When Bloomberg reporter Al Hunt asked him if Republicans who oppose illegal immigration are racists, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said he sees his own children in the illegal immigrant kids who are flooding across the border. During this weekend’s Political
After Texas Governor Rick Perry blasted Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) for his purported “isolationism” that he said threatens America’s national security, a top Paul adviser made a target of Perry in mainstream and left-wing outlets. Perry, a potential 2016 presidential candidate,
On Sunday, Attorney General Eric Holder said some Republicans who oppose President Barack Obama are motivated by “racial animus.” On ABC’s This Week, Holder also dismissed former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s call for President Barack Obama’s impeachment over Obama’s lawlessness
On Friday, businessman Donald Trump slammed ABC’s The View for bringing back “crude” and “obnoxious” Rosie O’Donnell to co-host the program. “Rosie is crude, rude, obnoxious and dumb – other than that I like her very much!” Trump tweeted. Trump,
Daniel Rugg Webb told the Austin Chronicle that when Obama cut to the front of a lengthy line at Franklin Barbecue and was ready to order, Webb, who was behind the register, dramatically exclaimed, “Equal rights for gay people!” “Are you
Jose Antonio Vargas, who made national headlines by coming out as an illegal immigrant three years ago in the New York Times, may be stuck in a border town in Texas. In a piece for Politico, Vargas, the former journalist
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said President Barack Obama should go to the U.S.-Mexico border and “own” the immigration issue. On this weekend’s Political Capital with Al Hunt on Bloomberg TV, Gutierrez said the “world is looking” at Obama, and he “should go to
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said that President Barack Obama told him in March to bring him a “menu” of potential executive actions to grant more amnesty and ease deportations if Congress did not pass a comprehensive amnesty bill. Gutierrez said
Finally, the mainstream media is realizing that the notion that there is a shortage of American high-tech workers is a myth. After the Census Bureau reported on Thursday that “74% of those with a bachelor’s degree in these subjects don’t
While liberal activists keep pushing Democrats to make more concessions regarding the flood of illegal immigrant children across the border, GOP consultants in D.C. are suggesting that Republicans roll over and approve President Barack Obama’s request for $3.7 billion without
Lawyers advocating for illegal immigrant children flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border want Congress to make it more difficult to deport illegal immigrants, even from Mexico. Under current law, the federal government can immediately deport illegal immigrants from Mexico and Canada.
At the National Governors Association meeting on Friday in Tennessee, Maryland Democrat Governor Martin O’Malley said the illegal immigrant children who are flooding across the border are “refugees” who should not be sent back to be killed in their home
On Friday, a top elected official in Virginia accused the Obama administration of valuing the privacy of illegal immigrants more than that of Americans. Appearing on Friday’s Laura Ingraham Show, Corey Stewart, the Chairman of the Prince William Board of
A lawsuit is accusing a high-tech firm that received taxpayer dollars to build the Washington, D.C., Obamacare exchange of discriminating against Americans in favor of foreigners. According to Computerworld, Washington, D.C., “hired offshore outsourcing firm Infosys for $49.5 million to
As the White House plans to spend billions of taxpayer funds to take care of illegal immigrant children who are unlawfully entering the country, some black Americans who live in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods are wondering where they
This week, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), immigrants rights groups, and a prominent law firm sued the United States government in a class-action lawsuit demanding legal representation for illegal immigrant children in deportation hearings. According to the ACLU, the
Because very few of the illegal immigrant children who are apprehended are sent back immediately, more migrants from Central American countries are gambling that they will be allowed to remain in the United States permanently if they cross the border.
Nearly half of illegal immigrant juveniles do not show up for the hearings, according to a top Justice Department official. At a Thursday Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the $3.7 billion in supplemental funding that the Obama administration requested to
Three in five Americans believe the illegal immigrant children flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border “should be ordered to leave the U.S.” according to a recent poll. An Investors Business Daily/TIPP poll, which was surveyed 879 Americans from June 24 to 29, found
On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) left out immigration in a draft resolution that authorized the House of Representatives to sue Obama for having “unilaterally changed the employer mandate” in the Obamacare law. “In 2013, the president changed the
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us just won’t give up on amnesty legislation. On Thursday, House GOP leaders denied Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart’s (R-FL) final plea for amnesty legislation, weeks after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) informed President Barack Obama that there
Joe Carr, the conservative who is challenging Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in an August primary, blasted Alexander for calling for National Guard troops on the border a year after he voted for the Senate’s amnesty bill which many believe contributed
At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday, President Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell said that beds for illegal immigrant children can cost the federal government up to $1,000 per bed. While asking the senators to approve
On Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said President Barack Obama’s temporary amnesty program for some illegal immigrant children has nothing to do with the increase in the number of illegal immigrant kids flooding across the border. “I authored the DREAM
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has a sizable lead over other potential GOP 2016 presidential candidates in a new Zogby poll that was taken June 27-29. The poll of 282 likely GOP primary voters, though, has a wide margin of error of
