At today’s Congressional briefing on American families in deportation, one of the speakers was Maria Perez, a mother of two whose husband Brigido was deported last year. You can watch Maria tell her heartbreaking story below, or read a version of it here. As Maria said today about her...
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Congressional Women’s Working Group on Immigration Reform and America’s Voice Education Fund Highlight the Painful Realities of our Broken Immigration System Neither Seleste Wisniewski nor Maria Perez ever thought she’d have to choose between her country and her husband. But last year, these two women were forced to face...
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Just over five years into his presidency, President Obama is nearing his 2 millionth deportation, and a legacy where he will have deported more immigrants — mothers, fathers, siblings, and neighbors — than any other president in history. On Wednesday, February 5th at 10 AM ET, the Congressional Women’s...
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Two conservative Washington Post writers make compelling cases for why their fellow Republicans should pass immigration reform: Former George W. Bush administration speechwriter Michael Gerson writes a Washington Post column titled, “A Rendezvous with Irrelevance,” that hammers home the demographic and political realities facing the Republican Party that compel...
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The House GOP’s principles on immigration reform are out, but apparently they’re still trying to decide whether to tackle immigration reform this year — or save it for 2015 or 2017. Greg Sargent and Matt Lewis have already published pieces on why Republicans should just pass reform this year, if they’re...
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Front page at the Washington Post today is a David Nakamura story about immigration reform, a call for the end of deportations, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network’s “Not 1 More” campaign. View the full story here. It’s up to Congress — and House Republicans — to pass...
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The Hill: GOP appears to tap immigration brakes By Russell Berman Bloomberg BNA: Immigration Roundup: One Small Step for Boehner, One Giant Leap for Congress? By Laura D. Francis Washington Post: With an immigration deal possible, advocates mount new push to end deportations By David Nakamura Washington Post: Young...
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After spending all of last year rotating through a litany of excuses for why they couldn’t pass immigration reform (including President Obama, the Democrats, the fiscal crisis, the legislative calendar, and immigration reform advocates themselves), House Republicans have cycled back to the beginning, once again using their hatred for...
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Texas is suddenly looking very 2012. The primary campaign for the Texas Lieutenant Governor’s seat is in full swing, which means that the four Republican candidates are currently working overtime to appeal to Tea Party voters. On immigration, that means they’re trying to out-tough each other on enforcement by...
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Enforcement at Historic Highs, Citizenship is Central, GOP Politics Favors Action Now In the fast-moving discussion of immigration reform, here are three keys to the current debate: 1. Despite Republican Rhetoric, Immigration Enforcement & Border Security Are Already in Overdrive: Here are the facts: President Obama has presided over...
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