This just in from the White House Press Office today: “THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2011 Background on the President’s Meeting with Influential Hispanics from Across the Country on Immigration Today the President will meet with influential Hispanics from across the country to discuss the importance of [...]

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Although this excerpt is from a piece in Los Angeles Times from Thursday, I thought it was worth sharing, especially given the immigration debate. “Father Jaime Molina reminded the crowd that the Bible was full of people who had wandered far from their homelands: Abraham, Sara, Moses. He told them not to step on anyone’s [...]

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The White House had sent out this list of people who were expected (and presumably attended) the meeting called by President Obama regarding advancing immigration reform today: “Administration officials expected to attend the meeting include: Attorney General Eric Holder Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Secretary of Homeland Security Janet [...]

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By Matt Stieglitz For those who have avoided a computer for the past few weeks, President Obama’s social media team is gearing up for his 2012 run with his ‘Are You In?’ campaign on Facebook. Essentially, one clicks that they’re “in”, gets bombarded with options to help with the campaign, and it’s off to the [...]

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Read this feature in the NY Times about Dr. John Tanton and the network he started to fight immigration policies.

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Sadly, the former California governor did not show any sympathy when he was asked this week about his decision to shorten the sentence of Esteban Nuñez, the criminal spawn of former California Assembly speaker Fabian Nuñez. Schwarzenegger made a “snoring noise” when asked about this now controversial decision, and said, “Don’t ask me the same [...]

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This is rather timely given Seneca’s analysis of the Tea Party. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez explained on the Stephanie Miller show how she interacts with new members of Congress who are affiliated with the Tea Party. This is vintage Sanchez — she loves to do voices:

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And unfortunately, crumpets and finger sandwiches are not served. The Tea Party stems from the following : this so-called conservative resistance is plainly white Americans who borrow from several historical trends like the Boston Tea Party of the 1770s, but perhaps more importantly from the Know-Nothing Movement of the 19th century. But today add to [...]

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