Rep. Steve King (R-IA) believes the House of Representatives will immediately begin impeachment proceedings if President Barack Obama unilaterally grants work permits and amnesty to millions more illegal immigrants by the “end of summer.” Appearing on Breitbart News Saturday with
During a Friday meeting, President Barack Obama assured the presidents of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala that illegal immigrant juveniles from their countries will get a “fair deal” in America’s courts. Obama said he had “great compassion for these children”
On Friday, Honduran Foreign Minister Mireya Aguero de Corrales said it was “incomprehensible” that the United States is spending more on its border security than foreign aid to Honduras. In an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, de Corrales said instead of
With the immigration issue raging on Capitol Hill, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made a little-noticed move that could help Republicans stop Democratic Leader Harry Reid from jamming the GOP on immigration with the politics of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Friday,
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
“What happened is y’all didn’t vote. And that’s when all kinds of … stuff happened,” said President Barack Obama to a crowd of his Democratic donors in Los Angeles. This is not the first time the president has lashed out
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.
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
Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI) returned an award the U.S. Chamber of Commerce gave him because of the business group’s support for amnesty for America’s illegal aliens. Earlier in the 113th Congress, Bentivolio’s office noted, the Chamber gave him its Spirit
In a free-wheeling discussion that touched on dozens of proposals for how to address the tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children streaming across the southern U.S. borders, one thread connected the calls to add to or change a border
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi doubled down on her comments that Americans should view the flood of children crossing the border while claiming refugee status just like baby Jesus. Pelosi reminded reporters that it was the National Conference of Catholic
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will urge Central American leaders to help slow the influx of unaccompanied children fleeing their countries for the United States, even as Congress remains deeply divided over proposals to stem the crisis at the
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
Earlier this week, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association filed a legal action seeking to remove an “advisory measure” pleased on the ballot by California’s ultra-liberal legislative Democrats, working in tandem with an equally left-of-center Governor Jerry Brown, in a in
As a Member of Congress from a state on our southern border, I see firsthand the realities of illegal immigration. In fact, much of the recent public outcry originated from busloads of illegal immigrants dumped in Arizona a few short
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
The Obama administration is considering a move that, according to Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, “would increase, not stem, the flood of migrants from Central America trying to get into the United States”. “It’s clearly
President Barack Obama accused Republicans in Congress of intentionally promoting policies that “harm million of Americans” on Thursday at a technical college in Los Angeles. While Obama made his pitch for legislation to close loopholes U.S. corporations use to avoid paying
Senate “Gang of Eight” Republicans are vowing not to try anything sneaky, as Congress considers legislation to address the border crisis. In a statement that underscores the remarkable distance the immigration debate has traveled since their bill passed the Senate
After meeting with Central American leaders on Thursday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has called for an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program–President Barack Obama’s 2012 amnesty program, via executive order, for illegal alien minors. “The U.S.
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
Rep. John Fleming (R-LA), an influential conservative member, wrote to Speaker John Boehner and other members of House GOP leadership to urge them to drop plans for a new border crisis bill until President Barack Obama rescinds his executive orders
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez criticized United States lawmakers for creating “ambiguity” over the border laws during the fight for immigration reform. Hernandez appeared on Capitol Hill today with Otto Perez Molina, the president of Guatemala, and House Minority Leader
For weeks now Republicans have been suggesting that the Obama administration is partly to blame for the current border crisis. The administration has repeatedly denied this. But if you look closely it’s not hard to find evidence the White House
