Mar 29, 2013
In the latest blow to GOP minority outreach, the big news of the day involves Rep. Don Young (R-AL), who referred to immigrants as “wetbacks” while speaking on a local radio station yesterday: “My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes,” Young, an...
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It’s Easter Recess for Congressmembers, who are back at home holding town halls, meeting with constituents–and being served petitions with tens of thousands of local signers all demanding immigration reform. A coalition of immigrant-rights groups, in conjunction with local organizations, have collected more than 40,000 petitions from immigration reform...
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A range of developments underscores the momentum behind immigration reform, while highlighting the newfound support for reform from both traditional and non-traditional backers. Even the spate of stories last week that asked if business and labor disputes would help scuttle the overall reform effort were overblown, as the talks...
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Yesterday on Univision, Maria Elena Salinas interviewed Republican Rosario Marin, a former US Treasurer, about her thoughts on prospective immigration reform. Marin was fairly pessimistic, expressing concerns that Obama is using immigration as a political issue rather than really being serious about pushing it through (a favorite argument of...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is at it again—apparently making up Texas friends with property overrun by border crossers. During an appearance on a Texas radio show this morning, Cornyn claimed that people all over the world are now crossing the border through Texas and that any immigration reform that...
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President Obama gave interviews to Univision and Telemundo yesterday in which he expressed confidence that immigration reform would be accomplished this summer. The Senate Gang of 8 is “actually making progress” on immigration, he said. “I’m actually optimistic.” Otherwise, the President noted, he has his own legislation waiting in...
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At the end of this week’s back-t0-back oral arguments at the Supreme Court against Prop 8 and DOMA, we wanted to lift up this piece by Immigration Impact highlighting the fact that the outcome of these cases will affect the immigration world, as well. From same-sex bi-national couples to how gay...
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Four Senators from the bi-partisan “Gang of Eight” that is drafting immigration legislation will tour the U.S./Mexico border at Nogales, AZ today. After their visit, Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), John McCain (R-AZ), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will hold a press conference. With all eyes on the Senators, they...
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Last week we wrote about a letter that six anti-immigrant Senators sent to Chairman of the Judiciary Committee Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT). The Senators, out to stall and eventually kill immigration reform, complained that the legislative process was moving too quickly and requested more time to hold more hearings,...
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In today’s news, Sens. John McCain, Jeff Flake, Chuck Schumer, and Michael Bennet are scheduled to tour the border; the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for DOMA, which has significant implications for bi-national same-sex couples and immigration equality; and President Obama is scheduled to sit down for an...
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