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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

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    Why GOP can’t ignore Latinos’ growing powerWhy GOP can’t ignore Latinos’ growing power
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    A new study shows why immigrant families are the force behind the growth of the Latino vote — and why that means Latinos will be more influential than ever

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    Immigration
    Is immigration reform dead? That’s up to Boehner.Is immigration reform dead? That’s up to Boehner.
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    What’s next for advocates and opponents of immigration reform

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    Poll: Cantor’s district likes immigration reformPoll: Cantor’s district likes immigration reform
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    As long as it’s worded a certain way, at least.

    By Dara Lind
    Immigration
    5 problems with private prisons for immigrants5 problems with private prisons for immigrants
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    It’s bigger than abuses at one individual facility — the system is set up to make mistreatment of immigrants all but inevitable

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    Read Cantor’s anti-“amnesty” campaign mailersRead Cantor’s anti-“amnesty” campaign mailers
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    Eric Cantor wanted voters to know he was “stopping the Obama-Reid plan to give illegal aliens amnesty.”

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    Eric Cantor was no friend to immigration reformEric Cantor was no friend to immigration reform
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    The DOJ’s proposal would cut retroactivity in halfThe DOJ’s proposal would cut retroactivity in half
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    Putting numbers to the “limited retroactivity” the DOJ wants to implement for drug sentences.

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    DOJ comes around on sentencing retroactivityDOJ comes around on sentencing retroactivity
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    With serious caveats.

    By Dara Lind
    Immigration
    The campaign promise that’s still haunting ObamaThe campaign promise that’s still haunting Obama
    Immigration

    Or rather, “La Promesa.”

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    Where the newest Americans came from, and live nowWhere the newest Americans came from, and live now
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    779,929 immigrants became US citizens in 2013.

    By Dara Lind