Tonight, President Obama will deliver the State of the Union. Over the weekend, pundits and reporters obsessively speculated about what the President will say and how he will address key issues, like immigration reform. In a letter to supporters Dan Pfeiffer, Senior Advisor to the President, laid out the President’s 2014 meme:...
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As we wait for the House of Representatives’ forthcoming “principles” on immigration reform—and ultimately their bills—there are a variety of positions within the undocumented community regarding what they want to see out of reform. Some would be content with permission to work. Others feel their contributions and family ties...
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Jan 24, 2014
SOTU Preview, GOP Principles & How the Pro-Reform Movement is Gearing Up for a Legislative Victory in 2014 Next week will see a couple of key moments in the 2014 immigration debate. The President will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday, and he is expected to...
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Dayton, Ohio Police Chief: “In spite of its misleading name, it would actually make our communities less safe” In an op-ed in the newspaper Roll Call titled, “Here’s How Not to Jump-Start Immigration Reform in House,” Dayton, Ohio Police Chief Richard S. Biehl describes why his fellow Ohioan, Speaker...
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Strong Majority, Including Republicans, Support Citizenship As Part of Immigration Overhaul In poll after poll, the American public consistently supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants over other alternatives. As Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute said, the public “shows unusual agreement given...
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While Acknowledging the Problem is the First Step, GOP Needs to Take Action on Immigration Reform to Avoid Repeating the Mistakes of 2012 Tomorrow marks the two-year anniversary of Mitt Romney’s infamous embrace of “self-deportation,” the immigration policy he first articulated during a Republican primary debate in Tampa. While...
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Analyses from Washington Post’s Dan Balz & AP Highlight GOP Need to Take Action to Regain Competitiveness with Latino Voters This week, the Republican National Committee (RNC) will hold its winter meeting in Washington to assess the GOP’s current standing and to chart its path forward. Those attending should be sure...
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A last-minute reconsideration from ICE means that, for now, Ricardo Ramos is still with his family. We began writing about Ricardo Ramos this week after the Latino and Polish communities in Ohio banded together to organize a 20-mile pilgrimage for the Cleveland father, an event which drew the support of over one hundred Ohioans and garnered...
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National Immigration Leaders Discuss House State of Play and Moving the Process Forward The pressure is on House GOP Leadership to deliver immigration principles in the coming weeks. While we’ve heard some details about what the principles may include, the policy specifics remain vague and key questions about how...
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Launch the petitions–Justin Bieber is apparently in danger of deportation. The pop star, originally from Canada, is facing felony charges for reportedly egging his neighbor’s mansion and causing $20,000 in damage, which amounts to a felony, which in turn is a deportable offense. As Colorlines and others have noted, Bieber’s antics are...
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