Sep 15, 2011
What do you think Michelle Bachmann means when she pines for the national immigration policies of the 1960s? If you watched the debate last night, she again made reference to those halcyon days, when presumably just the right people were allowed into the country, before "liberal members of Congress...
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If you're running for president, how do you convince supporters you are tough enough on immigration? Get the endorsement of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America whose uncompromising stand on illegal immigration is a point of pride.
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Republican contender Michele Bachmann (R-MN) apparently longs for the good old days of the 1920s -- and their rampant racial and ethnic paranoia. At the presidential debate held Monday, she said:The immigration system in the United States worked very, very well up until the mid-1960s...
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In June of 2009, Sen. Charles Schumer took the stage in front of a capacity crowd at the Georgetown Law Center. The event was billed as "Immigration: A New Era," and Schumer, who chairs the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, was on campus to unveil his seven...
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A week or so back, Politico reported that Rick Perry had reached out to Phoenix-area Sheriff Joe Arpaio, one of America's fiercest illegal-immigration foes and a constant innovator in the competitive field of Being a Total Dick.
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We know you're a radio shock jock, Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham, but if you're going to gratuitously attack a public figure and needlessly slam a group of people, could you try to have your tweets make sense?
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Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed a bigoted, anti-immigrant extremist to an important state board. The appointment should be withdrawn immediately. Phil Kent, named by Deal to the Immigration Enforcement Review Board on Friday, is a former journalist, an author, a national spokesman for American Immigration Control and executive director...
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In New Mexico, where Gov. Susana Martínez and her GOP buddies are pushing to repeal a law enacted in 2003 that allows all residents of New Mexico to apply for a driver's license, an immigrant advocacy group Somos Un Pueblo Unido is mobilizing their members to take action against...
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Bill Donahue (not to be confused with this guy, talk show host Phil Donahue), president of the Catholic League for Civil and Human Rights, has added his voice to the chorus of people who have come out against the Alabama immigration law.
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There's been a lot of discussion about the Obama Administration's new deportation policy. One thing that is crystal clear is that the policy is well within the President's authority. At The New Republic, Nathan Pippenger explained this, and Mark Krikorian agrees.
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