GOP Risks Alienating Latinos by Scapegoating Immigrants in Health Care Debate

As a leading immigration restrictionist group today opens a conference highlighting the costs of immigrants to the nation’s health care system, critics are pointing out the risks of Republicans’ embracing an anti-immigrant strategy in the health care debate.

“The Republican Party’s embrace of the nativist base is probably More…

F-22: Stand Up and Be Counted

People have been tweeting at me to provide a roll call for yesterday’s OMG-worth vote to kill the F-22, so here’s one. As it appeared yesterday, the vote was relatively nonpartisan: while the 58-40 tally to end funding for the fighter jet was carried by the Democrats, 15 Republicans More…

White House Predicts Immigration Reform Unlikely in 09

It’s not exactly news that the Obama administration isn’t pushing very hard on immigration reform, but hearing directly from the White House that a comprehensive bill on the subject isn’t likely to happen this year is sure to dismay immigrants’ advocates.

As Roll Call reports, White House Press More…