While Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex) may have used "colorful" language recently to dismiss my Houston Chronicle Op-Ed, DREAMers stick by the points made, especially that Texans and the Latino community need Senator Cornyn's leadership to finally modernize our country’s outdated immigration system. Immigration is a complex legal and policy issue which mandates intimate attention and debate. Indeed, we commend t ...

This weekend the Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO, monoliths of business and labor, agreed to the last major component on immigration reform. With the visa cap of 200,000 and wage scale finalized, reform is picking up momentum. Indeed, Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) promised to move immigration legislation with “all deliberate speed.” Unfortunately for Congress, bipartisanship on any ...

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued new guidelines clarifying that undocumented youth - or DREAMers - who qualify for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) are “lawfully present” in the country. The announcement clarified the debate over whether DREAMers can access driver’s licenses under state laws that require legal presence. In addition to driver’s licenses, however, anothe ...

Over the past few months, bipartisan meetings of Congressional legislators have been taking place behind closed doors on immigration. This is highly unusual when compared to other hot-button issues like taxes and gun control, which are both currently high-profile debates. Despite the productive talks and alliances, Democrats and Republicans are still calling on President Obama to take leadership on immigrat ...