Latino Boom in Nebraska

By Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, University of Nebraska Omaha At the beginning of the year there was much speculation as to how the rapid growth of the U.S. Latino population in the…