Tag: Illegal Immigrants

Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said in a speech Thursday that the moribund U.S. economy and cronyism have effectively waged economic war on the working class. “‘Quantitative easing’ has boosted wealth in the investor

Two recent cases of corruption at U.S. Customs and Border Protection stations indicate a pervasive and systemic problem at the checkpoints pedestrians and vehicles pass through between the U.S. and Mexico. The cases involve U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers

The United States government has released nearly 3,000 immigrant sex offenders, some of whom were illegal immigrants, since September 2012. Of those, nearly 3,000, or about 5%, were not even properly registered with local authorities as sex offenders.  According to

On Friday, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer for allegedly “conspiring” to smuggle illegal immigrants into the country.   According to the Justice Department, David Alexander Díaz-Torres in Orlando, FL and “five others were

Another sign establishment Republicans in the House are still driving for amnesty for America’s illegal immigrants is word that House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) is considering cancelling a long-scheduled congressional recess week at the end of September. “The

Last weekend, U.S. Catholic bishops began an aggressive social justice campaign to persuade members of Congress to pass immigration legislation that would grant amnesty to at least 11 million people who came to the States illegally. As reported in the

An illegal immigrant from Mexico has been sentenced to 98 months in federal U.S. prison for assaulting U.S. Border Patrol in the commission of other crimes–and his escape attempt is one for the books.  Jose Alberto Izquierdo-Gonzalez, who has previous

The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Congress must seize on a “once-in-a-generation” chance to pass comprehensive immigration reform when it comes back from its August recess next week.  Writing in the New York Daily News, Timothy

San Francisco County is set to become the first in the nation to make it illegal for law enforcement officials to detain illegal immigrants “solely on the basis of immigration status.” On Thursday, the ordinance made it out of committee

If you’re an illegal immigrant worried about being caught, help is only a mouse click away. An article from the radical website DreamActivist.org will give you a quick lesson on how to lie about your status. It’s all part of

Members of Congress, home for the August recess, have been surprised at the intensity of opposition to proposed legislation to “solve” America’s immigration problem. Most members figured they were going to hear about Obamacare, the debt ceiling, and lingering unemployment.

Advocates for immigration reform are claiming that their summer scheme of targeting individual House members in their districts was just a prelude to their autumn plans for major demonstrations in large cities on October 5, three days before their expected

UCLA’s undergraduate student government passed a resolution unanimously last week to criticize any use of the term “illegal immigrant” to describe illegal immigrants. Many students are upset with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, whom they feel is too

Peter Kirsanow, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, told Breitbart News that Attorney General Eric Holder’s claims that amnesty for illegal immigrants is a civil rights issue “profoundly ahistorical.” “If you take a look at the basis of

The saga of open-border advocates in the federal government using the Department of Justice (DOJ) and federal courts to attack those enforcing immigration laws has heated up recently, with a federal judge considering appointing a monitor to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s

A 60-year old woman working for the National Park Service has been critically hurt in an attack in Arizona near the Mexican border. Authorities have not stated if the attack came from a Mexican national who entered the U.S. illegally,

On Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that a pathway to citizenship for every illegal immigrant had to be a part of any immigration reform bill that ultimately is signed by President Barack Obama. “It’s my view that the fundamental

Outgoing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pleaded with Congress to pass amnesty legislation, or “comprehensive immigration reform,” in her farewell speech on Tuesday. Napolitano defended her use of “prosecutorial discretion” to administratively grant amnesty to millions of illegal

The Heritage Foundation’s Robert Rector on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama’s White House and establishment Republicans on Tuesday for claiming that amnesty for illegal immigrants would create jobs. “The White House last week released a report claiming that granting amnesty

This past weekend, several thousand people gathered on the National Mall to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. In the powerful address, Dr. King envisioned a society where the “content” of a man’s

Lizbeth Mateo, an illegal immigrant member of the so-called “Dream 9” that re-entered the United States seeking asylum, said lawmakers needed to pass an immigration reform bill that also puts deported illegal immigrants on a pathway to citizenship. Appearing on

An illegal alien brutally murdered Laura Wilkerson’s 18-year-old son in Texas, tied his body up, and then doused him with gasoline before burning him.  Wilkerson recalled the harrowing details on Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125, yet

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) has sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano that reveals the Obama administration policy of asylum overwhelms the ability to enforce laws. This comes in the wake of a Breitbart News story about