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Sandoval Accused of Hiring an Undocumented Worker

By | 10.12.10 | 11:33 am

One more Republican to add to the list of hard-line illegal immigration critics being accused of employing undocumented workers: A Nevada woman claims Brian Sandoval, the GOP’s nominee for governor, failed to ask her for her papers when she worked as a maid for his family. (At the More…

Lou Dobbs’ Illegal Immigrant Problem

By | 10.07.10 | 10:19 am

Lou Dobbs, the TV and radio commentator famous for his rants against “illegal aliens” and the employers who hire them, employed undocumented workers to care for his estates and horses, The Nation reports today. Isabel Macdonald spoke to five workers who tended to Dobbs’ estates in New Jersey More…

Foley Talks Border Security With Lou Dobbs

By | 10.04.10 | 6:20 pm

TWI’s Elise Foley made an appearance last week on Lou Dobbs Radio, discussing immigration reform and border security with the notoriously anti-illegal immigration host. It’s a worthwhile debate the whole way through, but it’s particularly amusing to note Dobbs’ increasing frustration as he tries, without much success, to get Foley More…

The Gatekeepers

By | 12.30.09 | 3:30 pm

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Immigration remained a divisive political issue in 2009, although it largely simmered on the sidelines as Congress and the president focused their legislative efforts on other priorities. A comprehensive immigration reform bill wasn’t even introduced in Congress until mid-December. Still, the new administration stepped up the enforcement of immigration More…

The Tea Party Poll

By | 12.07.09 | 2:57 pm

There’s a lot of buzz today about this Rasmussen Reports survey asking voters who they’d back in a three-way race: the Democrats, the Republicans, or a hypothetical “Tea Party.” It’s the latest in a tradition of Rasmussen polls that attempt to find the angry center of American politics. It More…

Dobbs Loses a Big Backer

By | 12.03.09 | 11:14 am

The Americans for Legal Immigration PAC just announced that it’s withdrawing its longstanding support for former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, who the group previously called on to run for president, because he’s backed away from his stance against legalization of illegal immigrants.

“While Mr. Dobbs claims his positions More…

Lou Dobbs Already Flip-Flopping on ‘Amnesty’?

By | 11.25.09 | 12:17 pm

After years of slamming anyone who proposed any sort of “amnesty” for “illegal aliens,” former CNN host Lou Dobbs has apparently changed his tune. On Friday, he told the Spanish-language TV station: “We need the ability to legalize illegal immigrants under certain conditions.”

Citizen Lou

By | 11.24.09 | 9:16 am

Alex Burns does the work of talking to third party organizers to see if any would get behind a presidential candidacy from former CNN host Lou Dobbs, who floated the idea yesterday on former Sen. Fred Thompson’s (R-Tenn.) radio show. Bay Buchanan says yes; no surprise there. Dean Barkley, More…

Sarah Palin Thanks Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh

By | 11.17.09 | 2:03 pm

In the acknowledgments of “Going Rogue,” Sarah Palin gives a hearty and extended thanks to conservative media figures, using only their first names.

To some media professionals whom I admire because you don’t let anyone tell you to sit down and shut up, please keep making the idiots’ heads spin.

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Dobbs’ Departure Makes Sheriff Joe Sad

By | 11.12.09 | 2:27 pm

Earlier today, Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio weighed in via Twitter on fellow anti-illegal immigration crusader Lou Dobbs’ announcement that he was resigning from CNN.