In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano reiterated the Obama Administration's plan to push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation early next year.

In her opening statement, Napolitano said:

Finally, we look forward to working with you on immigration reform.  The President...

I'm not convinced Washington has awakened to the reality yet -- but the 2010 Census is going to shake things up politically in this country, and politicians would do themselves a favor to wake up and smell the coffee in advance.

This is about raw political power -- something politicians of all...

A: Billions upon billions, if some Republicans get their way.

Fortunately, they didn't get their way on the Census yesterday.

The Vitter-Bennett census amendment to the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill became a moot point yesterday afternoon when the Senate ended debate on the bill in a nail-biting...

Yesterday the GOP launched a trendy, new website at www.GOP.com.

Only one problem: the GOP, according to the Politico’s Ben Smith, completely forgot about its future. Smith reports:

This is, a youngish Republican points out to me this morning, a bit of an unfortunate place for an empty page...

A couple weeks ago, right after the “Joe Wilson” episode, it sure looked like Senators on both sides of the aisle were competing to see who could impose the harshest restrictions on immigrants in the health insurance reform bill – all at the taxpayer’s expense.

Anti-immigrant...

On Friday I explained how Rep. Joe Wilson’s controversial heckling during President Obama's joint Congressional address last Wednesday laid bare the ugly-as-ever, Republican illegal immigration wedge strategy for the nation to see.

What’s more astounding, I argued, was that key Democrats, Senators Baucus (D-MO) and Conrad...

Senator Kennedy was our Hero, our Leader -- and our Rock. 

For over four decades, he was a towering figure in the ongoing struggle to make our immigration and refugee policies consistent with America’s finest ideals. What you may not know, however, is that he helped 200,000 of us fall...

Well, this ought to be interesting.

In a couple hours, I'll join Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and 130 immigrant advocates, business and labor leaders, and law enforcement representatives to discuss immigration policy at the White House.

This meeting comes amidst a growing...

Earlier this week, President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to comprehensive immigration reform. Although many in the news media have focused on disappointment with the timeframe he laid out -- draft legislation later this year, and action early next -- they miss a crucial point.

The President continues to highlight...

A series of events over the past several days and weeks show that the Republican Party still has not learned the lessons of the 2006 and 2008 elections. As Senator Tom Coburn might say -- they have some "splaining to do."

In a remarkable and mostly unconscious display...

Lots of immigration sideshows last week, but here's the big picture: Senator Schumer (D-NY) announced plans to introduce a comprehensive immigration reform bill by Labor Day.

According to the Associated Press:

"I think we'll have a good bill by Labor Day," said Schumer, D-N.Y. "I think the fundamental...

On June 25th, President Obama is convening a bi-partisan meeting to discuss the prospects for moving on comprehensive immigration reform later this year. If he asked me about the politics of immigration reform in this economic climate, this is the memo I would send to him:

Mr. President, with so...

Answer: Nada.

Well, almost nothing. To watch the coverage on mainstream news and in the conservative blogosphere one might think exactly the opposite, however.

In “First thoughts: It's Sotomayor,” MSNBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro announce today’s historic nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, a Yale Law...

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration held a hearing about border policy. Its chairman, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), has declared 'game on' for immigration reform. This is the same Schumer who was architect of the Democratic takeover of the Senate, who always has his eye on what...

As we look ahead to Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on common sense immigration reform, with a star lineup that includes former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Dr. Joel Hunter of the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and SEIU's Eliseo Medina, it's time once again to...

Today's front-page New York Times article is further evidence that the Obama White House is committed to upholding its campaign pledge to move forward on sensible solutions to our immigration crisis in year one of the new Administration. The article has many asking, why now?

Julia Preston...

Last Night Sheriff Joe Arpaio finally got what he's been asking for: an investigation by the Department of Justice.

Community leaders across the country are cheering. We think it's about time! His segregated march through Phoenix was the last straw after a history of extreme abuse:

We couldn't be happier to hear that the U.S. House Judiciary Committee released a letter today calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct a federal investigation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's enforcement tactics.

Ever since he landed his own reality TV show, we've been arguing for...

First it was SCHIP, now it's the Stimulus.

What we're seeing from Republicans on immigration so far this Congress is kind of like Groundhog Day, Memento, and a Bush State of the Union Address all rolled into one. Call it cyclical delusion.

GOP strategists keep talking...

Remember that change of heart in Republican leadership following the 2008 elections, when Latino voters turned out in record numbers to vote for Democratic candidates? A number of notable Republican leaders and strategists had taken a stand and declared that the Party's handling of immigration had been deeply flawed...