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Children Arriving at Border Floods System
The news on immigration has been almost completely consumed lately by the arrival of tens of thousands of Central American children, many unaccompanied, at the U.S. border. These children, fleeing violence, poverty, cartels and gangs, undertake huge risks to find...
What Will Obama Do?
As I have suggested for months on this blog, there was no realistic probability of House Republicans passing any form of immigration reform this year. Despite all the signs, only the most optimistic advocates were holding to a thread of hope that there might be a...
Tide Turning in State Immigration Legislation
This week Florida became the 20th state to allow undocumented residents to pay in-state tuition at public state colleges and universities. Tennessee rejected similar legislation this year, but the fact that a bill was even introduced and debated shows movement on the...
House Democrats File Discharge Petition
One of the biggest advantages of holding the majority in the House of Representatives is that the majority leaders control the agenda by deciding what bills come up for a vote. The exception to the rule is called a discharge petition. If 218 members of the House sign...
Under Pressure, President Requests Study on Deportations
Under increasing pressure from Hispanic constituencies, President Obama announced yesterday that he has directed the Director of the Department of Homeland Security to perform a review of the deportation system in an attempt to identify more humanitarian methods of...
TN Republican U.S. Rep Pushes Bill to Eliminate ICE Community Outreach
Lest there be any doubt about what most House Republicans really think about immigration reform, take a look at this: Republican Diane Black, a member of Tennessee's delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives, late last year introduced a bill seeking to defund...
