Poll: Immigration offers opportunity to Democrats

by Thomas Mills | Apr 26, 2021 | Editor's Blog, Immigration | 1 comment

Joe Biden is enjoying strong approval ratings as he approaches the end of his first 100 days in office. He has broad support for his approach to the most pressing issues, the economy and the pandemic. The one place he has problems is immigration. Voters want solutions...

It was never about states’ rights

by Thomas Mills | Aug 22, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Immigration | 1 comment

I grew up hearing conservatives insist that their opposition to integration was not about racism. It was about states’ rights. They argued that the federal government had no business telling states how to manage themselves. They routinely claimed the 10thAmendment...

Democrats, hold firm on DACA

by Thomas Mills | Jan 17, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Immigration | 11 comments

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...

Republicans are making demographics destiny

by Thomas Mills | Jan 12, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Immigration | 21 comments

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...

Republicans’ immigration problem

by Thomas Mills | Jan 9, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Immigration | 6 comments

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,...

PODCAST | Diversity, Guns, & the American Dream with Senator Jay Chaudhuri

by James Kotecki | Jul 13, 2016 | Gun Control, Immigration, Issues, NC Politics, NCGA, PODCAST, Politics, Race, Religion, The North Carolinian

Jay Chaudhuri is the son of Indian immigrants, a former attorney for both Attorney General Roy Cooper and State Treasurer Janet Cowell, and North Carolina’s newest state senator. We talk about how his unique background shapes his politics, his work on gun violence,...