Feb 9, 2011
Weeks after a hunger strike orchestrated by college students in San Antonio failed to sway her vote on the DREAM Act, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison told business leaders Tuesday that she now would work to pass a lesser version of the highly contentious bill, one that would not...
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In addition to the Washington Post's piece on DREAM eligible youth in JROTC today, the New York Times' Julia Preston took a long look at where students who fought for the DREAM Act are now, and the challenges they face:
It was exhilarating for Maricela Aguilar to stand on the...
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A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that while Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has a positive net approval rating, 40% to 37%, his support is not where you might think.
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Bipartisan couple Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer are getting back together in the name of immigration reform.
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Markos Moulitsas, founder and publisher of Daily Kos, has a stark political analysis of immigration reform for Democrats in, "Dems, listen to your base:" Of course, if the Democratic-controlled Congress did what was popular, comprehensive immigration reform would have been passed and signed into law last year. A reform...
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If you've been paying attention to the politics of immigration this month, you've probably noticed:
1) GOP state and local officials, joined by Republicans in both the House and Senate, are trying to mainstream an extreme push to repeal the 14th Amendment. So much for being defenders of the...
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Vivir Latino expressed low expectations for the treatment of immigration reform at tonight's State of the Union address. America's Voice founder Frank Sharry has made his suggestions here. Now, via Rachel Labruyere at Reform Immigration For America, there's a new way to register your opinion during tonight's State of...
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"President Obama should challenge Republicans such as Arizona Sens. John McCain and John Kyl to work with him on immigration reform. Immigration has become the defining issue for Latinos, a fast-growing group of voters who are pivotal in swing states such as Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Florida....
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Someone enter this entire Washington Post Editorial into the Congressional record. Seriously. "The limits of immigration enforcement," January 22, 2011: "TYSON FOODS, one of the world's largest food processing firms, has a checkered past when it comes to employment practices, specifically the hiring of undocumented workers."
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In response to a recent Roll Call article calling out the nativist lobby, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith wrote a letter to the editor making a series of claims—many of which he's been making for the last 20 years—which simply don't stack up to the facts. These...
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