A new PRRI/The Atlantic survey of American attitudes about the health of our nation’s Democratic institutions reveals that partisan divisions over racial diversity and religious pluralism have Americans split, but most are optimistic divisions can be overcome except those that are political. This survey, the latest in a series of […] Read more »
Immigration, Public Opinion and Congress
The bipartisan, bicameral congressional committee has announced a tentative spending agreement that, if passed by both the House and Senate and signed by President Donald Trump by Friday, will avert a second partial government shutdown. The committee of 17 senators and other members of Congress no doubt considered many factors […] Read more »
Trump Is Walling Off the GOP
The most misleading line in Donald Trump’s State of the Union address this week might have also been the most revealing about how he is reconfiguring the Republican Party and reshaping America’s electoral alignment. “Legal immigrants enrich our nation and strengthen our society in countless ways,” he declared at one […] Read more »
Solid Majority Still Opposes New Construction on Border Wall
Sixty percent of Americans oppose major new construction of walls along the U.S.-Mexico border — the goal behind President Donald Trump’s budget showdown with Democratic leaders that led to a record 35-day partial shutdown of the federal government. CONT. Jim Norman, Gallup Read more »
Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Tuesday from asking about citizenship status on the 2020 census, the first major ruling in cases contending officials ramrodded the question through for Republican political purposes to intentionally undercount immigrants. CONT. Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Read more »
Americans don’t want Trump’s border wall. This is what they want instead.
Americans have lately been spectators for a gladiatorial battle between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The president insists on getting $5.7 billion for a border wall in exchange for agreeing to fund the government and end the shutdown. The California Democrat refuses flatly, resolutely calling the border wall […] Read more »