Oct 9, 2009
An American evangelical Christian group is urging Congress to approve reforms to immigration laws in a resolution approved Thursday.
The National Association of Evangelicals' resolution, passed unanimously by the group's board of directors, recommends that immigration laws provide a path for the undocumented to eventually gain legal status, place a...
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The Obama administration has repealed a rule that would have threatened employers with prosecution unless they fired workers whose Social Security numbers did not match entries in a government database, ending a two-year battle in a San Francisco federal court.
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I was at the Washington screening of the new CNN series, "Latino in America" last night and was, well, not too happy when I left the building. I'll get into the details about that in a minute, but what really set me over the edge was when Laura Esquivel,...
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Early in the summer, Republicans were tacking on a slew of lopsided immigration enforcement amendments to a DHS Appropriations bill. The charge was led mostly by Senator Sessions and his anti-immigrant cronies, one of which was Senator David Vitter (R-LA).
Now it looks as if Senator Vitter is back...
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After the shadowy Bush years, the emergence of reasonable policy can be a little surprising. Immigration law has suffered from a lack of planning and is often influenced by fear rooted in the Sept. 11 attacks. But the national dialogue on immigration has begun to grow healthier. Activists, immigration...
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Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Norwalk, is urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law a bill that would prohibit school districts from asking about students' citizenship status.
Assembly Bill 132 was introduced by Mendoza after several high-profile immigration raids in 2008.
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We realize Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immediate reaction to any possible challenge to his authority is to defiantly promise he will not bend one inch. But will a prideful Arpaio truly ignore an opportunity to review the last two years of his office's immigration enforcement and refine his...
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Oct 7, 2009
Earlier this year, McCain called on the Rupublican Party to adopt a new outreach strategy towards America's growing Hispanic population, advocating for positive messages instead of the inflammatory rhetoric which has created a negative opinion of the GOP.
Shortly after, Senator Mel Martinez, FL-R, announced that he would be resigning...
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In the debate over immigration policy, there are 3.1 million defenseless U.S. citizens who are being ignored. They are constantly in danger of government agents sweeping in to take from them most precious thing in their lives. These are the children of undocumented immigrants who have been born in...
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As the White House begins to prepare for opening a debate on immigration reform later this year or perhaps early next year, Democrats worry that the controversy could be one more challenging political issue in a tough political climate.
But the challenge could be even greater for Republicans, given that...
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