So far, all that we know about this week’s huge executive action news is that President Obama will be making a speech tomorrow night — followed by another speech on Friday. Who exactly the executive action will cover isn’t official yet, though news reports are estimating 4-5 million immigrants....
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On the Senate floor, @SenatorBoxer brought out a chart w/ all the executive actions taken on #immigration since 1956. pic.twitter.com/ImSzyzGdMt — Immigration Policy (@ImmPolicyCenter) November 19, 2014
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As news swirls today about President Obama’s impending executive action — scheduled to be announced tomorrow — Rep. Luis Gutierrez joined immigrant farm, food, and commercial workers from across the country to remind Americans of the people behind our Thanksgiving meals and to call on Obama to deliver the most...
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Over the past 60 years, every President has taken immigration-related executive actions – a total of 39 different occasions. Both Ronald Reagan and President George H. W. Bush took executive action on immigration, with the Bush Administration issuing a Family Fairness policy that allowed 1.5 million spouses and children...
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The kind of executive action on immigration that President Obama is about to take is not new — every single president since at least Eisenhower has unilaterally used his powers in some way to help immigrants. But in a recent floor speech, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) actually went back further —...
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With the debate over immigration executive action in full swing, here are three key points regarding public opinion and the polling instruments used to measure it: 1) If you ask a misleading question, you’ll get an inaccurate response. Polling from USA Today released this week asks, “Should President Obama...
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As we’ve been saying for quite some time, President Obama has promised that he will act on immigration before the end of the year, but many — including Sen. Harry Reid — are are saying that it could happen sooner rather than later. But in all of the news coverage...
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As we wait for President Obama to announce his plans for executive action, the anti-immigrant rhetoric has been ratcheting up. Of particular note is the ugly tone adopted by Speaker John Boehner: The first, favored by the GOP leadership, would have Republicans denounce what House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)...
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In today’s op-ed roundup, a number of columnists are pushing back against the ridiculous idea that Republicans could act on immigration reform if President Obama would only give them a chance. Remember: the GOP has had nearly two full years to pass legislation. The Senate did its job, and...
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Senate Democrats today threw their weight behind President Obama’s upcoming executive action on immigration, sending a letter to Obama asking him to “improve as much of the immigration system as you can.” As the letter reads: Immigrant communities have waited too long for House Republicans to catch up with the American public’s support for...
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