Despite being the former governor of a border state, the outgoing secretary of Homeland Security was unable to convince Republicans she was “serious” about enforcement. So will her replacement.
Gabriel Arana
Gabriel Arana is a contributing editor at The American Prospect. His articles on gay rights, immigration, and media have appeared in publications including The New Republic, The Nation, Salon, The Advocate, and The Daily Beast.
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The Religious Right’s Terms of Surrender
Conservative intellectuals have accepted that gay marriage is inevitable, and are asking what the future holds for its opponents.
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After Supreme Court Ruling, the Long Walk to the Altar Continues
Today’s pair of decisions is not the last word from the justices on same-sex marriage. But for the moment, the fight is back in the hands of the states.
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Can We Forgive Alan Chambers?
The leader of the country’s largest “ex-gay” organization announces the group is shutting down and that he’s sorry.
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Republicans’ Immigration Spending Spree
As lawmakers squabble over the cost of reform, there is one area where money is no object: border security.
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Marco Rubio’s Broken English Requirement
Without government investment in instruction, all language mandates do is make it harder for poor immigrants to become citizens.
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When Queers Bash Back
Why are hate crimes against gay people still rampant in a city at the vanguard of social change?
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Face It: You’re Crazy (But So Is Everyone Else)
Critics fear the newest edition of psychiatry’s diagnostic manual will turn us into a nation of overmedicated zombies. But the truth is mental illness is far more common than we realize.
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Try to Find the Heritage Foundation’s Anti-Immigration Study on its Spanish-Language Site
div#in-article-ad {display:none !Important;} You’d think, based on the media blitz promoting the conservative Heritage Foundation’s recent study-which claims immigration reform will cost the country $6.3 trillion dollars-the organization would be using its full web presence to promote their work. Not so on the think tank’s Spanish-language site, Heritage Libertad. This may all be a coincidence, […]
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Why We Still Need GLAAD
The swift advance of gay rights raises an existential question for the movement: Are we done once the most privileged among us get what we want?