Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney once tacitly supported immigration reform. Sadly, his recent embrace of hard-line immigration positions is a show we've seen before with Sen. John McCain in 2008, and it targets the fastest-growing demographic in the country. With his new stance, he risks losing not only...

With the election of 2010 now behind us, and Republicans making steep gains in the House and Senate, the prospects for achieving comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) are dimming; if the Administration could not achieve CIR with a majority in both houses, it just does not seem possible now.

That...

This past week was quite exciting for supporters of the DREAM Act, which would provide a pathway to legal status for undocumented immigrants brought here as children, who complete some college or military service. Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate majority leader, announced that he would attach...

On August 26th, the New York Times reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had begun a process to cancel deportation proceedings for undocumented immigrants who are waiting for the results of petitions filed by close relatives to receive a green card. The ICE...

Recently I saw a CNN debate between Michele Waslin of the Immigration Policy Center and Former Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) on the issue of birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment. The most incredible part of the video, for me at least, was Tancredo's insistence that the issue of...

With all of the talk about whether comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) will happen this year, or even next; with all the rhetoric around Arizona's tough new immigration law, SB1070, and the federal court's intervention to stay its most offensive provisions, I am amazed at how much...

Having twice read through the Reid-Schumer-Menendez immigration blueprint circulated this week, I am surprised by many of the provisions, including how it deals with state immigration laws, family reunification, and temporary work visas. Certainly the plan is only a rough draft, and without actual legislative text it is hard to...