During a "virtual roundtable" at the White House, President Obama answered direct questions on topics of interest to the Latino community. Immigration questions dominated the conversation. Continue »
Today, Rhode Island's Board of Governors for Higher Education unanimously approved a new policy granting in-state tuition rates to undocumented students. Continue »
Lost in the Congressional debates between opponents and proponents of the Dream Act are two mutually reinforcing truths. First, America's failed immigration system is the flip side of a failed foreign policy. Continue »
During last night's Republican presidential debate, Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) came under fire from other candidates about his support for in-state tuition for undocumented young people in Texas, and perhaps because of this many commentators continue to characterize Perry as a moderate on the issue. Continue »
Texas Gov. Rick Perry was booed by the audience after he discussed his rationale for giving in-state tuition to the children of undocumented immigrants in his state, an Achilles' heel for the border-state governor when it comes to hard-line conservatives. Continue »
Governor Perry, I'm going to ask you a question, so you don't need to respond to him, because you're going to get a full minute to answer your question, which is on directly this point. You're the candidate whose name, by a wide margin, came up most often in... Continue »
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More than 100,000 people across the United States have joined an immigration drive began by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, a Filipino who admitted to being an illegal immigrant in the US. "I am overwhelmed by the response." Continue »
The Dream Sabbath campaign started Sunday nationally by faith leaders will push for legalization for thousands of undocumented immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children. Continue »
The California Legislature has passed the second part of the California Dream Act of 2011, AB 131, which would allow undocumented, college-eligible immigrants to access public financial assistance for higher education. Continue »