… For eight years, [Andrés] Sepúlveda, now 31, says he traveled the continent rigging major political campaigns. … Sepúlveda’s career began in 2005, and his first jobs were small—mostly defacing campaign websites and breaking into opponents’ donor databases. Within a few years he was assembling teams that spied, stole, and […] Read more »
Political Shift Stalls Efforts to Overhaul Immigration
By the time Senator Angus King called the White House to warn President Obama against taking executive action to overhaul the immigration system, officials were well aware they had a problem on their hands. What had once looked like a clear political imperative for both parties — action to grant […] Read more »
More Prioritize Border Security in Immigration Debate
As President Obama considers executive action to delay the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants, the public’s priorities for U.S. immigration policy have shifted, with more people favoring a focus on better border security and tougher enforcement of immigration laws. CONT. Pew Read more »
The data on white anxiety over Hispanic immigration
Immigration crises, erupting like long-dormant volcanoes every few years, have redefined what ‘immigrant’ means to us. These crises cause us to react in deeply personal ways, forging our opinions on what laws we want and whether we will fight for them. … What drives these reactions is not all pretty, […] Read more »
Why American Opinion Is Split On The Child Migrant Crisis
… Immigration erupts in a national debate in some moments and is all but ignored in others. In the past two decades, social scientists have learned a fair bit about Americans’ views on immigration, and a number of those lessons about the who, what, where and why of Americans’ attitudes […] Read more »
What do Americans say should happen to child border crossers?
When asked what should happen to the Central American children who have recently crossed the border into the U.S. illegally, 50 percent of Americans say they should be returned to their home country as soon as possible, while 43 percent think these children should stay in the U.S. while awaiting […] Read more »