House Speaker John Boehner shelved immigration reform thanks to a recalcitrant bloc of Tea Party lawmakers, a top Democrat said Thursday. Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), a chief architect of the Senate’s ...

As I predicted, some form of immigration reform is getting closer to passing. It likely won’t be comprehensive, but the establishment GOP is feeling like they aren’t beholden to the crazies in the Tea ...

Tea party hero Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday backed a dramatic overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, a fresh, strong signal that Republicans are coming to accept broad changes – and that Paul wants ...

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In an op-ed piece at the Washington Post, Dana Milbank describes how the Tea Party has turned on one of its own, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), for his immigration plan. Members of the Tea Party convened ...

(AP) A national tea party leader is endorsing immigration overhaul legislation including legal status for the 11.5 million people now here illegally. Sal Russo, a co-founder of Tea Party Express, ...