According to a report by David Nakamura in the Washington Post, “key Senators are developing plans that would make it harder for U.S. citizens to get visas for their family members while easing the path for more high-skilled foreign workers, according to aides and advocates familiar with negotiations over an emerging immigration...
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As the Associated Press reported yesterday, “President Barack Obama told House Republicans Wednesday that they would benefit politically more than Democrats would from supporting a comprehensive immigration overhaul, lawmakers present said … The assertion prompted some ‘light chuckles’ from certain Republican members, while others reacted more like Rep. Peter King (R-NY), who said,...
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Today the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on “The Separation of Nuclear Families under U.S. Immigration Law.” Here are the list of witnesses: Randall Emery, American Families United Mathi Mugilan Paguth Arivalan, Lawful Permanent Resident Demetrios Papademetriou, Migration Policy Institute Clarissa Martinez de Castro, National Council of...
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Yesterday, we wrote about and posted pictures from the “people’s hearing” for immigration reform on the Hill. Today, Julia Preston has a great piece in the New York Times on the grassroots push for immigration legislation and how this year’s approach differs from the backroom nature of previous attempts at...
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If last week’s controversy over Jeb Bush’s immigration position showed just how quickly the politics of immigration reform have shifted, this week shows that the Republican Party continues to lurch forward in a messy, but necessary, realignment toward the center on this issue. After a period of positive developments that show momentum for...
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As CPAC begins in Washington, DC, the Washington Post wonders if the conference is even relevant anymore: Immigration is an issue that will be front and center at CPAC. Organizers, led byAmerican Conservative Union Chairman Al Cardenas , say they are determined to elevate the debate and rescue the right...
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Since the 2012 election, a key political topic has been the Latino vote and how the GOP’s inability to court it could doom them in future elections. Texas is a crucial factor in this calculation, as a longtime red state that saw a 38% growth in eligible Latino voters...
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Updated 1:45 PM ET. A new superPAC, Republicans for Immigration Reform, is launching a television ad today in South Carolina supporting Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and his leadership on immigration reform. The ad is part of a $60,000 ad buy organized to show support to Sen. Graham and defend him...
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On the eve of CPAC, more groups are coming out in support of immigration reform every day, including the National Federation of Republican Women and the San Diegans United for Commonsense Immigration Reform. At CPAC itself, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) is scheduled to talk about how Republicans can win over...
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Yesterday we wrote a blog post about a Tanton network hate group, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) attacking the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a civil rights organization, for hating on them. Today another Tanton network extremist group, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), has put out...
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