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Bipartisan Group of Senators Pushes Sweeping Immigration Reform

In a sign of how much change was wrought by President Obama’s November reelection, a bipartisan group of senators is competing with the president to see who will be first to propose comprehensive...

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New Poll: Majority of Americans Favor Citizenship Path For Illegal Immigrants

As the White House and Congress craft immigration reform bills, for the first time it appears they have a majority of the public on their side: 51 percent of Americans now say they are in support of...

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Obama’s Uncle Gets Hearing Date on Deportation to Kenya

Onyango Obama President Obama’s 68-year-old uncle, Onyango Obama, got at least another 10 months in the U.S. after an immigration judge in Boston set a deportation hearing date for Dec. 3 to determine...

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Obama Draft Immigration Plan Leaked, Draws Fire

During his State of the Union address, President Obama said that his administration was developing its own immigration legislation, but that a bipartisan solution would be ideal in the immigration...

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Obama Pushes Deadline For Immigration Reform

President Barack Obama set a deadline for Congress to introduce an immigration reform bill, saying that he expects debate to begin on the Senate floor in April. Speaking at a naturalization ceremony in...

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Black Caucus Aims to Save Diversity Visas in Immigration Reform Bill

Black lawmakers and civil rights groups are concerned by a proposal in the Senate’s immigration reform bill that would do away with diversity visas that are often a pathway for African and Caribbean...

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Poll: Large Majority of African-Americans Support Immigration Reform

There is solid support among African-Americans for immigration reform, as a new poll shows that more than two-thirds of the black community  favor providing a path to citizenship for immigrants. The...

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As Senate Votes to Allow Immigration Debate, Obama Walks a Fine Line

Comprehensive immigration reform moved a big step closer to passage yesterday when the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted to consider a White House-backed bill, clearing a hurdle that Republicans have...

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Obama Praises Mandela, Urges House to Pass Immigration Bill

Though it appears that President Obama will not be visiting Nelson Mandela in the hospital while he is in South Africa, Obama continued to lavish praise on the iconic leader as he touched down in the...

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Not Even George W. Bush Can Bring Sense to GOP on Immigration

Even George W. Bush understands the importance of the Latino vote to the Republican party. The former president, who has largely stayed out of the limelight since leaving office in January 2009, spoke...

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Bush Urges GOP ‘Benevolent Spirit’ With Immigration Reform

The man who first invoked “compassionate conservatism” en route to first winning the White House 12 years ago is imploring the Republican Part to do likewise when it comes to the issue of immigration....

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Reps. Lewis, Rangel Arrested in DC Rallying Immigration Reform

To bring more attention to the need for comprehensive immigration reform, eight Democratic lawmakers, including Georgia Congressman John Lewis and New York Congressman Charlie Rangel, were arrested...

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Obama Willing to Compromise on Whether Immigration Reform Includes Path to...

The nation might be moving closer to some type of immigration reform, as President Obama indicated in an interview airing today that he may be open to a bill that does not include a special pathway to...

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Obama Urges Americans to Welcome Immigrants, But Protests Continue in...

Murrieta protests President Obama used the Fourth of July to urge Americans to welcome immigrants to the U.S., saying opening our arms is “central to our way of life,” but a group of anti-immigration...

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As Deportations Drop Dramatically This Year Under Obama, Black People Are...

Though he has been derisively called the “deporter-in-chief” because of the increase in deportations during his administration, President Barack Obama is on pace this year to deport the fewest number...

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In Immigration Debate, Obama Says U.S. Land Belonged First to Native...

carbonized plant remains found in South Carolina President Obama attempted to deliver a history lesson this week to Americans opposed to him latest immigration plan, saying that perhaps the only people...

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Father of Teen Killed By MS-13 Gang Rips Black Democrats for SOTU Protest:...

The parents of a New York teen brutally slain by the notorious gang MS-13 said they were shocked and disappointed at the behavior displayed by Democratic lawmakers at President Donald Trump’s State of...

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