Immigration News

March 2010

Immigration Could Be the Answer to the Question "Can You Govern?": The fight for comprehensive immigration reform embodies what is ailing American politics. Click here to read more... 

Immigration Reform and Democrats: The purported political implications of immigration reform seem to go a long way towards explaining why it stalled a few years ago and why its fate is uncertain now.  Click here to read more...

February 2010

Immigration Court Backlog Can Mean Years of Delay: Stepped-up immigration enforcement is overloading U.S. immigration courts and undermining the ability of judges to rule fairly because they are under growing pressure to decide cases quickly, experts say. Click here to read more...

Reason Behind Illegal Immigration Decline Debate: A report that America's illegal immigrant population declined by almost 1 million in one year is fomenting hot debate about why it is happening, whether the statistics are correct, and how the numbers should affect US immigration reform. Click here to read more...

Immigration Reform Is Necessary For America's Economic Recovery: Comprehensive immigration reform is critical for America's long term economic success and is one of the few political initiatives that could receive genuine bipartisan support in the current Congress. Click here to read more...

Latinos Seek More Support For Immigration Reform: A leading Latino lawmaker asserted Monday that Latinos, angered at President Obama for his failure to push immigration reform legislation, could stay home from the polls this year. Click here to read more...

January 2010

White House prepares for immigration overhaul battle: The Obama administration is rallying allies to push for a package with better border security and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants now in the U.S. The effort is sure to be a tough sell. Click here to read more...

Immigration reform this year, again: President Barack Obama promised to take on immigration reform during his first year, and he didn't. Click here to read more...

Senator Chuck Schumer to lead new effort at immigration reform: A major effort to swing at least five key Republican senators behind immigration reform will be the key task of Senator Charles Schumer of New York, who is leading the effort in the senate to create new legislation. Click here to read more...

December 2009

Follow MLK's guidance on immigration reform: It is nothing new for an African-American minister like me to look at Scripture and perceive that something is amiss in our society. Click here to read more...

Law requiring AZ workers to report entrants a travesty: A new state law requiring public employees to demand immigration documentation before providing services — and to report applicants for services who are illegal migrants to authorities — is already taking hold. Click here to read more...

Obama's bold step on immigration reform: The Obama administration deserves credit for tenacity. Like Rocky Balboa after being battered and bloodied by successive bouts on Capitol Hill over health care and the economy, the administration keeps coming back for more. Now comes Barocky III: Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Click here to read more...

New York Congress Members Promise to Push for Immigration Reform: New York Democratic representatives Yvette Clarke, Charles Rangel and Anthony Weiner came out this week in support of comprehensive immigration reform during a Thanksgiving event that also recognized immigrants’ heritage and contributions to the city. Click here to read more...

The Boon of Immigration: Newcomers to America More than Pull Their Economic Weight: What's next on the White House's domestic agenda after health care reform and the economy? How about comprehensive immigration reform? Remember that? Click here to read more...

November 2009

White House Advisor Says Immigration Reform Advancing: Democrats and Republicans in Congress are working together to craft an immigration reform bill that could become law as early as next year, a senior White House adviser said on Sunday. Click here to read more...

Supreme Court Asks White House to Take Stance on State Immigration Laws: The U.S Supreme Court wants the Obama administration to offer its opinion on state immigration laws, an issue that the White House has largely tried to avoid. Click here to read more...

Sacremento Police Chief Says Legalize Undocumented Immigrants: It's time to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants who are productive, law-abiding citizens-the public's safety depends on it-Sacremento Police Chief Rick Braziel said Thursday. Click here to read more...