Three Myths about ‘Border Security’

By Joseph Laughon, Cafe con Leche Republicans Border security. It’s everyone’s favorite two words in Washington these days. And it’s an incessant albatross around the neck of any immigration reform attempt. […]

By Jacquellena Carrero, NBCLatino Top Republicans are not pleased with Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King. House Speaker John Boehner and Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor denounced controversial remarks from King on young undocumented […]

By Eileen Patten and Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center As Congress debates immigration reform, some political leaders and analysts have speculated that there will be “an electoral bonanza for […]

By Andres Caballero, Latino USA After the kidnapping and beheading of the police chief in a Mexican border town, no one dared to replace him. But Marisol Valles Garcia, a twenty-year-old […]

By Stephanie Condon, CBS News As leaders in Washington work behind the scenes on a compromise over comprehensive immigration reform, First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday will deliver the keynote […]

By Manuel Rueda, ABC/Univision Benjamin Medrano is the first openly gay mayor in Mexico. But he opposes gay marriage. Medrano, 47, recently won the election in Fresnillo, a conservative and […]

By Lyndsey Layton, Washington Post YONKERS, N.Y. — The only ones left in Room 5 at the Whitney Young Head Start Center are the two turtles thrashing around in a small […]

By Seung Min Kim, Politico Don’t expect the House immigration group to roll out its comprehensive reform bill this summer. The bipartisan coalition of seven lawmakers has essentially agreed to […]

By Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo … Rubio was basically an accidental Senator, swept up in the floodtide of the 2010 Tea Party mid-term, though it’s true that many careers start […]

By Michael A. Memoli, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Thomas E. Perez was confirmed as secretary of Labor on Thursday, ending a long battle over his nomination in a key test of […]