Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), a member of the Senate’s Gang of Eight, told CNN on Wednesday that he thinks the House GOP’s plan to approach immigration reform through piecemeal legislation is acceptable since the bills will simply be combined in conference.
In a speech on homeownership in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said House Republicans should pass comprehensive immigration reform in order to boost America’s home prices. “When more people buy homes, and play by the rules, home values
Black leaders from all political persuasions–left, right and center–are questioning House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on the economic impacts on American workers, especially within the black community, of granting amnesty to America’s at least 11 million illegal
After covering Tuesday’s immigration reform rally on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall, I’m convinced that the proponents of immigration reform don’t want to persuade American voters to support their agenda. They want to bully them into submission. What
(AP) Westerners evacuated amid terror fears in YemenBy AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressSANAA, YemenA suspected U.S. drone killed four alleged al-Qaida members Tuesday in Yemen, as the U.S. and British embassies evacuated staff amid reports of a threatened attack by the terrorist
As amnesty advocates and their sympathizers in the Democratic and Republican Party leadership prepare for an aggressive amnesty-before-security August push in town hall meetings across America, the recent town hall hearing Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee held in Houston gives us
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), who is currently also a candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, introduced a resolution on Monday that calls for “No Amnesty” for illegal aliens in America. House Resolution 326 would keep Congress from granting citizenship or
I have lived under the Administrations of 8 Presidents. Until Barack Obama, I never knew the date of their birthday. In fact, except for Barack Obama, I don’t know the exact birthday of any US President. (I know Washington and
On Fox News Sunday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) did not deny the House Republican leadership will support an “overall path to legalization” for all of the country’s illegal immigrants. Though not offering specifics, Cantor told host Chris Wallace that
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) hosted a packed forum about immigration reform in her home district of Houston, Texas last week. For anyone concerned about the specter of “comprehensive” immigration reform becoming legal reality, the event provided two cold, hard
Though many Catholic bishops say their support of comprehensive immigration reform is due to their commitment to compassion toward poor immigrants and to social justice, their fervor actually raises a quagmire of issues for the Church. Los Angeles Archbishop José
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will push comprehensive immigration reform on Monday when he speaks at a screening of “Documented,” a film about illegal immigrants and former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas. Vargas revealed his status as an illegal immigrant in a
Mr. Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants himself, Senator John McCain, recently interviewed with the liberal New Republic, where he reiterated his disdain for the new crop of “wacko bird” conservative U.S. Senators, by referring to them as isolationists. Q: Do
A GAO study released Tuesday reported that the Department of Homeland Security had lost track of one million individuals whose visas to be in the US had expired. The Government Accountability Office noted that, while DHS monitors individuals entering the
The head of the labor union representing law enforcement officers of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Tuesday pressed House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob
In early 2007, Terry McAuliffe, who was supporting Hilary Clinton’s campaign for President, was grilled by a caller into a local radio show about his and the Clinton’s support for “amnesty” for illegal immigrants. McAuliffe responded by saying he believed
Illegal immigrants attended the town hall event in Racine, WI, where House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) openly discussed the strategy by which he and House GOP leadership plan to pass an immigration reform package. “One young immigrant,
House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Friday that House GOP leadership’s forthcoming immigration plan includes amnesty for all illegal immigrants and a 15-year waiting period for citizenship. In his remarks to a Racine, WI, town hall, Ryan laid
The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) issued a press release Monday calling on Republican leaders from the House of Representatives to abandon any efforts to provide amnesty to America’s at least 11 million illegal immigrants and focus
The former chief strategist for left-wing billionaire George Soros has joined Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in an effort to push amnesty for America’s illegal immigrants, Bloomberg reports. Stanley Druckenmiller, who Bloomberg reports served as Soros’s “chief strategist” for “more than 10
You have probably heard about stealth amnesty, the Obama administration’s campaign to bypass Congress and enact policies that provide amnesty to a wide variety of illegal immigrants, including those convicted of serious crimes. While the policy begins at the very
A poll released Monday by Pew Research Center shows that Latino illegal immigrants, given the opportunity to vote, would vote Democratic at an eight-to-one clip. 31 percent of illegal immigrants of Latino descent identify themselves as Democrats, compared to just
While House Speaker John Boehner is keeping a tight lid on his personal position on immigration reform, conservative activists and lawmakers fear the Republican leader may rubber-stamp Democrats’ controversial legislation in a backroom deal with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Boehner
According to a review by Daniel C. Vock of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Stateline news service, state budgets could be hit hard with unfunded mandates should Congress pass the immigration bill currently being debated. Vock outlined several areas where state budgets will likely
In an interview with Telemundo on Tuesday, President Obama said that an immigration reform bill that didn’t provide citizenship to currently illegal immigrants “does not make sense.” The hard-line position makes it more difficult for the White House, Senate Democrats
