In a Sunday interview with the website Shark Tank, Sen. Ted Cruz stressed that while he condemns Obama’s desire to award the millions of immigrants who have entered the country illegally, he still supports legal immigration: “I actually think the amnesty issue is broader than just another policy issue on which people can disagree,” Cruz […]
GOP Debate: Bay Area residents weigh in on candidates’ stance on sanctuary cities
By Katie Nelson, San Jose Mercury News Aug. 07–A significant spotlight shined on the Bay Area during Thursday night’s first GOP debate after moderators raised questions surrounding sanctuary cities and the shooting death of former Pleasanton resident Kate Steinle by an undocumented immigrant. The question, in a Facebook submission by a man identified as Doug […]
NumbersUSA to run immigration reduction ad during Fox News debate
During tonight’s GOP primary debate on Fox News, immigration reduction group NumbersUSA will run an ad encouraging viewers to see immigration as a question of “numbers”: “We are glad that candidates are beginning to address various problems of our immigration policies, but our ad seeks to remind presidential hopefuls and voters that the overwhelming issue […]
The Trump effect: immigration remarks push GOP contenders sharply right
Before Donald Trump walks on stage at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland for the first Republican presidential debate on Thursday night, he will have already succeeded in wielding a dramatic – and some believe potentially fatal – impact on his party and the nine other candidates standing beside him vying to be its nominated […]
Despite rhetoric, border security less urgent in 2016
By SETH ROBBINS and ALICIA CALDWELL, Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — In the weeks leading up to Thursday’s first debate of the 2016 presidential race, Republican candidates have sought to distinguish themselves from each other — and President Barack Obama — with ever-tougher positions on border security and illegal immigration, claiming current measures are […]
Marco Rubio: Immigration can’t be fixed with ‘one massive comprehensive’ bill
At the Voters First Presidential Forum in New Hampshire on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio argued that the United States’ broken immigration system “cannot be fixed in one massive comprehensive piece of legislation”: “There is only one way forward, and it will require three steps, and they have to happen in the following sequence. […]