“For every 1 who’s a valedictorian there’s another 100 out there … hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert,” the Iowa Republican said last week, explaining why he opposes the DREAM Act. Yesterday, Wolf Blitzer asked him if he stood by those comments. “Wolf, yes,” said King.
Immigration
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The DREAMer Problem
Granting citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants separately makes the case for legalizing their parents more difficult.
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Semantic Innovation in Immigration Reform
Presto, “provisional legal status” becomes “probation.”
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It Doesn’t Matter Who Replaces Janet Napolitano
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.
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GOP Establishment Fractures on Immigration
The editors of the right’s two leading magazines come out against comprehensive reform, and it may no longer be possible to speak of a single unified position among the Republican elite.
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GOP Might Just Stick with This “Party of White People” Thing
It’s not completely crazy. But they could be screwed either way.
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The Cruel Math of Immigration Reform in the House
There just aren’t that many Republicans with both the inclination and the incentive to vote for comprehensive reform.
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My, What a Long Bill You Have!
The silliest argument against comprehensive immigration reform.
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Los Infiltradores
How three young undocumented activists risked everything to expose the injustices of immigrant detention—and invented a new form of protest.
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Immigration Reform, Now Surging With Testosterone
If they want to call it “The Republicans Are Manly Immigration Act of 2013,” that’d be fine too.
