Yesterday, DC-based think tank NDN hosted "Politics and Policy: What to Expect from the Immigration Debate," a panel discussion between NDN president Simon Rosenberg, ImmigrationWorks president Tamar Jacoby, and executive director of the National Immigration Forum, Ali Noorani. Continue »
President Barack Obama sought to avoid an all-out partisan cultural war over his first Supreme Court choice, selecting a pragmatic, former New York prosecutor and veteran judge over other more liberal candidates. He largely succeeded. Having secured the recommendation of the influential Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor now is all... Continue »
Just last week, the Cordozo School of Law's Immigrant Justice Center released its study on ICE immigration raids, and noted that among the organization's many violations: "ICE has admitted that these are warrantless raids and, therefore, that any entries into homes require the informed consent of residents." Now, consider... Continue »
After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration's tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is pursuing an aggressive strategy for an illegal-immigration crackdown that relies significantly on programs started by his predecessor. Continue »
"In other words, Mr. Dobbs' audience has decreased 15 percent in total viewers and 27 percent in the demo since the start of the controversy. Maybe this will get CNN President Jon Klein's attention. After initially attempting to put Dobbs' birther madness to bed in an email that read,... Continue »
Sen. John McCain warned that unless Republicans make a strong effort to reach out to Hispanics, the party will continue to be left behind. The Arizona Republican also said that under certain conditions he would work with President Obama on immigration reform. Continue »
One toxic remnant of one of the Bush administration's failed wars — the one on illegal immigrants — is immigration detention. Wanting to appear tough, Bush officials cobbled together, at great speed and expense, a network of federal centers, state and county lockups and private, for-profit prisons. They needed... Continue »
The self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" has never gotten so much resistance from the federal government. The Homeland Security Department wants Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., to stop arresting illegal immigrants whose only crime was crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without documents. The thing is, Arpaio doesn't much care. Continue »
Jimmy Slaughter and his wife, Sheila, were folding laundry last summer in their Yuma, Ariz., home when the knock came at the door. Seven uniformed federal agents with bulletproof vests and guns stood outside. "What's up, fellas?" Slaughter, a retired Marine, said he asked as he opened the screen door.... Continue »