Aug 24, 2011
President Obama blames Republicans for his inability to pass an immigration makeover bill -- as I mentioned in today's column. Of course, he wants Latino voters to forget that he did not try to fulfill his pledge to push through "comprehensive immigration reform" in his first year in office....
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Aug 23, 2011
The call came in the morning to the lawyer representing Manuel Guerra, an illegal immigrant from Mexico living in Florida who had been caught in a tortuous and seemingly failing five-year court fight against deportation.
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday night new rules allowing many illegal immigrants who were facing deportation despite having no criminal record to stay and apply for a work permit won't be a "free pass" to citizenship.
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It's not amnesty, back-door or otherwise. It's just a little more sanity in our broken immigration system. The Obama administration has announced that it will suspend deportation proceedings against thousands of undocumented immigrants.
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While many on the right are decrying Thursday's decision by the Obama administration that could suspend deportation proceedings for thousands of young people who pose no threat to public safety, we believe it is a sensible policy.
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Reflecting a change in deportation policy, the Obama administration has dropped its attempt to remove a member of a same-sex California couple who overstayed his visa.
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As the economy continues to sputter, many policymakers are looking to entrepreneurs to create new jobs. And many foreign-born, highly skilled entrepreneurs want to come to the United States and stay here, but immigration laws and policies haven't made that easy.
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Aug 22, 2011
The White House has just taken a large step toward a more sensible and lawful policy on illegal immigration. The administration said that it would stop deporting illegal immigrants who pose no threat to public safety or national security so that it can focus on catching and expelling criminals...
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Critics blasted the administration's reassessment of deportation priorities as an affront to the rule of law. Some immigration advocates hailed it as a potential panacea for tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants. It is likely to be neither — not the unauthorized power grab that some fear or...
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Yesterday's decision by the Obama administration to forestall the deportations of undocumented immigrants who don't pose a threat do public safety is a huge, huge deal. Not just for the hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who won't be ripped away from their homes and families.
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