Author: Justin Lane

On Tuesday, in response to efforts by San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to plea options for immigration reform, House Republicans continued to characterize a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants as an ‘extreme.’ According to Republican Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, the option of a pathway to citizenship for these individuals is as extreme as “mass deportation” – a sentiment that was echoed the next day by Republicans Lamar Smith (Texas), Elton Gallegly (California), and Steve King (Iowa) at their infamously named “Holiday on ICE” hearing on immigration detention reform. Castro disputed Goodlatte’s exaggeration, “I do believe that a pathway...