Nov 29, 2009
Obama's challenge is to ensure that Hispanics pledge allegiance to the Democratic Party for the 2010 elections and keep supporting him through his own likely 2012 re-election race while he tackles the divisive issue of repairing the nation's patchy immigration system.
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Nov 28, 2009
With the 2010 election year looming, Democrat Barack Obama in the White House and increasing numbers of Asian-American and Pacific Islanders in Congress, many groups, including the NAACP, are working harder in the traditionally Latino-led movement, sensing a fresh opportunity to overhaul laws affecting millions of immigrants, both legal...
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The only other explanation for Dobbs' eye-opening reversal on comprehensive immigration reform is that the "fiercely independent" talk-show host is one of the greatest hypocrites the universe has ever known.
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To hard-line opponents of legalization, illegal immigrants are irredeemable lawbreakers by definition, and the only thing they should be waiting for is deportation. The administration's job, as it works on a long-overdue reform bill next year, is to resist that view. So it was disheartening to hear Janet Napolitano,...
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Nov 24, 2009
Lou Dobbs, who has told interviewers he's exploring a run for political office in 2012, is reaching out to Latino groups after years of clashing with them over immigration and other issues.
But he is likely to find the reception more chilly than he'd like.
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His live, 30-minute appearance Friday night on Al Rojo Vivo, a popular show on the Spanish-language network Telemundo was barely noticed in the mainstream press. But in it, Dobbs made some stunning comments, including an apparent embrace of legalizing millions of illegal immigrants he has portrayed for years as...
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The federal government said it was revamping its deportation agreements with local sheriffs to focus on ridding the country of dangerous felons. But some North Carolina sheriffs who signed the agreements have not changed their practices.
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In announcing it will push for immigration reform in 2010, the Obama administration is right to make it clear that a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants is not negotiable. The United States has benefited from people who are here illegally - in the taxes they pay, the...
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Nov 22, 2009
Immigrants didn't come here in order to be lawbreakers; they broke a law in order to come here. That's a distinction with a crucial difference - one that sensible and principled conservatives should be able to understand.
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The Obama administration said last week that it would push for reform next year, making good on candidate Barack Obama's pledge. We were glad to hear it.
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