Huffington Post: Non-Republicans Welcome (But Not Really) At ‘Bipartisan’ Iowa Event For 2016 Hopefuls By Samantha Lachman AP: Judge orders hearing on allegations in immigration lawsuit New York Times: Judge Blocking Obama on Immigration Has Reputation for Fairness in Texas By Julia Preston Los Angeles Times: Judge’s new order makes it harder for... Continue »
AP: Iowa Community Rallies Around Max Villatoro, A Pastor Facing Deportation To Honduras By Kourtney Liepelt Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Scott Walker earns praise, criticism for flip on immigration reform, ‘amnesty’ By Craig Gilbert Latinos Post: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Doesn’t Believe in Amnesty, Again Backtracks on Immigration Reform Reuters: Texas federal judge leaves... Continue »
Politico: The Iowa Ag Summit: 10 takeaways By James Hohmann AP: Iowa Ag Forum Displays GOP Rift on Immigration Reform NBC News: At Iowa Ag Summit, Immigration Separates Republican Hopefuls By Leigh Ann Caldwell Washington Post: Iowa agriculture summit splits GOP 2016 field on subsidies, immigration By Philip Rucker and Dan Balz Fusion: Jeb... Continue »
Los Angeles Times: Central Valley congressmen epitomize California GOP’s immigration woes By Noah Bierman The Hill: Senate Dems press McConnell on Lynch nomination By Jordain Carney Roll Call: Senate Democrats Press McConnell to Schedule Lynch Confirmation Vote By Niels Lesniewski Reuters: Senate Democrats Step Up Pressure for Vote on Attorney General Washington Post: Lynch’s... Continue »
The Hill: Union applauds DHS funding deal By Keith Laing Bloomberg: What Did Conservatives Win in the DHS Battle? Almost Nothing By David Weigel Politico: The Senate’s anti-immigration warrior By Seung Min Kim Politico: Feds press judge to rule by Monday on immigration order stay By Josh Gerstein Bloomberg: Obama Sets Monday Deadline for... Continue »
Vox’s Dara Lind highlights an alarming divide between the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement priorities and the Border Patrol agents tasked with carrying out those policies on the ground. While President Obama’s November 2014 expanded DACA and DAPA programs are currently on hold following a judge’s ruling, the Obama Administration’s... Continue »
VOXXI: DHS funding feud ends: How it hurt the GOP’s image with Latinos By Griselda Nevarez SocialistWorker (Editorial): Putting politics ahead of immigrants’ lives Buzzfeed: NCLR President Will Attack Republicans: You Don’t Care About Latinos By Adrian Carrasquillo Bloomberg: House Moves to Avoid Homeland Security Shutdown With Funding Vote By Billy House... Continue »
District Chronicles: Immigrant advocates not worried about judge’s ruling By Elena Shore AP: 5 misperceptions about the Homeland Security impasse Fusion: Why the never-ending DHS shutdown fight matters to you By Ted Hesson Wall Street Journal: Explaining the Showdown Over DHS and Immigration MSNBC: Congress restarts clock on DHS funding fight By Amanda Sakuma... Continue »
From the New York Times comes a heart-wrenching op-ed from Ehiracenia Vasquez, a member of the Texas Organizing Project. Ehiracenia, like millions of other families across the country, is eligible for the immigration relief announced by President Obama late last year. A long-time resident of Texas and mom of... Continue »
Washington Post (Plum Line): Morning Plum: Homeland Security fight could have messy ending for Democrats, too By Greg Sargent Wall Street Journal: Jeb Bush Parries Skeptical Questions About Immigration and Education Policies By Janet Hook and Rebecca Ballhaus Politico: Scott Walker on immigration: ‘My view has changed’ By Leigh Munsil The Hill: Jeb... Continue »