David Leopold

What do Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) have in common?

Not much when it comes to their voting records. But today these Republican and Democratic Senators did something we haven't seen in long time -- they showed uncommon bipartisan leadership...

Every day the news is replete with stories showing the immigration system is badly broken. Amid the dysfunction -- the approximately 12 million unauthorized aliens living in the shadows; the scores of American families torn apart by deportation; and the inability of American businesses to bring in workers...

This week Jews all over the world celebrate Passover. Extended families, friends and strangers gather together and relive the story of the Exodus from the bondage of the Pharaohs of Egypt. It is a holiday of freedom and hope. And also a celebration of springtime and renewal. At the seder...

Sometimes it's hard to tell whether Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) is chair of the House Judiciary Committee or the head of the "Just Say No To Any Immigration Solution" crowd.

As if on cue, Smith criticized a processing tweak -- proposed Friday by the Obama administration --...

The Obama administration did the right thing by offering temporary protected status (TPS) to nationals of Syria who are currently present in the United States. Temporary protected status provides a safe haven for citizens of a foreign state where there is an ongoing conflict within the country that poses a...

"Where's your Green Card! Where's your Green Card! Where's your Green Card!..."

That was the despicable taunt that met Kansas State point guard Angel Rodriguez during the first-round NCAA tournament game between Kansas State University and the University of Southern Mississippi. Never mind that Rodriguez, a native of...

Sheriff Joe Arpaio recently took a break from persecuting Latinos to do some law enforcement work critical to Maricopa County -- investigating the authenticity of President Obama's birth certificate; the same one the White House produced months ago and which put to rest, once and for all, the...

Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu fancies himself a "Leader on Border Security" and an immigration hardliner. In 2010, when the Obama administration mounted a legal challenge to Arizona's harsh immigration law, the Pinal County sheriff stopped just short of calling the president a traitor charging, "Our own...

Jeremy Lin is an unlikely superstar.

He received no athletic scholarships out of high school and was undrafted out of college. He started his pro-basketball career with the Golden State Warriors after he graduated from Harvard University in 2010. He was later waived by the Warriors and...

Last week a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals looked at five immigration cases, turned to the Department of Homeland Security, and effectively said, "Really!? Are you really going to deport these people? Or are you going to use your common sense and focus...

It has been nearly four years since the May 2008 ICE raid at the Agriprocessors kosher meat packing facility in Postville, Iowa. The raid, which was the largest worksite enforcement raid in U.S. history, resulted in the conviction and deportation of more than 300 undocumented immigrants, the majority of whom...

Last year the administration added a revolutionary new weapon to its immigration enforcement arsenal -- common sense.

In June, John Morton, Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced that the agency would employ "prosecutorial discretion" in its enforcement of the immigration law, prioritizing the deportation of illegal...

The Bible tells us to choose our friends wisely.

Last week Governor Mitt Romney chose to make friends with the hard line anti-immigrant extremists. At the same time, one of the leading anti-immigrant groups, NumbersUSA, is reportedly spending at least $100,000 in South Carolina in advance of Saturday's primary. That...

South Carolina might be south of New Hampshire, but Mitt Romney just took a hard right out of Manchester to get there.

Today he proudly announced the endorsement of Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State and anti-immigrant restrictionist. Kobach's claim to fame, as touted in Romney's press release, is that...