Archives
More than 2,700 young undocumented immigrants in Nebraska now have the right to apply for driver’s licenses. The Nebraska legislature overrode a veto by Gov. Pete Ricketts on Thursday to pass a bill ending the state’s ban on licenses for DREAMers. Nebraska is the last state in the country to […]
Cesar Vargas has a resume most young Americans would envy. He graduated from a Brooklyn high school that counts Sens. Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders among its alumni. He made honors in both college and law school. But because he was brought to the United States from Mexico illegally when […]
A change in Los Angeles County elected leadership last year paved the way for the end of a controversial collaboration between sheriff’s deputies and federal immigration officials in the county jails. The replacement of termed-out Supervisor Gloria Molina with former U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis appears to have provided […]
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush declared Wednesday that 11 million immigrants in the country illegally should have an opportunity to stay, wading yet again into his party’s contentious immigrant debate. In tone and substance, Bush stands out among the many Republicans lining up for the GOP’s next presidential primary, where […]