May 24, 2011
The golden rule of effective community-based policing can be summed up with one word: trust. Our public safety depends on fostering trust between police and all community members of good will – including California's immigrant residents.
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Eleven Spanish-speaking men rise reluctantly from wooden benches in the U.S. Immigration Court in Denver. On instructions from a court interpreter, they raise their right hands and in unison they swear to tell la verdad, the truth.
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Eulogia was scared and adrift. At 25, she was poor, pregnant and an illegal immigrant. She worried about how she would pay for medical care and raise her baby, and even whether a trip to the hospital might prompt her deportation to Mexico.
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Nearly every state in the union tried to tackle immigration on its own this year in the absence of any federal movement on the matter, up from just six in 2010. But an Associated Press review found that in legislature after legislature, nearly all the most punitive measures failed.
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Freshman Sen. Marco Rubio is often billed as the answer to the Republicans' Hispanic problem. On his party's shortlist of vice presidential candidates, he is a darling of the tea party, represents the largest swing state — and as the son of Cuban immigrants, could make history as the...
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Libertarian think tank the Cato Institute trooped down to Capitol Hill today to deliver a briefing entitled "Answering the Critics of Comprehensive Immigration Reform," a guide on how to rebut five myths commonly invoked by immigration reform opponents.
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May 20, 2011
Newt Gingrich, whose campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has gotten off to a rocky start, risked fresh controversy on Thursday by suggesting that some illegal immigrants living in the United States "may have earned the right to become legal."
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As the regular session of the Texas Legislature draws to a close, the House is churning out plenty of signature bills from the Republican supermajority — some of it bad. It will be up to the Senate to improve legislation when possible and stop it when not.
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President Obama's recent focus on immigration highlights America's "broken" system and its impact on our economy. Fixing it requires Republicans and Democrats to show political courage and implement reforms to expand and strengthen the American economy.
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From the very beginning of our nation, immigrants have consistently made significant and positive contributions to our society and our economy. From service in our armed forces and local businesses to major advances in space exploration and technology, examples of the positive impact of immigrants are legion.
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