In last week’s midterms election, the Latino vote was not a kingmaker in many states — but it could’ve been in Colorado, had Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO, who lost) been more able to tap into the demographic. Udall instead ran heavily on women’s choice issues, and didn’t seek to...
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Time: Under Pressure, Obama Stays the Course on Immigration Bloomberg: Obama’s Vow to Go Solo on Immigration Splits Republicans Slate: Hearing Impairment National Journal: Can Obama Split the Difference on Immigration? The Hill: Burwell makes HHS case for immigration reform Fusion: White House says Obama is ‘looking forward’ to...
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Rep. Joe Barton (R-FL) made headlines yesterday when he became the latest Republican to suggest that Obama could be impeached if he takes executive action on immigration. Talk of impeachment isn’t new, of course: some Republicans have been anxious to impeach Obama for years, over issues ranging from Obamacare...
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has indicated that he’ll be the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which means that (as the Washington Times wrote) Obama will be facing an immigration foe at the top of that key committee. We’ve written about Grassley many times on this blog, and he’s certainly no...
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On immigration, there are three types of comments right now coming from Republicans: Empty rhetoric about how the GOP might pass an immigration reform bill next year, because the party must show people that it can govern Reluctance to submit a proposal, or commit to passing anything, because Republicans...
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International Business Times: Immigration Reform 2014: Executive Action Prompts Blame Game Between Obama And New Midterm Congress Newsweek: On Immigration, Nobody Is Winning Politico: The GOP plan for Lynch: It’s all about immigration Latin Post: Obama Executive Actions on Immigration Reform:Ted Cruz Seeks Attorney General Nominee Loretta Lynch’s Stance...
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Texas’ Rep. Joe Barton (R) today became the latest Republican to suggest that President Obama might be impeached should he take executive action on immigration. Add that to the growing list of Republicans wigging out that Obama might soon do something for immigrants — Ted Cruz wants to block the...
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UPDATED 11/11/14: Here’s an update from Chris Coons: @americasvoice I would support POTUS taking exec action. I wish it weren’t necessary, but GOP refuses to vote on the bipartisan Senate bill. — Senator Chris Coons (@ChrisCoons) November 10, 2014 Commentators and pollsters this week are lamenting that President Obama didn’t take executive action...
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President Obama’s pledge to take executive action on immigration is center stage in post-election Washington. Here are four key points to understand: President Obama has made it clear that he’s going to lean into the issue and not wait yet again for Republicans to act: As we have highlighted, if...
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La Cámara Baja tuvo dos años para avanzar la medida aprobada por el Senado. El argumento central para no hacerlo fue la desconfianza de la mayoría Republicana a que Obama implemente adecuadamente la ley. La llegada de los menores a la frontera no fue decisiva, sino que dio otra...
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