Cornyn Con

Good news. All three wasteful border amendments voted on in the Senate today were defeated. Continue »

Republican Senators are busy offering a number of border-related amendments today to the emergency supplemental appropriations bill for new jobs, disaster relief and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, continuing their recent steadfast advocacy of the immigration status quo. Instead of proposing steps toward a lasting fix of... Continue »

Looks like President Obama will be giving Senators John McCain (R-AZ), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) most of what they're asking for: $500 million in new border security funds and 1,200 National Guards deployed to the Southern border. All this, in exchange for… refusing to support comprehensive... Continue »

Today, the Spanish language press reports on various developments within U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), after director Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the Senate. The backlash against Arizona over criminalization bill SB 1070 continues to dominate the news cycle, and columnists look at the Republican Party's attitude toward immigration... Continue »

22/09/09 a 9:28am   Obama a los Inmigrantes: Podemos lograr la reforma migratoria Washington, DC – El domingo, en su primera aparición en el programa Al Punto, de Univisión, que conduce el periodista Jorge Ramos, el líder de la minoría republicana de la Cámara Baja, John Boehner, comprobó que cuando... Continue »

Sunday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) appeared for the very first time on Univision's Al Punto – the Spanish language equivalent of a high-profile appearance on Meet the Press. His interview followed that of President Obama. What did Boehner say? Continue »

SOTOMAYOR, LATINOS E INMIGRACION

Por Maribel Hastings
America's Voice

WASHINGTON, D.C. - No puedo traer a colación las repercusiones políticas y el ángulo migratorio que algunos tratarán de darle a la nominación de Sonia Sotomayor a la Corte Suprema sin antes externar el enorme orgullo que me produjo... Continue »

27/05/09 a 11:55am por Maribel Hastings No puedo traer a colación las repercusiones políticas y el ángulo migratorio que algunos tratarán de darle a la nominación de Sonia Sotomayor a la Corte Suprema sin antes externar el enorme orgullo que me produjo el anuncio como mujer, como latina y... Continue »

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration held a hearing about border policy. Its chairman, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), has declared �game on’ for immigration reform. This is the same Schumer who was architect of the Democratic takeover of the Senate, who always has his eye on what... Continue »

20/05/09 a 8:43am   Washington, DC – El subcomité de Inmigración del Senado,presidido por Charles Schumer, senador demócrata de Nueva York, celebra hoy una audiencia sobre el tema migratorio titulada “Garantizando la seguridad de las fronteras y los puertos de entrada de Estados Unidos: lo que resta por hacer”. Esta... Continue »