The headlines and chyrons call it a “border crisis.” But the crisis is not at our southern border, it’s in Central America. We don’t need simplistic sensationalism, we need durable solutions. To get there we have to confront hard truths, dismiss political gamesmanship, and construct a set of administrative and…

As we prepare to say good riddance to 2020, let’s take a look back. Instead of focusing on the parade of horribles that 2020 brought to us — a lethal pandemic, an ongoing assault on democracy, and the bottomless bad faith of one of our two political parties — let…

It Won’t Work This Time. As this week’s Republican convention gets underway, we are steeling ourselves for a steady diet of raw, fetid xenophobia. A party once led by proudly pro-immigration standard-bearers such as Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and John McCain will stage a convention that won’t even mention…

The coronavirus crisis has revealed a contradiction in American life. We rely on an indispensable army of undocumented immigrant workers to help save our lives. Yet we maintain heartless policies designed to exploit them, exclude them and drive them out. In a society striving to extend freedom, justice and equality…

Republicans can’t run on healthcare because they are dismantling it. They can’t run on education because they are defunding it. They can’t run on retirement security because they are threatening it. …

Clearly, President Trump is turbocharging his attacks on immigrants and refugees. Just look at his twitter feed. But why? For starters, let’s acknowledge the obvious: Trump is unfit, unstable and unhinged. He combines a witches brew of incompetence, corruption and narcissism that make him uniquely dangerous. As New York Times…

With action the Senate and perhaps the House expected in the coming weeks, here’s my attempt to make sense of how to move from the current muddle to a breakthrough that protects Dreamers. The White House plan and the President’s marketing of it is making a breakthrough more difficult. Authored…

“I think it’s fair to say, this is not your typical election. It’s not just a choice between parties or policies, the usual debates between left and right. This is a more fundamental choice about who we are as a people, and whether we stay true to this great American…

Y las fuerzas pro inmigrantes están ganando — Con toda seguridad, Donald Trump y Ted Cruz están tramando algo, dicen los infalibles expertos. Claramente, sus opiniones extremistas y su despiadada retórica en torno a los inmigrantes tocan una poderosa fibra del sentimiento público. ¿Podría ser que el apoyo que ellos están activando es sólo la punta del iceberg…