Tag: Illegal Immigrants

I feel compelled to respond to the piece authored by Larry O’Connor on July 12, 2013, which resulted from my radio appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s show last week. Mr. O’Connor misrepresents my point that simply building a fence along the

On Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the Senate’s immigration bill if enacted into law would most hurt Americans at the bottom of the economic ladder. He illustrated that point by explaining how his father would have been fired as

President Obama’s campaign supporters received the video below from the White House on Thursday, one that claims that immigration reform will result in a 5.4% growth in GDP because “highly skilled” workers and “entrepreneurs” will add to the country’s economic

An explosive new report from the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) slams the Gang of Eight’s comprehensive immigration reform bill as an amnesty bill–for corporations.  GAI, a nonpartisan government watchdog organization, has found a so-called corporate “Get Out of Jail Free” card in

House Judiciary Chair Bod Goodlatte and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, both from Virginia, are drafting legislation to enact something similar to the DREAM Act, which would allow illegal immigrants who entered the country as children to become citizens. It is

Conservatives in the House are pushing a resolution that would require the four southern-border states to certify that the border is secure before any immigration legislation could be brought to the floor for a vote. The immigration bill passed by

On Tuesday, the editors of National Review and the Weekly Standard published a joint editorial with a simple message: Kill the immigration bill.  Writing at National Review and the Weekly Standard, Messrs. Rich Lowry and Bill Kristol write simply that, “passing any version of the

On Monday, Pope Francis tweeted from his @Pontifex account: We pray for a heart which will embrace immigrants. God will judge us upon how we have treated the most needy. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) July 8, 2013 The pontiff’s message,

A new study of government data has found that all of the net domestic gain in employment over the last 13 years in the United States has gone to foreign-born (legal and illegal) workers.  The same study found that the

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said on Tuesday that he supported a pathway to citizenship for the country’s illegal immigrants.  In an interview with Wausau Daily Herald, he was asked if he could “envision a world” where 11 million illegal immigrants could “have a path to

The federal government spent nearly $2.5 million to discover that illegal immigrants who have been deported to Tijuana, Mexico use drugs and solicit prostitutes because of “loneliness” caused by their deportations.  According to a CNS News report, the National Institutes

The sum total of the argument made by supporters of the Senate amnesty bill is that one either supports their bill or one is against immigration reform. Its a false choice that precludes any meaningful discussion of immigration reform. In

On Thursday, the Senate is set to pass the “Gang of 8” amnesty legislation. The bill provides for legalization of 11 million illegal immigrants in six months and contains a host of provisions promising to secure the border sometime in

The U.S. Senate added $46 billion for border security. The Senate is expected to pass the bill this week and hand it to the House, but GOP House members are probably going to resist approving the bill because the bill

Identity politics are once again ruling the day as Congress hands out goodies and comprises the little integrity they have left on the immigration debate. With 1,200-page amendments and pork galore, it seems Congress will force immigration down the throats

In May, the “Gang of Eight’s” immigration reform bill passed a procedural hurdle in the United States Senate and moved to full Senate consideration. Now the debate is underway and expected to last through the month of June. Proponents of

Under the Gang of 8’s backroom immigration deal with Senators Schumer, Corker and Hoeven, formerly illegal immigrants who are amnestied will be eligible to work, but will not be eligible for ObamaCare. Employers who would be required to pay as

The House voted Wednesday voted to give states the power to perform drug tests on people who apply for food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The proposal was written as an amendment to North Carolina GOP Rep.