By Lisa Desjardins, PBS A range of immigration proposals under debate in the Senate this week could change the lives of hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants who are now protected from deportation by DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The measures will join several bills that […]
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The Wall Street Journal Senators are debating immigration this week in a way the Senate was intended to function—with open debate and amendments. Imagine that. No one knows how it will turn out, but this is the best chance the U.S. has in years to break the right-left stalemate, if […]
By Rob Lallier, Special to the American-Statesman Two recent incidents illustrate for me America’s current quandary over immigration. The first came during my return to Austin from a needed midsummer break in Colorado. My friend and I made a wrong turn somewhere south of Lubbock. As a result, we drove […]
By Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times President Trump’s immigration proposal has put Democrats in a bind; they know it and he knows it. Trump’s immigration “framework” — first outlined on Jan. 25 — represents an unusually sophisticated strategy. He proposes to more than double the number of Dreamers […]