http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/immigration This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Immigration en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060006 Reporting on Sen. John McCain's efforts to "attract" Hispanic voters, <em>The Hill</em>'s Klaus Marre wrote that McCain "has spent the past few years courting Hispanic voters by being the lead Republican sponsor of failed immigration legislation that would have granted a path to citizenship to most of the more than 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States." But Marre did not note that McCain has said he no longer supports that legislation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060006 Tue, 6 May 2008 17:37:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110012 Talking with the Media Research Center's Brent Bozell, Neal Boortz said: "I'm on 'Media Morons' today ... because I said yesterday on the air that I would make a lousy Mexican because I was trying to use one of those floor buffers and it tossed me around ... when any Mexican worth his salt would be able to do that without getting hurt." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110012 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:28:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310008 CNN's Lou Dobbs claimed that, "with the exception of Iraq, there isn't much difference among" Sens. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain. In fact, on health care, Obama and Clinton have both proposed plans to expand coverage, which McCain has denounced. Obama and Clinton also both support comprehensive immigration reform; McCain abandoned his previous support for comprehensive immigration legislation during his campaign for the Republican nomination. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310008 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803240005 <em>The New York Times</em>' Adam Nagourney stated in a March 24 online piece that aides to Sen. John McCain "are beginning to see a general election upside ... to the problems that Mr. McCain's support of immigration legislation caused him in the primaries." However, Nagourney did not mention that McCain reacted to those perceived "problems" by abandoning his own comprehensive immigration reform plan. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803240005 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:54:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803130006 Lou Dobbs claimed on his radio show that "illegal immigration" is among "the top three issues for American voters in both political parties." In fact, no recent polls support Dobbs' assertion that "voters in both political parties" consider illegal immigration "one of the top three issues," although some polls indicate that immigration is among the top issues for Republican voters. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803130006 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:35:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803050005 In an article about Sen. John McCain's general election strategy, the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> reported that McCain's advisers "believe his work on the controversial immigration legislation that included a path to citizenship for many of the nation's illegal immigrants will provide an inroad to Latino voters, particularly in the Golden State." But McCain no longer supports the "controversial immigration legislation" attributed to him -- he now says that "we've got to secure the borders first," and that he would vote against his own comprehensive immigration bill if it came to the Senate floor. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803050005 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:02:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803030001 Reuters' John Whitesides wrote that Sen. John McCain "has faced a revolt among some conservatives unhappy with his past stances on immigration, tax cuts and campaign finance reform, although it has done little to slow his march to the nomination." But, in fact, on immigration and taxes, McCain reversed his positions to more closely align himself with the base of the Republican Party. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803030001 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:32:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802290009 After citing "illegal immigration" as "the issue with which John McCain is weakest among conservatives," CNN's John King said that members of McCain's presidential campaign "say they will not pander to the talk radio community and that if there is there's backlash from that community, maybe independents will say this guy truly is a maverick, he truly is independent." But King did not note that McCain has reversed his position on immigration to more closely conform to the views of the GOP base. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802290009 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:57:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802140014 MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer falsely claimed of Sen. John McCain's reversal on tax cuts that McCain "didn't want to vote for it because he didn't see cuts in spending and he wants to see a fiscally responsible government," and she also falsely suggested that McCain did not change his position on the issue of immigration. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802140014 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:31:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080016 On <em>The Situation Room</em>, Bill Bennett defended Sen. John McCain against criticism he has received from radio host Laura Ingraham and other conservatives. But Bennett and host Wolf Blitzer both failed to disclose that Bennett has given more than $2,000 to McCain's presidential campaign. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080016 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:29:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080005 A <em>New York Times</em> article about Sen. John McCain's speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference asserted that on the issue of immigration, McCain "has not changed his basic position." Similarly, National Public Radio's Mara Liasson stated, "McCain hasn't changed his position on providing illegal aliens with a pathway to citizenship, but he now has a new approach: secure the border first." In fact, McCain's current support for securing the border first represents a reversal of his prior position. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080005 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:05:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080001 On MSNBC's <em>Countdown</em>, Keith Olbermann named CNN host Lou Dobbs the "winner" of his "Worst Person in the World" segment for calling the Anti-Defamation League a "joke," as <em>Media Matters for America</em> documented. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080001 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:59:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802060006 On <em>Lou Dobbs Tonight</em>, National Council of La Raza's Janet Murguia accused host Lou Dobbs of using "hate groups to make your case on immigration," noting that Dobbs had aired a graphic from the Council of Conservative Citizens, a group linked to white supremacists. Dobbs responded: "You got anything a little more recent?" He also asked, "How long was that on the air?" When Murguia responded, "It doesn't matter how long," Dobbs replied, "Of course it does." Dobbs also labeled the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center as "absolute advocate groups for open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens" and said of the ADL, "They are a joke." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802060006 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 18:32:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802040011 A New York<em> Daily News </em>editorial endorsing Sen. John McCain asserted that McCain "has delivered 'straight talk' and risked the consequences of unpopular positions," citing as an example McCain's "forceful advoca[cy] of comprehensive immigration reform," claiming that "[c]haracteristically, he has held his ground against an anti-immigrant fervor that rivals ... have exploited." In fact, McCain has reversed his position on a key element of the immigration debate and has offered inconsistent statements on whether he would support his own comprehensive immigration bill. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802040011 Mon, 4 Feb 2008 19:49:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802030006 In a <em>Newsweek</em> cover story, assistant managing editor Evan Thomas wrote of Sen. John McCain: "[W]hen some of his advisers tried to get him to soften his stances on immigration and Iraq, he snapped, 'Don't try to change my mind.' ... It was a characteristically principled stand." In fact, McCain has reversed himself on a key immigration issue. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802030006 Sun, 3 Feb 2008 17:01:55 EST