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Hispanic vote a 2012 wild card
By Ben Smith and Carrie Budoff Brown -- Politico.com
Midterms = good news for border enforcement
Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, says immigration enforcement supporters celebrated a victory last week when November 2 brought a Congress more interested in reducing immigration than what the U.S. has seen since 1924, and certainly over the past 50 years.
Republican win to change immigration landscape
The key is to frame the immigration dialogue around jobs, Beck said.
"I think it needs to be a pure job-related immigration bill," he said. "Obama would be forced to sign it."
A bill that would make enrollment of E-Verify mandatory for all employers could do the trick, according to Beck.
Florida Election Sets up Conditions for Immigration Enforcement Law
A new super-majority in both chambers of the Florida state legislature sets up the possibility of passage of an immigration enforcement law similar to the one passed in Arizona earlier this year. The Republican-controlled chambers now have enough votes to override a veto, and it's likely that a bill will be introduced when the state legislative session begins next year.
9 Big Gains Make Next Senate Far More Pro-Enforcement & Anti-Amnesty
A lot of the news media have fallen for an open-borders advocacy argument that the survival of Senators Reid (Nevada) and Bennet (Colo.) shows that politicians are wise to take a pro-amnesty stance.
Number of TRUE REFORMERS Doubled for Next U.S. House ('tigers' who will lead others to form 'reduction majority')
The number of True Reformers in the next U.S. House of Representatives will double. We had 38 True Reformers in the current House. We count 73 Representatives in the new Congress pledged to a full menu of immigration reductions -- and we think that number is going to grow before Congress convenes in January. These are our tigers who are pledged to claw out some actual improvements in immigration policies the next two years, leading other anti-amnesty Members to follow them.
Exit Polling Shows Strong Support for Immigration Enforcement
In a poll conducted by The Polling Company during Tuesday's mid-term elections, the results reveal that 61% of Tuesday's voters believe that Pres. Obama has not been aggressive enough in enforcing federal immigration laws. Sixty-nine percent of respondents also said they consider immigration to be an important public policy issue.
Our Survey and Candidate Comparison Pages Gain More Attention in Post-Election Analysis
Back in February, we began the giant task of sending out our Immigration-Reduction Survey to more than 1,500 Congressional candidates. We received about 500 completed surveys, and for Tuesday's mid-term elections, 157 Congressional races across the country had at least one candidate who completed a survey. Over the nine month period, our Survey and Candidate Comparison pages received lots of media coverage, including a post-election column written by Mark Krikorian for the National Review.
Kirk's Win in Illinois Improves Chance of Defeating DREAM Act During Lame-Duck Session
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has made no secret that he plans on bringing the DREAM Act up for a vote during the lame-duck session that begins on Nov. 15, but Mark Kirk's Senate win in Illinois will make passage of the bill a bit more difficult. Since Kirk is replacing Roland Burris who was an appointee, Kirk will take over the seat for the lame-duck session.