White House Struggles on Immigration Ruling
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s lawyers, facing what could be months of delay on the White House’s immigration efforts, are struggling for a response to a Texas judge’s ruling that has…
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Fix this hot, ugly immigration mess
America’s immigration issue needs a comprehensive and permanent bipartisan legislative solution. An executive action is a temporary and limited fix. On the night President Obama announced his most recent immigration…
What the immigration ruling means
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew S. Hanen temporarily blocked the President’s controversial executive actions on immigration—announced in November—that were meant to ease the deportation threats to millions of eligible immigrants….
Hill GOP emboldened after immigration ruling
Instead, Republicans say the ruling has united and emboldened them to stand firmly by their strategy of tying funding for the homeland security agency to efforts to kill Obama’s executive…
Judge Temporarily Halts Obama’s Immigration Actions
WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Monday that will temporarily prevent the Obama administration from moving forward with its executive actions on immigration while a lawsuit…
GOP Could Risk Alienating Latinos With DHS Fight
WASHINGTON — Republicans say their latest stand against President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration isn’t about immigration at all — it’s about the Constitution. Their best hope is that…
Mo Brooks, Ben Carson Share False Narrative On Measles Outbreak
The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Rep. Mo Brooks and potential presidential hopeful Ben Carson both suggested a connection between illegal immigration and the spread of diseases such as…
DHS funding bill stalls in Senate over immigration
READ: Key senators say they might boycott Netanyahu In fact, a third vote on the same question is scheduled for Thursday and the same outcome is likely. One reason for…
BuzzFeed Bolsters Latino Readership With Immigration Coverage, Viral Content
BuzzFeed is now read proportionally more by Latinos than white Americans, the site’s editor-in-chief Ben Smith announced in a memo to staff Tuesday. – “[BuzzFeed’s] reporting on Latinos has been…
Past Bush immigration remarks shock conservatives
Then, the former Florida governor was speaking to a friendly audience of establishment Republicans, after re-inserting himself in the immigration reform with the release of a controversial book on the…
HUFFPOST HILL – I’m Laura Linney, And THIS Is Aaron Schock’s Office
Thom Tillis isn’t sorry about opposing a minimum wage increase, but he hopes restaurant employees will find comfort by keeping their hands smeared with poop all day. As a nod…
Congressman Speculates ‘Illegal Aliens’ Could Be To Blame For Measles Outbreak
Immigration hardliner Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said Tuesday that “illegal aliens” may be to blame for the recent measles outbreak that began in California and has continued to spread to…
Poll Highlights Disagreements Between Foreign Policy Experts And The Public
International relations scholars are far more likely than the public at large to support increasing immigration — one of several marked differences between academics and Americans as a whole, according…
Homeland Security site of looming fund fight
The Homeland Security Department’s funding is due to expire Feb. 27, a date chosen by Republicans in December, as they worked out a deal to keep the rest of the…
Asians Have Been Slower To Sign Up For Obama’s Immigration Reprieve
Asians have been slower to sign up for President Barack Obama’s reprieve for young immigrants in the country illegally, and community advocates are ramping up efforts to reach thousands more…
Immigrants Could Wait Until 2019 To Have Cases Resolved
Thousands of immigrants seeking legalization through the U.S. court system have had their hearings canceled and are being told by the government that it may be 2019 or later before…
Immigration Rules in Bahamas Sweep Up Haitians
Kenson Timothee, who was born in the Bahamas to illegal Haitian immigrants, spent six weeks in immigration detention. His citizenship status is pending, and his 5-year-old daughter’s situation is precarious….
GOP moderates, right wing have Boehner tug-of-war
As has become recent tradition the Speaker is facing familiar criticism from conservative members, who complain he isn’t being aggressive enough in responding to the President’s executive actions on immigration….
DHS Secretary Urges Congress To Stop Using His Agency’s Budget As A ‘Political Football’
WASHINGTON — With less than a month to go until the Department of Homeland Security runs out of funding and no clear end in sight to the gridlock that’s preventing…
Step Aside, Steve King: Meet The Right’s Most Powerful Immigration Foe
Sen. Jeff Sessions, incoming chair of the Senate immigration subcommittee, is ready to go to war with Obama. Read the whole story at Mother Jones
Boehner defends House GOP immigration lawsuit
READ: Boehner opens door to Obama immigration lawsuit “This isn’t about immigration,” he said. “This is the President violating the Constitution, violating his oath of office, and frankly, not upholding…
Loretta Lynch Defends Obama’s Immigration Actions
WASHINGTON — Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch attempted on Wednesday to tread a fine line on immigration, telling senators she believes President Barack Obama acted within his powers on deportation…
The truth about border security
America’s immigration debate has become red hot because President Obama’s critics not only believe that he lacks the authority to act without the consent of Congress, but also that he…
Senate Democrats Demand A Clean DHS Funding Bill
WASHINGTON — It’s (even more) official: A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security that also goes after President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration isn’t getting through the…
Huckabee seeks to straddle line on immigration
READ: 2016 race kicks off in Iowa But, straddling a line that has flummoxed Republicans in recent presidential races, Huckabee still took a shot at President Barack Obama, who in…
Immigrants Locked Up In U.S. After Fleeing Violence
“When people knock on your door, and they are fleeing abuse, the United States is obligated morally and legally to let them in,” says Virginia Raymond, an immigration attorney fighting…
Dreamers Prepare To Confront Republicans In Iowa
WASHINGTON — Last August, two young undocumented immigrants approached Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) while they were eating lunch to ask whether the lawmakers thought they…
‘Jane The Virgin’ Pauses Mid-Episode To Drive Home The Need For Immigration Reform
Much like its Golden Globe-winning star, “Jane The Virgin” isn’t afraid to speak out on controversial issues. The CW dramedy returned from its midseason break this week. In Monday’s episode,…
GOP’s terrible problem with Hispanics
On the threshold of the 2016 election, the GOP is in a terrible fix over immigration. They’ve done such an effective job of alienating Hispanics over the years with their…
GOP rebuttals: 2 speeches, only 1 with immigration
One, given in Spanish by Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo, asked the President to “cooperate” with congressional Republicans to make immigration reform happen. “We should also work through the appropriate channels…