Rep. Steve King, arguably the loudest and most offensive anti-immigrant voice in the GOP, has long been a thorn in our side. He has steadfastly opposed immigration reform with a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, strongly supported self-deportation and been instrumental in the GOP's lurch to the right on...

As a group of eight senators, four Republicans and four Democrats, work together to make progress on immigration reform, there's one senator not in the group to keep an eye on.  His name is John Cornyn.

In fact, Cornyn is famous for posing as reformer even as he works to...

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to...be part of a permanent underclass in American society..."? Oops. Wrong America.

While the italicized words above are mine, the opening words come from the inspiring poem by Emma Lazarus. Inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue...

Happy anniversary! One year ago, January 23, at a GOP presidential debate in Florida, Mitt Romney first announced his support for self-deportation and set the stage for his loss in November.  To jog your memory, here's how Romney responded to a question from co-moderator Adam Smith of the Tampa Bay Times about...

After the president's resounding reelection over his Massachusetts-based challenger, many pointed to the president's performance among Latino voters as critical. The president had won close to a record percentage of Latino voters for a candidate from his party, a crucial fact in an election featuring the greatest-ever number of Latino...

After the drubbing Republicans took from Latino voters in the 2012 elections, some of the party's leaders began to talk openly about the stark choice they face: appeal to a diversifying America, or risk extinction as a national party.

This isn't just a political choice, it's...

The Wall Street Journal's front-page headline on November 1st read "Election May Hinge on Latino Turnout." If true, Mitt Romney should start working on his concession speech.

With respect to Latino voters, the two key factors to consider are margin and mobilization. Regarding margin,...

Boston, you have a problem.

Your guy, Mitt Romney, is losing badly with Latinos and it could cost him the election. Battleground states such as Nevada, Colorado, Florida and even Virginia are likely to swing Obama's way if he keeps his current 66 percent...

During the Republican primaries Mitt Romney ran hard to the right on immigration. He vowed to veto the DREAM Act, to pursue "self-deportation" for the 11 million undocumented immigrants settled in America and to embrace an Arizona-style crackdown as a "model" for the nation....

The June 27th headline in the Wall Street Journal trumpeted the arrival of a new era in the politics of immigration. "Obama Gains Among Latinos: Poll Finds Strong Support Among Public for Softer Stance on Youth Deportations." The piece noted:

"Americans by a wide margin...

Having alienated Latino voters in the primary with hard right immigration positions and dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric, what will GOP nominee Mitt Romney and his surrogates do in the general election to attract the 40% of Latino votes experts say he needs to win the presidency?

Many have argued that...

With the Supreme Court set to hear arguments for and against Arizona's anti-immigration law today, we turn to another court for its ruling -- the court of public opinion. In advance of tomorrow's proceedings, America's Voice Education Fund analyzed how immigration and SB 1070-type laws are play out among the...

Congressional Quarterly reports that Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) is planning to introduce a dramatically stripped down version of the DREAM Act -- and it doesn’t pass the legislative or political laugh test.  

This is clearly an attempt by Rivera to provide political cover for Republicans,...

Does anyone (besides Mitt Romney) listen to the chair of the House Judiciary Committee anymore?

This week, Rep. Lamar Smith is looking especially desperate. He's taken to the pages of Roll Call and National Review Online to try to garner some attention on one of his favorite subjects: immigrant bashing....

Mitt Romney thinks he's found his winning issue against Rick Perry: For weeks now he's been attacking Perry for signing a bill that grants in-state tuition to undocumented students. Yeah, that's Romney path to the White House: picking on kids. Immigrant kids. Alabama's new law should give him plenty of...

In case you haven't noticed, GOP 2012 candidates have been escalating their anti-immigration rhetoric over the past few weeks. Most of the fire is aimed at Texas Governor Rick Perry. Apparently the hope among the other candidates, led by Mitt Romney, is that the immigration issue will kill Perry's chances...

The latest Republican presidential debate, being held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, will undoubtedly feature endless paeans from the candidates to our nation’s 40^th President.  Yet on the issue of immigration, the Republican 2012 field has a lot to learn from the Gipper.

In matters of tone and...

On Monday, President Barack Obama will make a luncheon speech at the National Conference of La Raza’s (NCLR) annual conference in Washington, DC.  While most of the political class is mesmerized by the debt ceiling negotiations, millions of Latinos will be focused on what the president says -- or...

Republican members of Congress, led by the anti-immigrant "Three Amigos" in the House (Lamar Smith, Elton Gallegly and Steve King) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) are on a mission to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants from the U.S.

They won't exactly...

Last week, the President convened another in a series of meetings on immigration reform. This latest session was with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. That's the third immigration-related meeting in a two-week span. Tomorrow, he'll be addressing the issue during a speech in El Paso, Texas.

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