Kevin McCarthy

El drama de la imputación del expresidente Donald Trump por 34 cargos criminales, de los cuales se declaró no culpable, puso de manifiesto que los procesos democráticos siguen funcionando y que nadie está por encima de la ley en Estados Unidos. Pero al mismo tiempo plasma el peligro que... Continue »

More Reminders About the Costs and Consequences of GOP Nativism and Legislative Obstruction Washington, DC – In the newly released annual Economic Report of the President, the White House Council of Economic Advisors includes an unequivocal set of facts that immigrants and immigration reform are key to growing and... Continue »

English Wall Street Journal U.S.-Bound Migrants Surge at Darien Jungle Crossing in Panama By Ryan Dube and Shen Lu March 16, 2023 Washington Post Greene, GOPers cite ‘bomb’ found at border. Feds say it was ball of sand. By Aaron Blake March 16, 2023 Washington Post The Justice Department’s... Continue »

The House Homeland Security Committee held its first hearing supposedly about addressing the challenges at the border on February 28.  But, this was actually the fifth such GOP committee hearing in as many weeks on this subject. Like the prior four hearings, the Republican majority was there for political... Continue »

Dana Milbank: “It’s time for House Republicans to stop smuggling backpacks full of white-nationalist propaganda into their hearings.” Washington, DC – Tomorrow’s scheduled House Homeland Security Committee hearing will mark the fifth House GOP committee border-related hearing in five weeks, not even including Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s photo op presser... Continue »

On February 23, an all-Republican delegation of the House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing in Yuma, Arizona, the fourth hearing in four weeks ostensibly about the border. And in all four hearings, they have amplified white nationalist conspiracy theories and failed to offer a substantive policy discussion on... Continue »

Republicans have used their narrow majority in the House to call congressional hearings ostensibly about the border that they have instead used to amplify white nationalist conspiracy theories and other pernicious nativist disinformation. Several of the witnesses Republicans have already invited to testify at these hearings have described migrants... Continue »

“When you can’t govern, just rely on publicity stunts.” Washington, DC – Barely a month into being Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy has made it clear that his party would rather engage in political stunts than governing, as evidenced by his recent trip to the US-Mexico border. Traveling... Continue »

English NPR Speaker McCarthy leads first border trip in his new role. Critics call it a photo op By Claudia Grisales February 16, 2023 Bloomberg Government McCarthy Visits Southern Border, With Democrats Close Behind By Ellen M. Gilmer February 16, 2023 The Hill McCarthy tells Mayorkas to ‘stop lying’... Continue »

“Speaker McCarthy must speak up.” Washington, DC – Yesterday, House Republicans held another anti-immigrant hearing at the border, featuring border union leader Brandon Judd, who has espoused the Great Replacement Theory. Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) amplified the white nationalist “invasion” conspiracy during when he spoke at the hearing. Also... Continue »