Author: T. Douglas Stump

How often have we heard the refrain, just because it’s the easy path does not make it the right path?  In the current immigration reform debate, I would like to drive home this conventional wisdom to my political party – the...

After what seemed like a whirlwind of action in the Senate with hundreds of amendments in committee and then hundreds more filed during the floor debate, we ended up with a bill passed at the end of June.  Great timing of course...

I admit to a considerable amount of surprise at Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano’s announcement that she’d be leaving DHS for the University of California system.  I’ve read all kinds of news stories about how DHS...

After the House Republican Conference met this afternoon to discuss immigration reform plans, I held out hope that the Leadership of my party would see the light. (Yes, I’m an immigration lawyer and a Republican, there are...

Seriously, I can’t quite believe it.  The Senate managed to give me a birthday gift, Christmas present, and welcome basket beyond my wildest expectations on the day that I was installed as AILA’s President.  S. 744, the “Border...