With President Obama’s executive order to allow hundreds of thousands of young, otherwise undocumented immigrants immigrants to remain in the country indefinitely, this research brief which reviews how the politics of U.S. immigration policy have unfolded in the past decade is particularly useful. Examining all 363 immigration-related Congressional votes, Fennelly concludes, “The big picture is one of little substantive action, but lots of symbolic gestures meant to signal each party’s position and to stymie efforts by the other party.”