Yesterday, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said that the Democrats are playing politics with the immigration issue "promising things that they're never going to deliver, knowing they're not going to deliver"—apparently referencing the upcoming DREAM Act debate in Congress. Let's rewind a little.
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In a town where political hypocrisy is in no short supply, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) manages to take things to another level. In his latest instance of "getting to no" on immigration, Cornyn opposes taking up the DREAM Act because, he says, Americans want Congress to focus on border...
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Nov 16, 2010
Cuban American Republicans from Miami are standing up to say they support the DREAM Act. Comments by Republican U.S. Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Cuban-Americans from Miami, in support of the proposed DREAM Act have encouraged reform advocates.
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Nov 15, 2010
Pushing the divisive 'anchor babies' rhetoric is no road to immigration reform and will only make Latino voters more suspicious of GOP motives than they've already become.
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Nov 14, 2010
Republicans will have the next two years to set the immigration agenda in the House of Representatives. If their legislation looks anything like their campaign ads, there will be no way for illegal immigrants to get right with the law and no real solution to the problem of illegal...
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A reasonable conservative approach to immigration -- that's not something we've heard much about recently, what with all the extreme campaign rhetoric and state laws. But this week, a conservative coalition in Utah gives immigration reform advocates a reason to hope that a rational dialogue on this contentious issue...
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Nov 11, 2010
A failure to reform the nation's immigration laws is the result of an electoral process that forces the parties to seek ideologically pure candidates, former President George W. Bush said in his new memoir.
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Beyond mandating E-Verify and banning "sanctuary cities," the next session might see a more robust Immigration and Customs Enforcement, meaning more illegal immigrants could be sought out and deported. ICE removals are at a record high this year, but Republicans still accuse the Obama administration of lax enforcement.
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Nov 9, 2010
The immigration debate is poised to take a dramatic shift after Republicans swept the midterm elections this year. Experts on both sides of the issue say immigration enforcement legislation efforts could overtake attempts to legalize the millions who are in the country illegally
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Republican lawmakers flexed their clout and highlighted their agenda on Monday, showcasing bills that would create an Arizona-type immigration law, further restrict abortion, allow guns on campus and require voters to present ID at the polls.
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