Following the Supreme Court decision allowing the Biden administration to remove razor wiring installed by Texas to injure migrants at the Rio Grande, former Fox News host and “great replacement” theory promoter Tucker Carlson issued a disturbing and dangerous call for racist vigilantism at the border.  In a message... Continue »
English New York Times For People Fleeing War, U.S. Immigration Fight Has Real-Life Consequences By Zolan Kanno-Youngs January 23, 2024 The Hill Parole: What to know about the GOP’s latest border sticking point By RAFAEL BERNAL AND AL WEAVER January 24, 2024 Punchbowl News Inside the splintering Senate GOP... Continue »
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is now officially out of the 2024 Republican presidential primary race after his overhyped run for the White House crashed and burned following a distant second-place finish in Iowa last week. There’s no overstating the harm and danger his policies and rhetoric will continue to... Continue »
Washington, DC — En el periódico The Hill, Rafael Bernal destaca cómo los legisladores latinos con profunda experiencia en política e inmigración han sido excluidos de las negociaciones sobre el paquete legislativo en torno a la frontera y la inmigración del Senado y la Casa Blanca. Este asunto procesal... Continue »
Washington, DC — In The Hill newspaper, Rafael Bernal highlights how Latino lawmakers with deep expertise in immigration policy and politics have been left out of the negotiations around the Senate and White House immigration and border legislative package. This overlooked problem with the process helps explain the substantive... Continue »
Washington, DC — A new column in the Boston Globe by Marcela García asks the important question, “What has Biden gotten right and wrong on immigration?” The piece looks at the actions taken by President Biden on immigration since taking office and quotes Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s... Continue »
English Boston Globe What has Biden gotten right and wrong on immigration? By Marcela García January 22, 2024 New York Times With Border Deal Near, Parole and Money Take Center Stage in Senate Talks By Karoun Demirjian January 22, 2024 Punchbowl The Senate’s border bill hang ups By Jake... Continue »
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has yet again called for the return of the Trump administration’s cruel and traumatic family separation policy, which tore more than 5,500 children from their families and resulted in one of the darkest chapters in modern U.S. history. While the Biden administration has reunited... Continue »
Las recientes muertes en el Río Grande han generado un sinfín de reacciones enfocadas en las antiinmigrantes medidas que han tomado las autoridades de Texas, supuestamente para evitar una “invasión” por su frontera, pero en realidad solo haciendo eco de teorías conspirativas que en nada resuelven la cuestión migratoria.... Continue »
Washington, DC — Key observers are highlighting the incoherence and cynical politics underlying Donald Trump and House Republicans’ likely opposition to any immigration and border agreement. As Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice stated: “The priority for House Republicans is to first and foremost demonstrate their fealty to... Continue »