Iowans overwhelmingly support citizenship for undocumented immigrants — and not just the so-called Dreamers. Sixty-five percent of respondents in the latest Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll call a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented workers currently living in the country “a worthy goal.” The consensus is stronger when it comes […] Read more »
Trump Has Got Democrats Right Where He Wants Them
President Trump’s immigration proposal has put Democrats in a bind; they know it and he knows it. Trump’s immigration “framework” — first outlined on Jan. 25 — represents an unusually sophisticated strategy. He proposes to more than double the number of Dreamers granted a path to citizenship, a significant concession […] Read more »
Forget Senate negotiators — House conservatives could have the last word on immigration
Again and again, constituents at Rep. Glenn Grothman’s town hall meetings this week wanted to talk about DACA, “chain migration” and “the wall” — the right half of the vocabulary of the fierce immigration debate now playing out in Washington. … In an interview, Grothman described the tilt in his […] Read more »
Why Asking About Citizenship Could Make the Census Less Accurate
It’s a question that used to be on the national census every decade: whether you were a citizen of the United States. But the Justice Department’s request to return it to the 2020 census for all respondents has unsettled demographic experts as well as advocates of voting rights and immigrants, […] Read more »
Immigration: Public Opinion Context
In a bipartisan meeting with congressional leaders on Tuesday, President Donald Trump seemed open to supporting a broad immigration deal that could establish a pathway to citizenship for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. He also seemed willing to extend protection to immigrants brought into the U.S. as children, although […] Read more »
Alarm at Proposal to Ask About Citizenship Status in Census
A request by the Justice Department to ask people about their citizenship status in the 2020 census is stirring a broad backlash from census experts and others who say the move could wreck chances for an accurate count of the population — and, by extension, a fair redistricting of the […] Read more »