Well, it’s (semi) official. At the markup of Rep. Diane Black’s (R-TN) anti-immigrant bill yesterday, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte indicated that the legislation will be moving to the House floor next week. Per an assessment by Donna Cassata of the Associated Press: The first immigration bill in...
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Latin Times: Immigration Reform 2014: House GOP Leaders Moving Bill To Axe Immigrant-Outreach Job By David Iaconangelo Fusion: Menendez Challenges Obama to Stop Deportations By Jordan Fabian Politico: 2 senators seek fewer deportations By Seung Min Kim The Hill: House Dem calls Obama ‘deporter in chief’ By Pete Kasperowicz...
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During last evening’s 2014 NCLR Capital Awards dinner, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and NCLR President Janet Murguía both made impassioned pleas to President Obama to roll back the deportation machinery that rips families apart on a daily basis. Without a doubt, this will increase pressure on the Obama Administration...
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) spent time on the House floor today speaking about “Obama Derangement Syndrome,” defined by Dana Milbank of the Washington Post as an affliction in which “the president’s opponents are so determined to thwart him that they will reverse long-held views if they believe it will...
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The Obama budget proposal is out, and it would like to reduce the detention bed mandate by about 10%. DHS is currently required to fill 34,000 immigrant detention center beds every day, regardless of what current immigration levels are or what detained immigrants have done (or not done) to get...
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This week, Speaker Boehner identified immigration reform as one key issue that he and President Obama agree on. “He wants to get it done,” Boehner said. “I want to get it done. But he’s going to have to help us in this process.” Um, what? As Steve Benen at...
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This week, we’ve written a number of pieces on the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case of anti-immigrant ordinances in Farmers’ Branch, Texas and Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Deprived of further opportunities for appeal, these anti-immigrant laws have effectively reached the end of their journey, after the towns that...
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Washington Post (Plum Line): Dems expected to move forward with discharge petition on immigration By Greg Sargent Politico: Nancy Pelosi: Discharge decision coming soon By Seung Min Kim Bloomberg BNA: Immigration Roundup: Enforcing Enforcement By Laura D. Francis Huffington Post: Latino Vote Could Tip Scales For Democrats In Arizona:...
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New Report Details How Immigration Reform is Shaping Politics in the State & Opportunities and Challenges for Both Parties The longer House Republicans delay a vote on immigration reform in Washington, the worse the long-term political consequences. Case in point: Arizona. A new report, conducted by Latino Decisions...
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After its latest judicial setback, the anti-immigrant movement’s strategy for long-term victory is in disarray. The centerpiece of their strategy, developed by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Mark Krikorian at the Center for Immigration Studies, Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), and Representative Steve King (R-IA), has been to block...
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