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Topeka Capital-Journal Opinion: Rev. Bobby Love Sr.: Imagine infusing politics with moral principle
Before the midterm elections, a number of anti-immigrant advertisements aired on television around Kansas that seemed to fan the flames of division. U.S. News and World Report called our state’s races “some of the ugliest of the year,” saying that the Republican Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC spent more money here than anywhere else in […]
Read MoreAn Update on TPS: A Promising New Bill, More Lawsuits, and an Uncertain Future
More than 300,000 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders whose status was due to expire in the coming months have new reasons to be hopeful. On the legislative front, Congress proposed a new bill to provide permanent status in the United States for many TPS holders and Dreamers. Separately, the Trump administration gave TPS holders from […]
Read MoreFlorida Business and Civic Leaders Launch the Florida Compact on Immigration
MIAMI, FL – Today, business leaders gathered at Miami Dade College to announce the Florida Compact on Immigration, a set of key principles outlining the need for smart immigration policies at the state and federal levels to drive Florida’s economy forward. Read the Compact and its full list of signatories here. The Florida Compact on Immigration seeks to […]
Read MoreAmerica’s Asylum System Must Ensure the Protection of LGBTQ People
A group of drag queens—clad in feathered boas and wigs—gathered at a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas last week to protest construction of President Trump’s border wall. Lip-syncing to the tunes of Lady Gaga, they hoped to raise money in support of LGBTQ asylum seekers. Though the performance was meant to be lighthearted, […]
Read MoreHow FL Senate Bill 168 & House Bill 527 Would Hurt Florida’s Economy
Florida State Senator Joe Gruters recently introduced Senate Bill 168, which would effectively force local and state law enforcement to become federal immigration agents. Along with House Bill 527, SB 168 would ban policies that limit local cooperation and information-sharing with federal authorities on immigration matters. These bills would create a hostile environment in Florida, […]
Read MoreCourt Filing Seeks Information Regarding Retaliation Against Immigrants’ Rights Attorneys at Southern Border
The Southern Poverty Law Center, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the American Immigration Council filed a motion late last week seeking information regarding possible U.S. government harassment and retaliation against the leadership of the immigrants’ rights organization Al Otro Lado.
Read MoreThe Economic Argument for the Iowa Compact on Immigration
A month after the federal government shutdown over an impasse on immigration policy, over 30 business leaders, industry associations, economists, and civic leaders released the Iowa Compact on Immigration. The Compact recommends a set of key principles to guide the immigration debate in Iowa and at the federal level. Building such wide consensus is rare—so […]
Read MoreMultiple Lawsuits Filed Against Trump’s National Emergency Declaration
Speaking from the Rose Garden on Friday, President Trump invoked the National Emergency Act after Congress refused to provide full funding for additions to the U.S.-Mexico border wall. By declaring a national emergency, the president could potentially bypass Congress and pull from Department of Defense military construction funds to build new wall. As the president […]
Read MoreEconomic Cost of Virginia House Bill 2270 and Senate Bill 1156
The Virginia State legislature is considering two bills that would effectively force local law enforcement to become federal immigration agents. House Bill 2270 and Senate Bill 1156 propose banning policies that limit local cooperation and information-sharing with federal authorities on immigration matters. These bills would create a hostile environment in Virginia potentially causing contributing members […]
Read MoreTrump’s State of the Union Speech Reflects a Fundamental Misunderstanding of Immigration
Speaking before Congress and the nation Tuesday evening, President Trump once again promised bipartisanship and instead delivered division. When it came to immigration, the president neither offered an olive branch nor acknowledged the devastating effects of his administration’s actions to date. Rather than offer solutions to the actual problems facing immigrants across the country, his […]
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