Atlantic: Obama’s Long Immigration Betrayal Vox: Senate Democrats are in retreat on immigration Vox: Immigration advocates are devastated. And they want Democrats to feel their pain. Denver Post: Obama punt on immigration could backfire on Udall, Colorado Democrats Miami Herald (Florida – Opinion): Fabiola Santiago: Obama breaks another promise...
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At the Atlantic today is a great Molly Ball piece tracing the evolution of immigration reform in recent years, and explaining just why advocates are so furious about President Obama delaying executive action on immigration and deportations. Immigration reform has been punted on by Republicans and Democrats alike, and the...
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Whoops. As Aaron Blake at the Washington Post just reported, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has come out with an ad attacking Democrat Michelle Nunn (a Senate candidate in Georgia) for supporting last year’s Senate immigration bill, which the NRSC is calling “amnesty.” A few things here: National Republicans are...
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As they were scuttling action on immigration by the President “by the end of summer,” Senators like Mark Pryor (D-AR), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Angus King (I-ME) and others said reform should be worked out in Congress. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) picked up the mantle, asserting that...
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National Immigration Advocates and Ohio Families Decry Political Gamesmanship, Highlight Real Human Costs of Obama’s Delay To listen to a recording of today’s call, click here. With President Obama’s decision to delay executive action on immigration until after the November elections, the hopes of thousands of American families facing...
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President Obama’s decision to delay executive action last weekend underscored how long the Hispanic community has been waiting for immigration reform, and how often the issue has been punted. On the Colbert Report last night, Stephen Colbert aired a painful segment emphasizing just how long it’s been. Running clips demonstrating...
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Must-read today is Julia Preston’s New York Times story about Pedro, Seleste, and their children, an Ohio family that we’ve written about many times before. Last weekend, President Obama announced that he would be delaying his long-anticipated executive action on immigration. While many commentators have written about the political ramifications of...
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MSNBC: Delay on immigration action brings fresh wave of criticism (VIDEO) CNN: Democrats blame GOP for Obama immigration delay Washington Post: White House immigration advisor Cecilia Muñoz is taking the heat for Obama Business Insider: Obama Accused Of Political Malpractice After Blunder On Immigration Slate: “Deporter-in-chief” blows it: Why...
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Between now and Obama’s new “deadline” for taking executive action on immigration, 70,000 immigrants could be torn apart from their families, thanks to the nation’s broken immigration system. Pedro could be deported. So could many others whose loved ones are one unlucky traffic stop from removal. This message was underscored today...
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The consensus is that President Obama has delayed taking executive action on immigration because of political concerns — namely, to protect Senate Democrats facing tough reelection campaigns this fall. But Latino voters are a kingmaking demographic, and 2014 is no exception. A Latino Decisions poll found that without executive action,...
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