Immigration

Trump Is Headed for Another Failure with a Deplorable Immigration Bill

By Rob Garver

Back when his presidential candidacy was still a longshot, Donald Trump had a go-to method for firing up his supporters if he sensed that a campaign rally was losing its momentum. He described it in...
Trump Will Allow Young Immigrants to Stay: Here’s a Rundown on DACA

By Rob Garver

A release from the Trump administration on Thursday night surprised many of the president’s detractors when it made suggested that the administration plans to leave President Obama’s Deferred Action...
How Much Energy Would Trump's Solar Border Wall Actually Produce?

By Leanna Garfield, Business Insider

During a White House meeting with Republican Congressional leaders on June 6, President Trump discussed plans for his proposed US-Mexico border wall. As Axios reported , he pitched covering the wall...
Here’s a Basic Problem With Trump’s Plan to Deport Undocumented Immigrants

By Rob Garver

According to the Government Accountability Office, if the Trump administration really plans on maintaining its accelerated pace of arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants, something is...
Here's How Broken Washington Is — Even Without Trump

By David Dayen

A problem caused by a government-granted monopoly looks like it’ll actually get solved. Or it did, until conservatives found the name “Elizabeth Warren” atop the bill.

Bad News for Trump’s Wall: Watchdog Finds Plenty of Ways Around It

By Eric Pianin

A new report by the Government Accountability Office suggests there are plenty of ways for illegal immigrants, illicit drug smugglers and human traffickers to breach almost any barrier the...
These Big, Expensive Giveaways to Illegal Immigrants Will Backfire on Liberals

By Liz Peek

As Trump ramps up border security, liberal Democrats vow ever-greater resistance. Blue states are increasingly adopting policies that bolster their pro-immigrant bona fides, but that may ultimately...
Trump Can Grow the Economy or Cut Immigration. He Can’t Do Both

By Rob Garver

The Trump administration is fixated on driving down immigration and on driving up economic growth. But there’s good reason to believe that if it succeeds at the first, it will almost certainly fail...
Can Trump’s Wall Really Pay for Itself Over 10 Years?

By Rob Garver

The original plan for President Trump’s border wall, repeated ad nauseam on the campaign trail, was that it would be paid for by Mexico. On Sunday, though, Attorney General Jeff Sessions floated a...
Trump Pushes Congress to the Wall to Avoid a Government Shutdown

By Rob Garver

The already-complicated effort to avert a government shutdown on April 29 is taking on another layer of complexity, with the White House demanding that any spending measure that funds the federal...

Obama May Have Tied the GOP’s Hands on Immigration

By Rob Garver and Eric Pianin

President Obama’s announcement last night that he would take executive action to shield 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation produced angry condemnation from Congressional Republicans. But...
President Obama’s Speech About Illegal Immigration

By President Barack Obama

My fellow Americans, tonight, I’d like to talk with you about immigration. For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the world has given us a tremendous advantage...
Obama's 5 Reasons for Executive Action on Immigration

By President Barack Obama

The President’s Immigration Accountability Executive Actions are an important step to fix our broken immigration system. Millions of undocumented immigrants who live in the shadows but want to play...
Compared to Real Reform, Obama’s Not Doing Much on Immigration

By Rob Garver

Tonight, President Obama will announce a set of executive actions meant to remove the threat of immediate deportation for close to half of the undocumented immigrants currently living in the United...
Immigration Action Could Make Obama Even More Radioactive to Democrats

By Eric Pianin

More than a dozen vulnerable Senate Democrats distanced themselves from President Obama during tough reelection contests only to lose to GOP challengers in at least eight races. Now the 45 Democrats...

Search form