Jul 31 Watch Divided House GOP delays recess to find agreement on border bill By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch Holder: DOJ needs Congress' support to reduce immigration backlog By PBS News Hour Attorney General Eric Holder sits down with Gwen Ifill to discuss the House vote to allow the speaker to sue President Obama, the backlog of immigration cases and the political fight over border crisis, death penalty reforms, voting rights and… Continue watching
Jul 31 Senate races to move VA, highway bills; House postpones its vacation for one more day By David Espo, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Congress ran full-tilt into election-year gridlock over immigration Thursday and staggered toward a five-week summer break with no agreement in sight on legislation to cope with the influx of young immigrants flocking illegally to the United States. Continue reading
Jul 31 Divided House abandons vote on border bill By Erica Werner, Associated Press The House has abandoned a vote on legislation to address the immigration crisis on the border after tea partyers withdrew their support in a dispute over a separate measure on deportations. Continue reading
Jul 31 Congress in fight against clock to pass legislation before summer break By Donna Cassata, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rushing toward the exits, Congress on Thursday scrambled to wrap up legislation addressing the problem-plagued Veterans Affairs Department and a looming shortfall in highway money. House Republicans sought to win over reluctant, tea party conservatives on a border… Continue reading
Jul 30 Republicans to vote on suing President Obama -- is impeachment next? By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Health care, immigration intertwined for GOP lawsuit and opposition Timeline of a lawsuit Is impeachment for real - or just a Democratic (and some Republicans') fantasy? House GOP set to move on border bill;… Continue reading
Jul 29 House to vote on downsized bill for child migrant crisis By Erica Werner, Associated Press House Republicans have agreed to vote on a slimmed-down bill to address the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border by sending in National Guard troops and speeding unaccompanied migrant youths back to Central America. Continue reading
Jul 29 Could Obama's executive actions on immigration change the midterm election landscape? By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Even as they grapple with an immigration crisis at the border, White House officials are making plans to act before November’s mid-term elections to grant work permits to potentially millions of immigrants who are in this country illegally,… Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama's handling of the border crisis, Mideast violence By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch Can political leadership in Central America reverse conditions fueling migration? By PBS News Hour Continue watching