Author: Staff

This Fourth of July, President Obama pledged to keep pushing immigration reform as it languishes on Capitol Hill: “As long as there are men and women like all of you who are willing to give so much for the right to call yourselves Americans … then we’re going to keep on growing our economy, we’ll continue to journey forward.”In the meantime, millions of people are left in limbo. Here’s a glimpse into whose lives are put on hold:via Lives in limbo: A guide to who’s waiting for immigration reform – The Washington...

In 1994, California Governor Pete Wilson aired television ads showing people scrambling across the Mexican border near San Diego. “The rules are being broken,” a narrator intoned. “Pete Wilson has had the courage to say enough is enough.” Wilson, who at one point trailed in the polls, ended up cruising to an easy re-election.Two decades later, the rhetoric around immigration hasn’t changed much — just look at Virginia, where long-shot challenger Dave Brat upset Eric Cantor in part by promising to “secure the border” and “reject any proposal that grants amnesty” to undocumented immigrants.But while the rhetoric has stayed...