In Washington, there's been woefully little progress on solving the problems associated with unauthorized immigration. We got further proof today. Even in a reliably red state, like Tennessee, there's strong support for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
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Here's how you fix illegal immigration.
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Today's La Opinion editorial entitled "Border Security" is an elegant repudiation of the sound bite so popular among Senate Republicans— that we can somehow "secure the border first" before tackling any kind of meaningful, comprehensive immigration reform.
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Feb 7, 2011
A Politico piece entitled "Senators look for immigration deal" by Carrie Budoff Brown is causing quite the stir today.
We're always happy when there's talk of comprehensive immigration reform, because it's the only real solution to the immigration crisis we face. President Obama just called for action in the State...
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Bipartisan couple Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer are getting back together in the name of immigration reform.
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Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have rekindled their alliance on immigration reform, taking some early steps to test the political will for addressing the contentious issue this year.
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Feb 3, 2011
House Speaker John Boehner's recent selection of Rep. Elton Gallegly of California over Rep. Steve King of Iowa to head the Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee is one step closer to the kind of reform for which past administrations, including those of former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and...
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As Republican politicians in the House of Representatives try to enforce their way to a better immigration system, a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center underscores the flawed reasoning behind their efforts. The newly released data shows that, despite unprecedented spending on immigration enforcement efforts, the American...
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Markos Moulitsas, founder and publisher of Daily Kos, has a stark political analysis of immigration reform for Democrats in, "Dems, listen to your base:" Of course, if the Democratic-controlled Congress did what was popular, comprehensive immigration reform would have been passed and signed into law last year. A reform...
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Feb 1, 2011
A characteristically feisty Newt Gingrich mixed it up – and traded some good-natured cracks - with Howard Dean about immigration policy and a host of other hot-button issues Tuesday night during a student-sponsored debate at George Washington University.
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