Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has indicated that he’ll be the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which means that (as the Washington Times wrote) Obama will be facing an immigration foe at the top of that key committee. We’ve written about Grassley many times on this blog, and he’s certainly no...
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Texas’ Rep. Joe Barton (R) today became the latest Republican to suggest that President Obama might be impeached should he take executive action on immigration. Add that to the growing list of Republicans wigging out that Obama might soon do something for immigrants — Ted Cruz wants to block the...
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President Obama’s pledge to take executive action on immigration is center stage in post-election Washington. Here are four key points to understand: President Obama has made it clear that he’s going to lean into the issue and not wait yet again for Republicans to act: As we have highlighted, if...
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Washington Post editorial writer Jonathan Capehart has a message for President Obama – keep your promise, take executive action on immigration: Mr. President, issue the executive order on immigration you promised. The arguments for and against such a move are all valid. Whatever you do will inspire blinding rage...
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This is must see. Today at the Latino Vote 2014 press conference, AV’s Executive Director Frank Sharry laid out the political situation for Republicans and Democrats on immigration reform. As you’ll see, he’s not expecting action from the GOP. He was on fire:
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This year, if there’s one thing Democrats need from their base, it’s enthusiasm. With elections just five days away, there’s a lot of speculation and analysis about how President Obama’s record-breaking deportations and failure to take executive action will affect voter enthusiasm. Gary Sergura, one of the principals of...
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The Sunday edition of the Washington Post published a profile of Javier Flores, who lived in Ohio with his family, including four U.S. citizen children, until he was deported last month. It’s a very compelling story about the very real impacts of what happened after President Obama decided to delay...
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Today, former Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, who oversaw the Obama administration’s aggressive deportation policy from 2009-2012, spoke out for executive action by President Obama: Former homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano is supporting executive action by President Obama to change immigration policy if Congress fails to pass a...
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In 2012, Republicans lost the White House in part because of their over-heated, anti-immigrant rhetoric. In 2014, they’ve doubled down on that strategy of attacking immigration reform. That was on full display yesterday as Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) campaigned for Scott Brown in New Hampshire and the Speaker...
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Today’s Los Angeles Times reports on what it calls President Obama’s “time out” from his “year of action.” Of course, one of the issues subject to delay was immigration reform: Immigration reform, once deemed a pressing back-to-school item, will wait at least until the winter holidays. That delay has...
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