Just before the U.S. Senate voted to kill the border-security package on Wednesday, co-author Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, said Republicans refusal to debate the bill was "shameful."
So much of the conversation around immigration right now centers on our southern border where record numbers of people are arriving hoping to seek asylum in the U.S. from countries all over the world.
Republicans in Congress are mistaken in believing harsh asylum policies will stem the tide of migrants swelling at the Southern border in search of refuge in the United States, a panel of immigration experts said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection leaders should take a new report showing human-rights abuses by agents seriously. Accountability should be swift and transparent.