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Massive Delays for Legal Immigrants

Massive Delays for Legal Immigrants

Relatives of U.S. citizens applying to immigrate to the United States legally are suffering unprecedented, year-long delays in waiting for their applications to be processed, as President Barack Obama smooths the path for illegal immigrants.  In a response to complaints,

Illegal Immigrants at Hackathon Work on Technologies to Push Amnesty

Illegal Immigrants at Hackathon Work on Technologies to Push Amnesty

On Wednesday, twenty illegal immigrant “DREAMers” at a 24-hour “Hackathon” organized by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg worked on creating technologies that they can use to promote a pathway to citizenship for themselves and pressure Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. 

New GOP Congressman Supports Amnesty

New GOP Congressman Supports Amnesty

Vance McAllister, the Louisiana Republican who got elected to Congress on Saturday after being endorsed by Duck Dynasty‘s Willie Robertson, supports amnesty for all of the country’s illegal immigrants.  “We have to secure the borders, but (citizenship) has to be

Report: Rep. Gutierrez Splits from DREAMer Group

Report: Rep. Gutierrez Splits from DREAMer Group

One of the most prominent Democrats in favor of comprehensive immigration reform said he would no longer work with a group that has been organizing DREAMers to leave the country and re-enter seeking political asylum, accusing the group’s leader of

Pew Poll: 60% Oppose Obama on Immigration Reform

Pew Poll: 60% Oppose Obama on Immigration Reform

A new national poll conducted by Pew Research has found that 60% of Americans oppose the comprehensive immigration reform legislation President Barack Obama has been pushing.  The survey found that “only about a third of the public (32%) approves of the job Obama

Feds to Use Blimps to Patrol Border

Feds to Use Blimps to Patrol Border

Federal border patrol agents will use blimps called “aerostats” along  U.S.-Mexico border in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley to track drug traffickers and illegal immigrants.  According to Fox News Latino, the new equipment will be set up in three locations and

DMV Official Pleads Guilty to Giving Illegals Driver's Licenses

DMV Official Pleads Guilty to Giving Illegals Driver's Licenses

Three people in Virginia, including a DMV employee, pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to get state IDs or driver’s licenses for at least 300 illegal immigrants.  Noemi Barboza pleaded guilty on Thursday to “a bribery conspiracy charge, admitting that

Oregon Voters Delay Law Giving Licenses to Illegals

Oregon Voters Delay Law Giving Licenses to Illegals

Oregon voters have successfully delayed the implementation of a state law that would give illegal immigrants driver’s licenses when enough of them signed a petition to put the issue on the ballot in the November 2014 elections. The law, which

Napolitano Pledges $5M in Taxpayer Funds to Univ of California DREAMers

Napolitano Pledges $5M in Taxpayer Funds to Univ of California DREAMers

New University of California President Janet Napolitano said $5 million of taxpayer funds will be given to illegal immigrants attending the University of California system.  Napolitano, the former Homeland Security Secretary, made the announcement on Wednesday “in her first public address

Report: Deportations Down to Lowest Point Since 1973

Report: Deportations Down to Lowest Point Since 1973

The total number of illegal immigrants who have been deported by the federal government is at its lowest point since 1973.  According to a Center for Immigration (CIS) report, the 364,700 projected removals in fiscal year 2013 “are the lowest since fiscal year

Illegal Immigration and Illegal Dumping

The Los Angeles Times reports this morning about a “plague of garbage” in the center of town. More than the usual urban blight is at play. The problem stems from poor attitudes about littering and public sanitation among the itinerant residents

NYT Urges Obama to Make US Sanctuary Nation

NYT Urges Obama to Make US Sanctuary Nation

In an editorial on Monday titled, “Not One More,” the New York Times urged President Barack Obama to halt the deportations of illegal immigrants who are not violent criminals.  The Times alleges that the 400,00 deportations a year by the Obama