Jul 17 Still no consensus on border plan as Congress hurtles toward summer recess By Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Still no consensus on border plan Pew poll finds support for accelerating legal process Clinton, undecided leading the 2016 pack Plus daily trivia and Line Items Congress still searching for consensus on border plan:… Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch New Mexico city divided over sheltering immigrants awaiting deportation By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 15 Immigration activist, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas released after detention By Colleen Shalby Journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas was detained at the McAllen Airport in Texas on Tuesday after trying to fly out of the border city. Continue reading
Jul 15 As conservative border backlash continues, bipartisan bill emerges By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Bipartisan border bill; more protests planned Democrats lead in key blue-state Senate races Push is on for highway bill; conservative groups lobby against passage Despite loss, Cantor set to cash in Bipartisan border bill:… Continue reading
Jul 14 Bill would expedite removal of child migrants from Central America By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Two Texas lawmakers are teaming up on a bill to speed removals of the unaccompanied Central American kids who’ve been arriving by the tens of thousands at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Jul 14 Five lessons from this election season so far By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: The establishment has had a good season ... Incumbents are tough to beat … Democrats' chances could rest with their Marks … Money can't buy you tea party love … and ObamaCare fades as… Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch Shields and Brooks on suing the president, LeBron's hometown bounce By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including legal action by the U.S. House against President Obama, dwindling funds for the federal highway system, how to cope with… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch News Wrap: White House under pressure from both sides on child migrant deportations By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, leading Republicans demanded change to a 2008 statute that bars quicker deportations for children illegally crossing the border. Several Democratic lawmakers say they oppose such a move, but the White House left open the possibility. Continue watching
Jul 11 Gwen's Take: Take a tablespoon of policy, add a dash of politics and mix well By Gwen Ifill The national immigration debate has risen, Lazarus-like, from the ash bin to which politics had consigned it. As with issues ranging from death to taxes (to death taxes) we’ve been having some version of the same argument for years. Continue reading
Jul 11 House chairman: $3.7 billion request 'too much' By Erica Werner, Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press President Barack Obama's $3.7 billion emergency request for the border crisis is too big and the House won't approve it, the chairman of the House committee that controls spending said Friday. "It's too much money. We don't need it," Appropriations… Continue reading