Feb 27 House rejects Homeland Security funding By Erica Werner and David Espo, Associated Press Congress closed in Friday on approving a short-term funding bill for the Homeland Security Department that would avert a partial agency shutdown hours before it was to begin. Continue reading
Feb 26 House GOP weighs short-term funding bill to prevent DHS shutdown By David Espo, Erica Werner, Associated Press Sounding a likely retreat, House Republicans weighed short-term funding Thursday to prevent a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security while temporarily leaving in place Obama administration immigration policies they have vowed to repeal. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 7:58 Why Senate and House Republicans are split over a Homeland Security bill By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 25 5 graphs that show how the face of America is changing By Domenico Montanaro, Lisa Desjardins, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Hispanics are one of the largest and fastest-growing voting blocs in the country and stand to be a political powerhouse over the next two generations. A new report shows that the country is getting more diverse, more educated and older. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch When Congress comes to a standstill, it's local officials who feel the pressure By PBS News Hour While Congress debates how to move forward on Department of Homeland Security funding, thousands of county officials from across the U.S. are on Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to act on a wide range of issues, including immigration. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Feb 24 The 3 possibilities in the shutdown showdown over Homeland Security By Lisa Desjardins, Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe With four days left until the Department of Homeland Security runs out of funding (Friday at midnight), the politics remain complicated but the options for Congress are simple: (1) Let DHS funding run out, (2) Fund the agency for the… Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 8:16 Millions in limbo as judge halts Obama's immigration action By PBS News Hour President Obama’s executive actions on immigration have been delayed after a federal judge in Texas ruled it didn't follow proper legal procedure. Alan Gomez of USA Today and Stephen Legomsky of Washington University Law School join Judy Woodruff to discuss… Continue watching
Feb 17 Federal judge stalls Obama's executive action on immigration By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press HOUSTON — The White House promised an appeal Tuesday after a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration and gave a coalition of 26 states time to pursue a lawsuit aiming to permanently stop… Continue reading
Feb 12 Boehner acknowledges possible Homeland Security Department shutdown By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner left open the possibility Thursday of a potential shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security because of a congressional impasse over immigration. Continue reading
Feb 09 Why Hispanic Americans still aren't signing up for Obamacare By Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News Nearly a third of the ACA’s media budget this year is focused on Hispanic media, tripling the 10 percent spent on reaching Latinos last year, according to HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell. Continue reading