Immigration Reform

  UPDATE: President Donald Trump‘s profane comment about Africa is drawing furious reactions from civil rights organizations. The NAACP is accusing Trump of “lowbrow, callous and unfiltered racism.” A statement released Thursday evening by the organization says Trump’s “decision to use profanity to describe African, Central American and Caribbean countries is not only a low […]

Pope Francis tackled issues of racial and social injustice, and abolishment of the death penalty, among other things.

CHICAGO (AP) — Taking on the hecklers who’ve been interrupting his speeches lately, President Barack Obama argued back Tuesday with a point-by-point rebuttal of their arguments and suggested they “get the facts.” Obama had traveled home to Chicago for an appearance aimed at broadening the appeal of his recent executive actions on immigration beyond the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on “felons, not families.” The moves, affecting mostly parents and young people, marked the most sweeping changes to the nation’s fractured immigration […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday noted that previous U.S. presidents have issued some type of executive order on immigration, suggesting his Democratic successor was on “pretty firm legal footing.” The former president spoke on the eve of President Barack Obama’s scheduled announcement of executive actions that could spare as many as […]

President Obama will use a Thursday speech to roll out new executive orders that could grant legal status to millions of immigrants now in the country illegally, officials said Wednesday. (Let’s hope he completes his speech before Scandal comes on!) In a video announcement posted on Facebook and at the White House website, Obama said […]