Jan 31 House GOP leaders face stiff challenge in selling immigration principles By Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe House Republican leaders Thursday unveiled their long-awaited list of immigration reform principles, outlining a step-by-step approach that includes several border security provisions, but also provides the opportunity for undocumented immigrants currently living in the country to obtain legal status. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch House GOP recasts agenda as White House alternative, not opposition By PBS News Hour While President Obama pushed his economic agenda on the road, House Republicans met to discuss their way forward on major issues, including immigration. Gwen Ifill gets views on the year’s political outlook from Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, Neera Tanden… Continue watching
Jan 30 House GOP leaders to test support for immigration principles By Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe Thursday is the day that House Republican leaders plan to gauge the appetite of their rank-and-file members for addressing immigration reform this year by presenting broad principles for potential legislation during the GOP caucus' annual retreat on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch Senators react to the State of the Union: ‘We’re moving ahead’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Shields and Brooks offer State of the Union predictions By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk to Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about what to expect in President Obama's annual address to the nation, and how it may set the tone for politics in… Continue watching
Jan 27 Obama administration tops its own deportation record By Ruth Tam In one term, the Obama Administration has deported roughly 80 percent the number of immigrants the George W. Bush administration deported in two. Pew Research Center reported that Homeland Security set new records for deportations in 2012. Continue reading
Jan 07 Obama begins a renewed political push for immigration reform in 2014 .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } The PBS NewsHour reported in… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch Examining Obama’s options to push his agenda in 2014 President Obama emerged from 2013 with near all-time low job approval ratings after the botched rollout of the health care law. Susan Page of USA Today and Jerry Seib of The Wall Street Journal join Judy Woodruff to discuss what… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Will 2014 yield immigration reform? Despite a push from President Obama for immigration reform, 2013 failed to yield any sweeping legislation. Judy Woodruff talks to Mark Hugo Lopez of the Pew Research Center, Tamar Jacoby of ImmigrationWorks USA, Angela Maria Kelley of the Center for… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Sunday, December 22, 2013 Israel condemns U.S. spying, an immigrant family's success story and Iran through art. Continue watching