“Bush: Ideology got in way of immigration reform”
“WASHINGTON — A failure to reform the nation’s immigration laws is the result of an electoral process that forces the parties to seek ideologically pure candidates, former President George W. Bush said in his new memoir.
Bush proposed comprehensive immigration reform, one that would have granted citizenship to illegal immigrants who paid fines and learned English, [...]
“Cities, counties can’t stop federal immigration checks”
“Cities and counties can’t stop U.S. immigration officials from sifting through local police records to root out illegal immigrants, even though Immigration and Customs Enforcement has characterized the program as voluntary since it started up two years ago, federal documents show.” Read more…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39576754/ns/us_news-security/
“Immigration overhaul could leave gay couples out”
“When gay couples were given the right to marry in the District earlier this year, John Beddingfield and Erwin de Leon were among those who quickly obtained marriage licenses. In April, the Woodley Park couple – who have been together for 12 years – quietly exchanged vows before a justice of the peace.” Read more…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/12/AR2010091204157.html?wpisrc=nl_fed
“Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor. Really. We Mean It.”
“If you pay attention only to politics, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the current debate about immigration in America is limited to how severely it should be restricted—whether we need only to seal the border or actually change the birthright citizenship clause in the Constitution. ” Read more…
http://www.slate.com/id/2265974/
“Prioritizing deportation cases makes sense”
“The decision by the Department of Homeland Security to move to dismiss pending immigration cases against suspected illegal immigrants who have no serious criminal records and meet other criteria is an idea whose time has come.” Read more…
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/7186860.html
