On Friday, Joe Carr, the conservative state representative who is challenging Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in an August 7th primary, called on Alexander to support Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) bill that would prevent grants of temporary amnesty to future illegal
Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández said his country expects deportations of illegal immigrants back to his country on a “massive scale.” However, he also suggested that the United States allow illegal immigrant children from his nation to reunite with their
After meeting with the presidents of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador on Friday, President Barack Obama said Hondurans who want to flee poverty or bad neighborhoods will not qualify for asylum under a pilot program the White House is considering.
On Friday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said that if President Barack Obama unilaterally grants temporary amnesty and work permits to potentially five million illegal immigrant adults, a wave of migrant adults will try to flood across the border, creating an
After President Barack Obama failed to visit the border on recent fundraising trips to Texas and California, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said on Friday that he hopes Obama could prioritize a visit to the border to see the crisis firsthand.
A majority of Americans oppose House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) lawsuit against President Barack Obama for his executive actions on Obamacare. A CNN poll found that 41% of Americans approve while 57% disapprove. Among Republicans, 75% approve of the lawsuit.
On the day Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg became wealthier than the founders of Google and Amazon, his pro-amnesty group launched a letter-writing campaign to Congress to push for permanent comprehensive amnesty legislation. On Thursday, FWD.us, which has spent millions of
A year after Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was the face of the Senate’s Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill, one of his top immigration aides will help the Chamber of Commerce push amnesty legislation. According to LegiStorm, “Jon Baselice, who
A majority of Republicans and one-third of Americans believe President Barack Obama should be impeached. A CNN poll released on Friday also found that a plurality of Americans (45%) believe that Obama has “gone too far” in expanding the power of
Weeks after former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin called for President Barack Obama to be impeached over his lawlessness on illegal immigration, the White House is reportedly taking the possibility of impeachment seriously. At a Friday Christian Science Monitor breakfast, Dan
On Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) accused Senate Democrats of meowing like “kitty cats” and enabling President Barack Obama to enact lawless executive actions like no other president before him. In a colloquy on the Senate floor with Sen. Jeff
The Obama administration is reportedly considering allowing Hondurans under the age of 21 to directly apply for asylum from their nation to live in the United States. According to a draft proposal obtained by The New York Times, if approved, “it
White House officials will reportedly meet with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Friday just a week after President Barack Obama promised the group that he would unilaterally ease deportations. A spokesperson for Rep. Ruben Hinjosa (D-TX), who chairs the
The Obama administration has released 30,340 illegal immigrant juveniles to “sponsors” across the country this year according to a report from the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The agency noted that “sponsors are adults who can
On Thursday evening, President Barack Obama reiterated to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto that illegal immigrant migrants are not eligible for amnesty in the United States. According to the White House, Obama and Peña Nieto also discussed the “announcement of a comprehensive
On Thursday, Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), who have arguably been the two most influential conservatives in stopping amnesty legislation, urged their colleagues to put more pressure on President Barack Obama, so he does not unilaterally grant
New York officials are expecting to receive at least another 7,000 illegal immigrant children who have been detained in the next months. The New York Immigration Coalition, along with New York City officials, announced on Wednesday that the state has
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández said the mixed messages from the Obama administration on the country’s immigration laws have contributed to thousands of his citizens believing that amnesty awaits them across the U.S.-Mexico border. In an interview with Time before Obama
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who said that illegal immigration is an “act of love” that should not “rile” up Americans, now believes most of the illegal immigrant children from Central America should be sent back. But he also called for
On Thursday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) pushed for “Opportunity Grants” to streamline funding for welfare and social services to give states more flexibility to combat poverty. Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C., Ryan said the federal government
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said federal officials confirmed during a Tuesday conference call that illegal immigrant children are being released to adults or “sponsors” whose identities the federal government often cannot verify. The Republican governor said she “was confirmed what
On Wednesday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin endorsed conservative Tennessee state representative Joe Carr in his primary bid to oust incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN). Carr has been hammering Alexander before the August 7th primary for voting for the Senate’s Gang
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) blasted the Obama administration on Tuesday after discovering on a conference call with other governors and White House officials that eight illegal immigrant juveniles had been dumped in his state. “I only learned that children
La Raza President Janet Murguia said it is “un-American” to protest illegal immigration. Keynoting La Raza’s annual conference on Monday in Los Angeles, Murguia said she was “sickened” by Murrieta protestors from who chanted “no illegals” and “USA! USA!” again and
The Obama administration may have known as early as three years ago that an influx of illegal immigrant children from Central America would be on its way. An investigation by News 4 Tuscon found e-mails that revealed that in 2011, Tony
