Paul Ryan: Illegal Immigration is Easy, Then People Have Anchor Babies
Paul Ryan: Illegal Immigration is Easy, Then People Have Anchor Babies
By Adrian Carrasquillo, NBCLatino Rep. Paul Ryan, who has emerged as a supporter of immigration reform in the House of Representatives, used the term “anchor babies,” which many find offensive, during a town […]
Are Pro Immigrant Marches Counter productive?
By Pilar Marrero, La Opinion/New America Media Translated by Jonah Harris As Congress begins to discuss immigration reform, immigrant rights groups, DREAMers and their supporters marched in many U.S. cities, […]
Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses—We Have Private Prisons to Fill
By Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer When Jose Rios walked into a Bank of America branch last year, he hoped to open an account for the car repair shop he owned. He didn’t […]
Cesar Chavez’s Complex History on Immigration
By Ted Hesson, ABC/Univision For a significant period of his storied career as a labor organizer, Cesar Chavez opposed illegal immigration. He encouraged union members to join “wet lines” along the Arizona-Mexico […]
Colorado Gov. Signs Bill for Undoc In-State Tuition
By Anthony Cotton, Denver Post Marking the end of a decade-long effort to provide in-state tuition rates to Colorado college students in the U.S. illegally, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Senate […]
Push to Include Gay Couples in Immigration Bill
By Julia Preston, New York Times This has been a good year for gay rights advocates — with public opinion shifting in their favor and same-sex marriage advancing in the states — […]
Immigration Debate Gives Life to Annual Rallies
By Associated Press/Wall Street Journal SAN DIEGO — Social media and text messaging have emerged as indispensable tools for advocates of a sweeping immigration overhaul, but street marches have an […]
Republican Immigration Nightmare Could Recur
By McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed For the Republicans in Washington who hoped a new bipartisan push for immigration reform would give their party a fresh start, a new face, and a second chance […]
How Can the Feds Screen 11 Million Undoc Immigrants?
By Daniel González, Arizona Republic The 11 million immigrants in the country illegally would have to pass national-security and criminal-background checks before receiving legal status under the reform bill being […]
Immigration plan Would Add Drones to Border Security
By Cathleen Chen and Kimberly Railey, Medill News Service/Miami Herald WASHINGTON — The bipartisan immigration proposal filed this month in the Senate would create a 24/7 surveillance system at U.S. borders […]
