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Stories by Luciana Lopez
Posted Oct 25, 2016, 2:08 pm
Luciana Lopez & Chris Kahn/Reuters
Donald Trump rode to the top of the Republican ticket promising a "big, beautiful, powerful" border wall with Mexico to stop the flow of undocumented immigrants. Along that border, however, Americans are more likely to call the wall a "waste of money", according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 7, 2016, 10:43 am
Luciana Lopez
/Reuters
Two groups that support far-reaching curbs on legal immigration to the United States and ideological screening of would-be immigrants to test their beliefs say Donald Trump's presidential campaign has consulted them on his immigration policy. ... Read more»
Posted Jul 22, 2016, 1:43 pm
Luciana Lopez
/Reuters
The Democratic Party has selected a handful of undocumented immigrants for official roles at next week's Democratic National Convention, in a bid to highlight the gaping policy divide on immigration between White House hopeful Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump. ... Read more»
Posted May 27, 2016, 10:30 am
Luciana Lopez
/Reuters
Latino groups have criticized the Democratic Party for relying too heavily on Republican Donald Trump's inflammatory comments on illegal immigration to drive Hispanic voters to the polls, calling instead for the party to do more to address Latino concerns, according to meeting notes seen by Reuters. ... Read more»
Posted May 5, 2016, 5:49 am
Luciana Lopez
/Reuters
Donald Trump's vow to round up and deport all of America's undocumented immigrants if he is elected president could shrink the economy by around 2 percent, according to a study to be released on Thursday by conservative think tank the American Action Forum. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 13, 2016, 12:36 pm
Luciana Lopez
/Reuters
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on Wednesday will propose the creation of a new national Office of Immigrant Affairs should she win the White House in November, as she seeks to woo minority and immigrant voters in New York less than a week before the state's primary.... Read more»
Posted Dec 22, 2015, 10:45 am
Luciana Lopez
/Reuters
In heavily Latino areas, Democratic party and progressive activists are actively using the inflammatory immigration rhetoric of Trump and some other Republican presidential candidates as part of their voter registration campaigns.... Read more»