Fresh off a tour of the U.S. border with Mexico, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte said it is clear that Obama administration policies have lead to the recent surge in unaccompanied minors and family units illegally entering the U.S.
Some five security guards responded to Congressman Jim Bridenstine’s (R-OK) visit outside the Health and Human Services facility housing unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, this week, barring his entry. The secrecy surrounding the federal facility has the
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reacted to Thursday’s jobs report by charging that Republican failure to pass immigration reform is costing Americans jobs. Thursday the Bureau of Labor Statics reported that the economy added 288,000 jobs last month, and the
The number of people not in the labor force hit another record high in June, according to data released Thursday by the government. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 92,120,000 people did not participate in the labor force
More than 30 Republican lawmakers are calling on President Obama to end his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and make a public assertion that new arrivals will not receive legal status. In response to the ongoing flood of unaccompanied
Despite an invitation from Texas Gov. Rick Perry, President Obama still has no immediate plans to visit the southwest border amid a crisis-level influx of illegal immigrant children and family units. White House Press Sec. Josh Earnest said Wednesday that,
A North Carolina congressional candidate is under fire for changing his position on amnesty, but the candidate’s campaign maintains he has always been opposed to amnesty. In a hot contest to attain the Republican nomination for retiring North Carolina Republican
An Oklahoma congressman says he was denied access to a Health and Human Services housing facility for unaccompanied minors in his own state. Oklahoma Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine revealed Wednesday that he was not allowed to view an HHS facility housing
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will naturalize nearly 9,000 new American citizens this Independence Day week, USCIS announced Tuesday. “We’re honored to celebrate Independence Day by welcoming new U.S. citizens at ceremonies across the United States,” USCIS Acting Director Lori
The Obama administration is not too concerned about possible Republican responses to its unilateral administrative actions on immigration. “What that they might sue?” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said laughing when asked Tuesday about possible Republican retaliation for the
President Barack Obama’s announcement that he will endeavor an administrative fix to the nation’s immigration system has raised the ire of Republicans with direct jurisdiction over U.S. immigration policy. “Just because the legislative branch may not act on immigration reform
Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson announced the “immediate deployment” of approximately 150 Border Patrol agents to the area of the border seeing the most traffic of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors. Johnson announced the added resources during a visit Monday to
President Barack Obama gave his cabinet a pep talk for executive actions Tuesday saying that, if Congress does not act on “core issues,” they will. “What I’m going to be urging all of you to do, and what I’m going
The Tea Party “spooked” House Speaker John Boehner “into cowering in a corner” to avoid taking on immigration reform, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid charges. “Our broken immigration system is one of the biggest challenges we face as a nation
California Republican Rep. Jeff Denham reiterated his support for immigration reform following President Obama’s announcement that he will take on immigration reform administratively. “After returning from the border last week and seeing firsthand the growing crisis of unaccompanied minors, it
Six days before President Obama called for more funding to address the tens of thousands of unaccompanied children streaming across the southern U.S. border, a top Obama administration official said the border patrol was “adequately staffed” and had the “resources
President Barack Obama has not gotten the message that his executive overreach is not welcome, according to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. “For years, the administration has neglected our borders and precipitated the current crisis through its executive order,”
A Texas Republican says he has a solution to mitigate the flood of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors across the southern border. Rep. Randy Weber introduced a bill Monday to hold Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador “accountable” for their citizens’
Prompted by a conversation with Speaker John Boehner, President Barack Obama said Monday he is done waiting for Congress to act and taking steps to reform nation’s immigration system through administrative action. “America cannot wait forever for them to act.
House Speaker John Boehner highlighted the Hobby Lobby decision Monday as another defeat for the Obama administration’s pattern of overreach. “Today’s decision is a victory for religious freedom and another defeat for an administration that has repeatedly crossed constitutional lines
President Barack Obama called on congressional leaders to supply “new tools and resources” for the government to deal with the influx of unaccompanied immigrant minors Monday. In a letter to leaders, Obama enumerated what his administration is doing to deal
There has been a sevenfold increase in credible fear claims in recent years, the vast majority of which are being claimed by immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Mexico, according to a government report published Friday. Each year the
Not all Republicans are thrilled with GOP Senators John Cornyn and Marco Rubio’s resolution calling on President Obama to take action on the border. This week Cornyn (R-TX) and Rubio (R-FL) introduced a resolution “expressing the sense of the Senate that
House members are converging on the border this weekend and next week to see for themselves the ongoing crisis of unaccompanied minors illegally crossing the southwest border. Since October more than 52,000 unaccompanied minors have been detained crossing into the
A day before the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Senate immigration bill, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions argued Thursday that Senate Democrats are unserious about real immigration reform. “How can any of us relax at an Independence Day barbecue
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many of the unaccompanied minors flooding across the border are refugees fleeing violence in their Central American home countries and should be treated as such, according to Texas Republican Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. “Yes, in some instances
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker John Boehner and House Republican inaction on immigration reform has been an invitation for President Obama to take executive action on the matter, Democrats argued Thursday. Since the Speaker has not brought immigration reform to
President Obama should take “immediate action” to relieve the humanitarian crisis at the southern border in part by declaring his deferred action policy does not apply to the minors there and begin enforcing America’s immigration laws, according to Republican senators
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tom Homan, the official overseeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s removal operations, said Wednesday it will take years for the unaccompanied minors streaming across the border to appear before an immigration judge. In a House Judiciary Committee hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker John Boehner said he has formed the congressional working group to look at the flood of unaccompanied minors crossing into the United States illegally to get a better understanding of the crisis amid concerns that
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Word has spread around the world that the Obama administration “refuses” to enforce the country’s immigration laws, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte said Wednesday. At a hearing on the flood of unaccompanied minors crossing the southwest border,
WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Let’s face it: I’ve been a thorn in leadership’s side,” says Arizona Republican Rep. Matt Salmon, sitting at his desk in the Rayburn House Office Building. Earlier that day, Salmon had just been named by Speaker John
An anti-amnesty group is calling on its supporters to mail their “gently used” underwear to President Obama in protest over the flood of illegal immigration through the southern border. “Instead of using our tax money to buy illegals 42,000 pairs
The primary driver of the flood of unaccompanied minors across the southern border is the belief they will be allowed to stay and afforded legal status, according Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake. In an interview with USA Today Flake, a
The presidents of the unions representing Border Patrol agents and Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents will argue that current government policies have led to the massive influx of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors and family units at a House Judiciary Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Homeland Security Committee Republicans spent Tuesday morning calling out the Obama administration for causing and failing to cope effectively with the ongoing crisis of unaccompanied minors flooding the border. “This is a crisis that has been
House Speaker John Boehner announced a member working group on the ongoing crisis of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors crossing the southwest border Tuesday. Headed by Texas Republican Rep. Kay Granger and composed mainly of congressman from border states, Boehner said
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson admitted Tuesday that in some cases the federal government is turning over unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors to their family members who are also in the U.S. illegally. “These kids that come
The Republican National Committee is charging that the Obama administration’s day-long White House Summit on Working Families rings hollow. “Democrats are not just ignoring the bills passed by the Republican-led House. They also refuse to consider bills sponsored by Senate
The Department of Homeland Security is looking to purchase a lot of men’s underwear. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement solicitation posted this month at Federal Business Opportunities seeks to fulfill an order for hundreds of pairs of men’s briefs from
