Aug 26, 2009
Senator Kennedy was our hero, our leader, and our rock. For over four decades he was a towering figure in the ongoing work to make our immigration and refugee policies consistent with America's finest ideals.
With his 1965 immigration legislation, Senator Kennedy made sure families were reunited without regard...
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The feds can't -- just yet -- deport Michigan restaurateur Ibrahim Parlak to his native Turkey. But they are frighteningly closer.
And the irony screams out.
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Evelyn Santos began her quest for a green card nearly two decades ago, hoping someday she and her family could leave the Philippines and start a better life in the United States.
The opportunity came in 2007, but with a painful caveat: Her two elder sons were now too old...
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Sen. Edward Kennedy's first major legislative victory helped change the face of the country and shaped his own political career.
In 1965, Kennedy had been in the Senate less than three years. His party's leaders gave him the job of pushing a bill to eliminate the quota system that had...
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Lost and without water in the scorching desert a few miles (km) southwest of Tucson, Arizona, a group of six migrants who crossed the Mexican border hoping for a new life in the United States used a cellphone to call emergency services for help.
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Along with a health care reform bill, it would be a fitting tribute to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) if Congress could act on his other great unfinished cause: immigration reform.
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Guest host Jennifer Ludden speaks with NPR correspondent Juan Williams about the recent passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy and legislative highlights from his 46 years in Congress, including his involvement in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, support for a federal holiday honoring the late Rev. Martin Luther King,...
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Aug 25, 2009
In this August of Democratic difficulty, here's something that Republicans ought to keep in mind: Politics isn't a zero sum game.
That is, just because one party is down doesn't automatically mean the other party is up. That's an underlying principle of American politics, but it's remarkable how often it's...
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While immigration has been a hot button issue among the American electorate for decades, the shifting demographic in the U.S., particularly with regards to race and age, may dampen the issue's ability to draw voters to the polls.
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The Center for American Progress (CAP) is holding a special presentation today entitled, "A Case Study in the Coming End of the Culture Wars: Immigration as a Failed Wedge Issue," with America's Voice's Executive Director, Frank Sharry, as a featured panelist.
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