May 10, 2011
President Barack Obama is making his first trip as president to the U.S.-Mexico border, using the setting to sharpen his call for a remake of the nation's immigration laws and try to cast the GOP as the obstacle standing in its way.
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The fact that Florida's state legislature will not advance Arizona-style anti-immigration legislation this year is a welcome development – and one that should puncture several myths that surround the politics of immigration.
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The news that Florida's state legislature will not advance Arizona-style anti-immigration legislation this year is a welcome development that should puncture several growing myths about the politics of immigration. For one, the developments in Florida should give pause to Republican strategists seeking to use immigration as a wedge issue...
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne will announce Monday what legal steps, if any, they're prepared to take following an injunction of the state's controversial immigration law, which is opposed by the Obama administration.
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There is nothing to dislike about the Illinois Dream Act, which recently was passed by the Illinois Senate and is expected to move to the House for a vote in the next few weeks. The state's Dream Act approximately 95,000 illegal immigrant youths with the opportunity to get...
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Florida legislators adjourned Saturday without an agreement on a tough immigration bill sought by the governor and attorney general. The House refused to agree with a watered-down Senate version that was passed earlier in the week.
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President Barack Obama will use the Texas-Mexico border as a backdrop on Tuesday to call again on Congress to fix the nation's broken immigration system and address the 11 million immigrants in this country illegally - including 1.6 million in Texas. Obama is traveling to El Paso, across the...
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New polling from Pew Research Center shows that by a 3:1 margin, Americans want a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. This confirms that Republicans are blocking the solutions that the American people want.
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One day before President Obama gives a major speech on immigration at the U.S./Mexico border, new polling underscores that Americans are well ahead of some in Washington when it comes to understanding how to fix the broken immigration system. In particular, while many Republicans in Congress continue to...
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