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Giuliani: Feds Responsible for Roundup of Undocumented Workers
Compiled by the DiversityInc staff
October 31, 2007
Giuliani: Feds Responsible for Roundup of Undocumented Workers
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani told small-business owners that as president he would not place in their hands the responsibility of policing undocumented workers. "The simple fact is, nobody but the federal government can stop people from coming into this country illegally, and the federal government does a very bad job of that," Giuliani said, according to The Associated Press. Giuliani added that he would hire more border-patrol agents and build a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border that would include high-tech monitoring to detect people trying to enter the United States without proper documentation.
'It's That Black Guy Who's Running for President!'
As Illinois Sen. Barack Obama campaigns throughout Iowa, curious Iowans are caught up in his mystique. As Obama campaigned door-to-door in Des Moines, people such as Carol Cook walked out of their homes to see who was causing the commotion down the street. "Who is that?" Cook called across the street to her neighbor Dixie Edwards. "It's that black guy who's running for president!" Edwards called back. Obama is a magazine-cover darling, endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, and a YouTube sensation. He has raised nearly as much money as Clinton this year, and in Iowa, at least, has advertised twice as much, reports the Los Angeles Times. Still, Obama struggles in the polls--he is a distant second to Clinton. In Iowa, where the nation's first contest is scheduled to take place in the first week of January, polls show him in a tight three-way race with Clinton and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards. Clinton has recently pulled ahead, reports the Los Angeles Times. "For older voters, though"--and half of caucus-goers are 55 or older--"the music's great, but where are the lyrics?" said Drake University political-science professor Dennis Goldford to the Los Angeles Times. "He's been trying to fill that out somewhat, but for people inclined to go to the caucus anyway, the lack of experience is significant."
Obama Endorses Will Smith's Ears
Sen. Barack Obama, while campaigning at a college in Iowa, was asked which actor would play him in a movie. He said Will Smith "because his ears match mine." The hour-long appearance at Coe College was sponsored and broadcast nationally by MTV. The questions were soft and Obama's answers offered little information on his political views. Asked about the kind of Supreme Court justices he would pick, Obama said he would look for compassion, reports the Chicago Tribune. Supreme Court justices should understand "that part of the role of the courts is to defend and look after the interests of people who aren't going to be protected through the political process because they don't have clout."
Read Obama's blog.
Does Clinton Support Licenses for Undocumented Workers?
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton came under attack during Tuesday night's debate from her Democratic rivals for many policy and campaign decisions, including her alleged support of giving driver's licenses to New York's undocumented workers. Obama accused Clinton of changing her mind to suit her political goals. Obama said Clinton's votes on the North American Free Trade Agreement, torture and the war on Iraq show she is inconsistent. "Now, that may be politically savvy, but I don't think that it offers the clear contrast that we need," said Obama, according to The New York Times. "I think what we need right now is honestly with the American people about where we would take the country." Former Sen. John Edwards said, "I think the American people, given this historic moment in our country's history, deserve a president of the United States that they know will tell them the truth, and won't say one thing one time and something different at a different time."
Read Clinton's blog.
Iowa's Latino Vote Building, Candidates Take Note
Small numbers of Iowa's Latino residents are registering to vote, an example of the migrating Latino population and its growing political clout. The situation in interior states such as Iowa is forcing Democratic candidates to balance the desires of the increasing Latino population with that of the established conservative white majority, reports The New York Times. "Democratic strategists know that the Latino vote is their future," said Hector Avalos, a professor and founder of the U.S. Latino Studies program at Iowa State University, to The New York Times. "But they are having to handle this with kid gloves. They don't want to anger native Iowans. But they know that there could potentially be millions of new voters nationwide. Democrats are sort of treading lightly, and trying to appease both sides."
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