Ron Brownstein captures the results of a new National Journal poll on immigration quite succinctly: “On immigration, most Americans favor the velvet glove—and the iron fist.” For years, anti-immigration groups have exploited Americans’ frustration with the broken immigration system to advance their enforcement-only agenda.  Meanwhile, polls have consistently shown... Continue »
Cross-Posted at Mom’s Rising: Last month we wrote about how Republicans were warring on immigrants and women by opposing revised health care standards for detainees.  Now, a new front in the GOP war against both groups is emerging. Last Friday, Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim and Elise Foley wrote about... Continue »
Yesterday, I had the privilege of representing America's Voice Education Fund, alongside Renata Soto of National Council of La Raza and Fred Redmond of the United Steel Workers and the AFL-CIO, at the Daimler AG shareholder meeting with more than 6,000 attendees in Berlin, Germany. Continue »
Legislators in Alabama are gearing up to announce changes to H.B. 56. Rumor has it that they are interested in only making "tweaks" to the law, but as we clearly know: we need more than just tweaks Continue »
Legislators in Alabama are gearing up to announce changes to H.B. 56. Rumor has it that they are interested in only making "tweaks" to the law, but as we clearly know: we need more than just tweaks Continue »
the GOP's next move in the war on women is to connect it with the war on immigrants. Continue »
A few weeks ago, the right-wing Daily Caller ran a piece with the sensational headline "Transgender hormone treatments, abortion access for detained illegals irks congressman." It's about House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith's opposition to humane treatment of immigrants detained by our government as they fight deportation. Continue »
A few weeks ago, the right-wing Daily Caller ran a piece with the sensational headline "Transgender hormone treatments, abortion access for detained illegals irks congressman." It's about House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith's opposition to humane treatment of immigrants detained by our government as they fight deportation. Continue »
On the heels of Jaime Martinez's tragic deportation, La Opinion highlights the denials of prosecutorial discretion in several recent cases. Continue »
Implementation of the new deportation guidelines has been far narrower than many hoped. Continue »