Sep 6, 2011
A federal judge has severed three cases against Alabama's new immigration law, a month after consolidating them. In an order issued Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn said "for case management purposes and ease of appellate review" she was separating suits brought against the law by the U.S...
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"I began to wonder why immigrants had to be chased like animals, and why I was being paid to chase them" says John Randolph, a former border patrol agent, in his piece at the Huffington Post last Thursday. "'What are we doing here? Why am I chasing these people?',...
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In New Mexico, where Gov. Susana Martínez and her GOP buddies are pushing to repeal a law enacted in 2003 that allows all residents of New Mexico to apply for a driver's license, an immigrant advocacy group Somos Un Pueblo Unido is mobilizing their members to take action against...
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In my twenty-six years as a US Border Patrol/ICE Agent, I caught many people. At the time, common sense told me that the vast majority of the people who I caught were good, hard working people. I began to wonder why immigrants had to be chased like animals, and...
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In a seminal poem tied to the very early years of the civil rights movement, Langston Hughes wrote: "What happens to a dream deferred?" Just ask the estimated 24,000 undocumented students who graduate each year from California's public high schools.
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Mitt Romney opened his town hall meeting here talking about the economy — his thoughts on growing business, getting government out of the way — just as he does nearly every other campaign event. But when he opened last week's forum for questions, the first voter he called on...
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Unfortunately, many people are confusing immigration amnesty with the government's decision to refocus its priorities in order to deport dangerous undocumented immigrants. It is disgraceful that unscrupulous people are taking advantage of the confusion to take other people's hard-earned money with false promises.
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The President has a long list of things to worry about, topped by his approval to disapproval ratio in the general electorate. Among Latinos the downward trend in approval is reflected, but less severe. The big worry for the administration regarding Latinos is not that their disapproval will push...
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We expect the immigration issue to come to the forefront of the GOP presidential nomination contest this weekend. Two notoriously anti-immigrant leaders, South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint and Rep. Steve King, will be questioning the candidates at at Tea Party event in South Carolina on Monday.
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We're seeing more progress in California as the legislature moves towards passage of the second part of that state's DREAM Act. This latest legislation, AB 130, would give DREAMers access to publicly funded financial aid. In late July, Governor Brown signed the companion legislation that let DREAMers apply for...
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