Immigration Reform

Rep. Paul Broun, a Republican Senatorial candidate in Georgia, is known for controversial comments like calling President Obama a communist and referring to evolution as a lie “straight from the pit of hell.” In an interview posted today, Broun broke bad again, in remarks discussing Georgia demographics and his electoral opponents.  One particular... Continue »

The Time is Now For a Legislative Proposal on the 11 Million that Attracts Bipartisan Support There is a consensus among most political observers that immigration reform will be on the agenda for the House in 2014.  However, an essential question remains unanswered: where is the House Republicans’ specific immigration proposal?... Continue »

Republicans, throughout the current push for immigration reform, have blamed everyone but themselves for why legislation hasn’t passed yet.  They’ve pointed fingers at President Obama, the Democrats, the legislative calendar, fiscal issues, even pro-reform advocates themselves–anything to avoid the fact that they are a party caught between doing the... Continue »

Last month, we kicked off the “Do Your Jobs” campaign to remind Congress of all the immigrants who will be working hard to produce our food and drink this holiday season.  Throughout the rest of the year, we will be profiling immigrant workers like Fidel (below), who work every... Continue »

Despite thousands of petitions and an all-night vigil to try and stop his deportation, Ardany Rosales Lemus–a father of two US-citizen children–was deported early today. An statement released by ICE suggested that the agency might have been able to exercise prosecutorial discretion on Ardany’s case, but chose not to.  As... Continue »