Today, community leaders, small business owners, and workers all around the country are declaring a National Day of Action Against E-Verify. They're speaking out against this terrible bill that would stand between workers and their jobs in this economy. Continue »
Yesterday, Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15), Chairman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)'s immigration caucus, wrote a "Dear Colleague" letter to his fellow house members about the dangers of e-verify. He highlights that this mandate would cost Americans their jobs (770,000 of them) and crush small businesses. Continue »
In last night's Republican presidential debate, Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) continued his hard right tack on immigration, trying to portray himself as the true immigration hard liner in comparison to fellow GOP top contender, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX). Continue »
In an event entitled "Is the Border Broken? Rethinking the Conventional Wisdom," also held yesterday, a panel of speakers at the Immigration Policy Center discussed the dangers of this sort of approach and tried to decouple the problem of border security from that of immigration enforcement. Continue »
The current political conversation in Washington and the nation is all about jobs. Last week, President Obama unveiled his jobs plan, which experts have concluded would create 1.9 million jobs. Continue »
The reviews continue to pour in about last week's Republican presidential primary debate and the consensus is clear – the GOP's continued mishandling of the immigration issue threatens their chances in the general election, especially with respect to reaching the 40% threshold with Latino voters. Continue »
Already facing protests against her attempted crackdown on undocumented workers, Governor Susana Martinez (R-NM) faces new scrutiny with the revelation that her grandfather was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. Continue »
A video clip from a debate in 1980 between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a much different approach to immigration then we're seeing from the current crop of GOP presidential contenders. Continue »
We know you're a radio shock jock, Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham, but if you're going to gratuitously attack a public figure and needlessly slam a group of people, could you try to have your tweets make sense? Continue »
During the Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library last night, Noticiero Telemundo anchor José Díaz-Balart pushed the candidates to go further than their usual "we must secure the border" tropes and actually answer a question on immigration. Continue »