The politicization of Justice Dept. hiring is not just an embarrassing Bush administration scandal– it’s affected asylum seekers and immigrants. So says a new report by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse or TRAC. Read the rest of this entry »

By Lynda Waddington 7/29/08 3:22 PM

The weekend rally in Postville was an event from which most political candidates and elected officials chose to distance themselves. But, Christopher Reed, a Republican who will face U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin on the November ballot, not only made a point of coming to the isolated small town, but standing with those who supported the unprecedented May 12 federal immigration action that resulted in the detention of 389 workers. Read the rest of this entry »

Hurrah for elections. They often clarify the preferred action on an issue. Take the question of what to do with millions of illegal aliens in the US. Last spring, Congress was gridlocked over it. Now the question is on the campaign stump for the 2008 election. Just ask Hillary Clinton. Read the rest of this entry »