by Thomas Mills | Jan 17, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Immigration |
Yesterday, former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough on his MSNBC show gave Democrats good advice. Don’t give in on DACA. Make the Republicans offer a clean bill on the program or let the government shutdown. He’s right. Now is not the time for Democrats to...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 12, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Immigration |
Immigration has been a contentious issue almost since the beginning of the country. Tensions might subside but they’re always just below the surface. Right now, they’re busting through. Yesterday, Donald Trump wondered why we have to take people from all these...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 9, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Immigration |
It looks like immigration is going to consume the national debate for the next few weeks. Trump appears ready to deport 200,000 people who’ve been here for almost a generation and Congress is going to get into a showdown over fixing DACA. From a political standpoint,...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 24, 2016 | Campaign Finance, Editor's Blog, Gun Control, National Politics |
I watched the sit-in on the House floor and cheered for the Democrats taking a stand against the gun violence. I was disappointed when the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Obama’s immigration orders are unconstitutional. However, both of these actions...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 21, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, National Politics |
It’s election year and pundits across the political spectrum are speculating about what will drive the electorate next November. In 2014 in North Carolina, the Kay Hagan campaign almost made the election about public education and almost bucked a national GOP wave....
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