Comprehensive reform has been a long time coming. Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/Shutterstock The long drive to enact comprehensive immigration-reform legislation, which has gone through more stops and starts than a city bus, has reached another crossroads. President Joe Biden has offered legislation to create a path to citizenship for roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants, and two smaller bills (one providing permanent relief for so-called Dreamers, and another giving seasonal farm workers a path to citizenship) have already passed the House . House Democrats are still tinkering with a comprehensive reform bill with the understanding that they can only afford to lose a handful of votes. And at present, there are no real prospects for enacting such legislation in the Senate via normal legislation. Even the steadily dwindling number of Republicans who are open to immigration reform (typically stigmatized as “amnesty” by hardcore conservatives even before Trump weaponized … [Read more...] about Reconciliation May Not Solve Democrats’ Immigration Woes
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Trump to deploy National Guard to southern border
President Trump Donald Trump St. Louis lawyer who pointed gun at Black Lives Matter protesters considering Senate run Chauvin found guilty as nation exhales US says Iran negotiations are 'positive' MORE signed an order Wednesday night to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S. southern border. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Kirstjen Michele Nielsen Left-leaning group to track which companies hire former top Trump aides Rosenstein: Zero tolerance immigration policy 'never should have been proposed or implemented' House Republican condemns anti-Trump celebrities during impeachment hearing MORE first announced Trump's plan to deploy the National Guard earlier in the day Wednesday while speaking at the White House. Nielsen framed the move as a way to toughen an immigration system that “rewards bad behavior,” including illegal drug smuggling and border crossings. “It’s time to act,” Nielsen told reporters, adding that … [Read more...] about Trump to deploy National Guard to southern border
Exclusive—Rep. Byron Donalds: We Are Getting Played at Our Southern Border
While President Biden and Vice President Harris refuse to visit the southern border or call the situation a crisis, the cartels and human traffickers play us like a fiddle. I do not say this statement lightly; I say it because I witnessed this fact on my trip to the border just last week. As a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, I had the opportunity of traveling to El Paso, Texas, and Santa Theresa, New Mexico, to tour the humanitarian and political crisis the administration created at our border. You see, it is easy for political talking heads on both sides of the aisle to defend or critique the crisis on the border from Washington, D.C., or their echo chambers on cable news, but it is a whole new reality on the ground. As I traveled on the César Chávez Border Highway in El Paso, I instantly realized the importance of the border wall, which is the only thing separating the United States and Mexico. While this wall is vital in keeping the people of El Paso … [Read more...] about Exclusive—Rep. Byron Donalds: We Are Getting Played at Our Southern Border
Harris to travel to Northern Triangle region in June
Vice President Harris will meet virtually with the president of Guatemala on Monday and travel to the Northern Triangle in June, a White House official confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. Harris will hold a virtual bilateral meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, and she will join a virtual roundtable Tuesday with representatives from Guatemalan community-based organizations, the official said. The roundtable will focus on how to best address root causes of migration. The discussions will precede Harris's first visit to the Northern Triangle region, which encompasses Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Officials said the vice president would make the trip in June but offered no further details. ADVERTISEMENT "The Vice President last spoke with President Giammattei on March 30th. In that conversation, they agreed to collaborate on promoting economic development, leveraging technology, strengthening climate resilience, and creating the conditions to expand … [Read more...] about Harris to travel to Northern Triangle region in June
Hispanic Caucus energized by first Biden meeting
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) top brass met in the White House with President Biden Joe Biden Cornyn, Sinema to introduce bill aimed at addressing border surge Harris to travel to Northern Triangle region in June Biden expected to formally recognize Armenian Genocide: report MORE on Tuesday, in a show of force for a group often at the forefront of Democratic clashes with former President Trump Donald Trump US gives examples of possible sanctions relief to Iran GOP lawmaker demands review over FBI saying baseball shooting was 'suicide by cop' House passes bill aimed at stopping future Trump travel ban MORE . The CHC, led by Chairman Rep. Raul Ruiz Raul Ruiz Hispanic Caucus energized by first Biden meeting Biden urged to appoint Latina prosecutor working on Floyd case as US attorney 33 Democrats urge Biden to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline MORE (D-Calif.), discussed health care, vaccine equity, Biden's … [Read more...] about Hispanic Caucus energized by first Biden meeting
