Elections & Voting
The growth in the immigrant population has helped to strengthen and remake America over the last two decades. Today, as thousands of baby boomers retire each day, working-age immigrants are filling gaps in the labor market, paying billions of dollars in taxes that help our entitlement programs survive, and buying homes in communities that would otherwise be in decline. Millions of immigrants have also earned U.S. citizenship and the right to vote while millions more are estimated to be eligible to naturalize.
Lindsey Graham predicts GOP will lose White House bid unless it embraces immigration reform
Because there’s no one better to journey across that Long Bridge of Divisiveness to reach the Promised Land of Unity, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is goading the 2016 GOP presidential field, as well as Republican lawmakers, to embrace immigration reform. “If I were the president of the United States, I… Read More
Immigrants Are Good For Us
Immigration is one of the great polarizing issues in American politics. It is the issue that riles my conservative friends the most. They oppose anything that smacks of amnesty, open borders, or more people entering the country illegally. They argue that those people are prone to committing crimes, lazily devour… Read More
IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL ECONOMY WHILE LAWMAKERS STRUGGLE WITH REFORM EFFORTS
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Immigrants in the United States started 28 percent of all new businesses in 2011 and businesses owned by immigrants employed approximately 4.7 million people in 2007, according to the Partnership for a New American Economy and the Fiscal Policy Institute. Although the immigrant population in Nebraska is significantly smaller… Read More
Young Republicans demand immigration reform
In 21st Century America, Democrats and Republicans rarely reach consensus. Our nation faces many pressing social and economic issues, yet bipartisanship is a word not readily associated with Washington, D.C. Polarizing policies on both sides of the aisle often prevent Congress from passing substantive legislation to enact meaningful reform. Fortunately,… Read More
GOP must embrace immigrants or fade from relevance
Elections are often more about perceptions than reality. Many voters form impressions based on accumulated images, words, and other messages that build up over the course of an election cycle and then act on those impressions. To some degree, choices are shaped by community and family. Without those influences, there… Read More
Richardson: Immigration reform imperative for growth
The March jobs report was a stubborn reminder that America’s economic recovery remains fragile. And while securing 61 consecutive months of job growth is an impressive accomplishment in the wake of the Great Recession, the disappointing report underscores just how important it is to deploy every tool we have to… Read More
McCain to GOP Hopefuls: Address Immigration or We Lose in 2016
Immigration reform supporter Sen. John McCain says the GOP risks losing the White House next year if it doesn’t wrestle with the contentious issue. “The reality is, is that we are losing support in the Hispanic community,” the Arizona Republican told reporters Tuesday, The Hill reports. “We need to address… Read More
Iowans must school candidates on immigration
Iowa Republican operative John Stineman visited our editorial board earlier this month to insist that caucus candidates move past immigration rhetoric and make real reform a caucus issue. We agreed with almost every word from Stineman, who also is full-time director of the Iowa Chamber Alliance, a group of the… Read More
An Ohio GOP argument for immigration reform
There has never been a better time for conservatives to take meaningful action on immigration reform. It is an issue that encompasses core values conservatives hold dear — job creation, economic growth, family values, work ethic, personal responsibility, enhancing national security and making government function properly. By leading instead of following… Read More
An Ohio GOP argument for immigration reform: Chris Gibbs (Opinion)
There has never been a better time for conservatives to take meaningful action on immigration reform. It is an issue that encompasses core values conservatives hold dear — job creation, economic growth, family values, work ethic, personal responsibility, enhancing national security and making government function properly. By leading instead of following… Read More
America's story is an immigrant story.
