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New details about a “shadow work-permit system” are emerging. The Center for Immigration Studies finds that between 2009 and 2014, the Obama administration issued 7.4 million new work permits, above the annual 1.1 million new legal and 700,000 guest workers admitted to the U.S.

MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry argued that Republicans were being inconsistent for criticizing the president for being too weak on foreign policy while simultaneously criticizing his executive action on immigration on Saturday. After playing clips of Republican leaders criticizing the president’s

The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona, commemorated thousands of illegal immigrants who died at the Arizona border with Mexico, after Texas Federal Judge Andrew Hanen issued a temporary injunction halting President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty program.

Democrats acknowledged in the party’s autopsy report that the party must win back white voters after getting walloped in midterm elections.

Pro-amnesty organizations are cheering the Obama Administration’s decision to seek an emergency stay of a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily halted the president’s executive amnesty.

Sen. Marco Rubio plans to be campaigning for president in New Hampshire next week, abandoning his day job even as the Senate tries to take up an important DHS funding bill.

Actor Wilmer Valderrama is urging illegal immigrants to continue to prepare for executive amnesty and sign up in droves when it is available.

As the deadline for funding DHS approaches later this month, dueling letters are making the rounds on the Hill. House Democrats are pressing House Speaker John Boehner to bring a new, “clean” funding bill to the House floor, while House Republicans have asked Senate Democrats to allow an already-passed bill to come to the floor.

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) slammed Texas Republican leaders on Wednesday for what he claimed was their “touchdown dance” celebrating Judge Andrew Hanen’s temporary injunction against President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty.

Sen. John McCain warns that the Department of Homeland Security shouldn’t be shut down because of a battle over funding President Obama’s executive amnesty.

Republican congress members from Missouri are joining those from West Virginia and Indiana in calling on their state’s Democratic senators to allow a House-passed DHS funding bill to come to the floor of the Senate for a vote.

Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin blasted Mexico’s foreign ministry for its criticism of a federal judge’s decision to halt the president’s executive action on immigration on Wednesday. “The corrupt, disintegrating government of Mexico condemned

Columnist and author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican,” Ann Coulter declared that “the Wall Street crowd” is “going to be wasting a lot of money on Jeb Bush” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel.

Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly got into a tense exchange over the president’s executive action on immigration on Wednesday’s “Kelly File.” Gutierrez started by clarifying that his prediction of “militancy” after a court delayed

In a joint press conference at the Texas Capitol on Wednesday, Senator Ted Cruz, Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Attorney General Ken Paxton addressed the recent temporary injunction imposed by a federal judge in Texas on President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty order. All four praised the decision by Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and said that they were “confident” the ruling would survive any appeals.

Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential Republican candidate for president, is choosing an odd time to come out in favor of passing a DHS spending bill that funds President Obama’s executive amnesty. A federal judge just put amnesty on hold.

New York City’s mayor comforts illegal aliens: “We have your back,” he says, even if President Obama’s amnesty is on hold.

After a federal judge temporarily blocked Obama’s executive actions on immigration, network news anchors covered the story as a sad day for illegal immigrants, rather than noting the temporary victory for the rule of law.

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said President Obama was “in effect” creating immigration law and declared the president can’t “set policy without the Congress participating” on Tuesday’s “Hardball.” After panelist Jonathan Capehart argued “we wouldn’t be in this position if Congress had

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R), who as the state’s Attorney General filed the lawsuit against the president’s executive action predicted the suit would ultimately succeed because “Barack Obama is our star witness” on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) declared that President Obama was essentially “counterfeiting immigration documents” with his executive action on immigration on Tuesday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “The administration is printing work authorizations. it is affirmatively acting in contravention

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that Senate Democrats were filibustering to shut down DHS “to force implementation of conduct by the president that the federal court has concluded is illegal” on Tuesday’s “Mark Levin Show.” “I think last night’s opinion

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson cited his credentials as a lawyer as he stated that he “strongly” disagreed with a court’s ruling against the president’s executive action on immigration on Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “In addition

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson responded to the on-going battle over DHS funding by declaring “let’s have an immigration debate” in Congress on Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “If you want to have the immigration debate, let’s

President Obama says he’s strongly opposed to a judge’s decision in Texas that blocked his executive actions on immigration reform, and he expects the ruling will be reversed.

Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio (R) predicted that President Obama’s executive action on immigration would ultimately go to the Supreme Court on Tuesday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. Arpaio said that a recent ruling

Illegal immigration activists are urging people to prepare for amnesty, even though a federal judge has issued an injunction halting President Obama’s executive amnesty for now.

Rep. Alex Mooney is trying to turn up the heat on Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia to allow a Senate vote on a DHS funding bill.

Sen. Jeff Sessions says Congress should stand strong with the courts against Obama’s illegal executive amnesty and not give any tax dollars to the president’s plans to implement it.

Conservative leaders and Republican senators are calling on Democrats to drop a filibuster of a DHS spending bill, especially since a judge has suspended the amnesty.

Washington Times columnist Charles Hurt declared that a judge’s ruling halting the president’s executive action on immigration was “a pretty devastating smackdown of the president, who billed himself to us a Constitutional Law expert” on Tuesday’s “Happening Now” on the Fox

Sen. Ted Crus of Texas says a court ruling to block President Obama’s executive amnesty for illegal aliens is “a major victory for the rule of law” and should encourage Senate Democrats to allow a House-passed DHS funding bill to move forward.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says a new court ruling should cause Senate Democrats to end their filibuster of the House-passed Department of Homeland Security funding bill and allow it to come to the floor. DHS funding expires Feb. 27.

The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says a new court ruling should encourage the Senate to take up a House-passed measure that would block President Obama’s executive amnesty for illegals, while otherwise fully-funding DHS.

House Speaker John Boehner says he’s not surprised that a court has issued a temporary injunction suspending the president’s executive amnesty, and adds this should empower the Senate to take up a House-passed DHS funding measure.

The White House hunkers down in the snow, criticizes a federal judge who’s issued a temporary injunction blocking President Obama’s immigration amnesty.