Obama Takes Foot Off Accelerator on Immigration
Published: September 10, 2014 First the U.S. Senate was ready to act on immigration. Then, the House of Representatives was not. Then President Obama was ready to act without congressional...
A Showdown on Immigration: It’s High Noon In Washington D.C
Published: July 28, 2014 First, some important facts. Last year, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to allow for the legalization of the vast majority of our nation’s undocumented population, now...
Immigration Drama Likely To Ignite By End of Summer
Published: June 1, 2014 The stars continue to line up for the eventual enactment of a program to allow our nation’s undocumented to obtain some sort of legal status. Exactly...
UPDATE: Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Published: March 25, 2014 Almost 2 years after the implementation of the DACA program our nation continues to await enactment of a comprehensive immigration reform measure to allow for a...
Immigration Reform Update: Boehner Floats a Plan, Senate Republicans Run For Cover
Published: February 4, 2014 Not since the days of the “I was for it, before I was against it” explanation, have I gotten such a chuckle from our nation’s political theater. Given the tragic...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Launch Major Initiative To Advance Immigration Reform
Published: January 9, 2014 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a major pro-business private association and lobbying group is set to invest at least $50 million in 2014 mid-term elections to...
Immigration Reform Around the Corner? Or Just More Blah Blah Blah…?
Published: January 8, 2014 With regard to our nation’s ongoing conversation about immigration laws and the 11 million undocumented folks living among us, several significant (according to some) developments have...
The U.S. Supreme Court Paves the Way for Green Cards for Same Sex Spouses
Published: July 1, 2013 This past week the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that defined marriage as a union between a man...
On the Comprehensive Immigration Front: The U.S. Senate passed an Immigration Reform Bill – including a path to citizenship component, by a 68-32 margin.
Published: June 29, 2013 Next up, later this month, is debate in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to many House Republicans, an immigration reform bill with a legalization component...
Would We Really Want to Round Up and Deport 12 Million People?
Published: June 14, 2013 House to house searches. Bullhorn calls to assemble and gather for deportation processing. Mass detention facilities. As millions of families prepare to be torn apart, you will...