Much was said about walls, borders and welfare during the immigration section of the Republican presidential debate in Ames, Iowa, on Thursday. But the most exceptional comment of the night on immigration came from former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney — the only mainstream candidate to endorse a specific immigration policy idea More…
I mentioned earlier a few of the immigration hawks who are likely to win House seats today, but it’s worth running through some of the other congressional races that could impact how immigration policy plays out in the next two years. (See here for a summary More…
Until last week, local officials in Arlington, Va., Santa Clara, Calif., San Francisco and Washington, D.C., thought they’d have no trouble opting out of the Secure Communities program, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement initiative that runs fingerprints collected by local police through federal immigration databases. After all, Secretary of Homeland More…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano confirmed today that Secure Communities, a program that provides federal immigration officials with fingerprint data from local police, is mandatory for local jurisdictions. “We don’t consider Secure Communities an opt in/opt out program,” Napolitano said, according to an Immigration and Customs More…
Today’s Congressional hearing on migrant labor in agriculture wasn’t just about Stephen Colbert. There was also a pretty serious debate over what type of reform is needed to get legal workers — particularly unemployed American workers — into agricultural jobs. Republicans on the committee argued migrant farm workers More…
The Washington Post reported this afternoon that Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas), chairman of the investigative subcommittee tasked with substantiating the claims of ethics violations against Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), let slip that the subcommittee will recommend that Rangel face a “reprimand,” which the Post describes as “a mild form More…
It turns out the special ethics committee meeting scheduled for 1 p.m. has, like so many Washington events, been pushed back, at least temporarily.
The House leadership may not be ready to pressure embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) to step down, but his colleagues are starting to amp up their criticism. Yesterday Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick of Idaho joined Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) in saying that the veteran congressman should resign from the More…
Hoping to bring “cramdown” legislation back onto Congress’ radar, a House Judiciary subpanel met this afternoon to re-examine whether bankruptcy judges should be empowered to alter mortgage loans in order to prevent foreclosures.
Witnesses included the obligatory consumer advocates, a conservative think-tanker and a university professor. But the Treasury More…
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