On immigration, a black-brown coalition pushes for reform

theGRIO REPORT - Key African-American leaders and groups are joining the Hispanic community in pushing for immigration reform, creating a unified front in the desire to create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers...

Nigerian woman living under deportation threat

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - Yetunde Orungbemi faces the prospect of being estranged from her African-American husband and deported back to a country she barely knows...

State of the Union: Obama to confront the GOP

Perry Bacon Jr.

ANALYSIS - President Obama is likely to repeat the aggressive and decidedly liberal tone of his inaugural address last month, looking less to negotiate with Republicans...

Obama's big immigration opportunity

Perry Bacon Jr.

ANALYSIS - Republicans are strongly signaling they will back an immigration plan along the outlines of what President Obama proposed Tuesday...

Obama on immigration reform: 'Now is the time'

Darlene Superville and Julie Pace, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Declaring 'now is the time' to fix broken immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Tuesday heralded a rare show of bipartisanship between the White House and Senate lawmakers...

How immigration reform affects black America

Marlon Hill

OPINION - With the present discourse over immigration reform, we have an extraordinary opportunity to mix our understanding and appreciation for race, culture and language with public policy...

Civil, racial and labor groups: 'Let’s organize for immigration reform'

Sandra Lilley, NBC Latino

NBC LATINO - A coalition of racial, labor, and religious groups announced today they are encouraged by the Senate bipartisan plan on immigration reform...

White House, senators starting push on immigration

Erica Werner and Julie Pace, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -The White House and a bipartisan group of senators will launch separate efforts next week to jumpstart negotiations to overhaul the immigration system, an issue that has languished in Washington for years...

Olympic medalist detained on terror suspicion

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - Olympic Gold Medalist Mohammed Farah, who took home two track and field medals for Great Britain in this summer's Games, says he was dismayed at his treatment by U.S. airport security as he traveled to Oregon to visit his family for Christmas...

Republicans consider major shifts on key issues

Josh Lederman, Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after an electoral drubbing, some party leaders and rank-and-file alike are signaling a willingness to bend on all three issues...