MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) — Burning fires from two days of Buddhist-Muslim violence that killed at least 20 people smoldered across a central Myanmar town Friday as residents cowered indoors amid growing fears the country’s latest bout of sectarian bloodshed could
The Associated Press initially depicted Sen. Rand Paul’s speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday as one promoting a path to citizenship, though Paul did not mention that in his speech. Later on in the day, Paul made comments indicating
Conor Friedersdorf devotes a column today to bashing Michelle Malkin for something she wrote back in 2002. Yes, that’s right, an 11 year old column was in desperate need of a rebuttal. Here’s the bit Friedersdorf is upset about: How
In order to stay within budget the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement released 2,228 detainees from detention. At the time ICE spokeswoman Gillian Christiansen said the people were low-risk or “noncriminal” and serious offenders remained detained. Yet, it appears some
Even as the state of California is drowning in debt and suffering under an avalanche of unfunded mandates, a powerful healthcare advocacy group in the Golden State is pushing for free healthcare for all illegal aliens. The group, The California
On Tuesday, House Republicans quizzed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton on why he hadn’t tried to direct sequestration cuts toward areas other than release of illegal immigrant detainees. Morton attempted to blame “career agency officials” rather than
On Tuesday, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce about immigration. Paul expressed tremendous sympathy for illegal immigrants, but also called for stronger border security first and foremost. He also laid forth a plan for
During a Center for American Progress seminar on Monday, a former top Obama administration official charged with developing Obamacare said the shift to the president’s healthcare overhaul will be “messy” and fraught with “unanticipated” challenges. “We know it’s going to
The Los Angeles Times ran a Thursday editorial by Middlebury College Professor Bill McKibben arguing that allowing millions of illegal immigrants into America will reduce global warming. “I feel it’s urgent that we get real immigration reform, allowing millions to
Judicial Watch recently earned a major victory against the Obama Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its efforts to uncover records detailing the Obama administration’s “stealth amnesty” initiative. And with DHS releasing thousands of illegal alien criminals onto the streets,
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is asking Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano tough questions about the recent jail release of 2,000 illegal immigrants awaiting deportation hearings, several of which reside in McCain’s home state of Arizona. The Obama Administration reportedly had
In response to Ted Cruz-Hispanic Vote Up for Grabs: I would love to hear your thoughts about why the Hispanic vote is generally trending Left, Javier. The old conventional wisdom held that their religious values would make then natural conservative
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Judicial Watch seeking records involving DHS’s suspension of some
Jeb Bush has always been on the immigration reform wing of the GOP. Like his brother, the former President, he was a successful governor of a state with a large Hispanic population. Both drew significant support from Hispanic voters. In
So, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is saying that only hundreds, not thousands of illegal immigrants were released from jail because of the sequester spending cuts. Rest assure that even though we didn’t have the federal pesos to keep the
The AP: The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, The Associated Press has learned. The newly
In the name of sequester-related budget cuts, the Obama Administration is moving forward with a controversial illegal immigration release program that, in the past, has produced fatal consequences. Last Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney claimed that the Homeland
A year after Andrew Breitbart’s untimely passing, he continues to teach us and inspire us. Here’s his classic interview with Univision’s Jorge Ramos, during the furor of Weinergate. Javier covered that interview as it aired, and thus reminisces on it:
By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, The Associated Press has learned.
Is it a coincidence that Gary Mead, the director of Enforcement and Removal Operations for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is suddenly retiring after DHS came under fire for releasing hundreds
(AP) DHS official retires after immigrants are freedBy ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe senior Homeland Security Department official in charge of arresting and deporting illegal immigrants announced his retirement the same day the agency said that hundreds of people facing deportation
As hundreds of illegal immigrants were released from detention centers into a “supervised monitoring program” this week, the White House on Wednesday denied it had anything to do with the budget-cutting move. White House spokesman Jay Carney and a Department
The White House evidently took the temperature of the American public over Obama’s sequestration reign of terror, and decided that mass release of illegal aliens was a bit too much. Furious backpedaling has ensued, and a fall guy has evidently
On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced they’d be using the sequester as an excuse to release illegal immigrant detainees. The announcement came in the lead-up to sequestration’s launch on March 1, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement stating: In order to
Univision’s Jorge Ramos believes that our lives revolve around illegal immigration. I think I know what he is trying to say, but last time I went to the Hospital, my doctor and my nurses were not illegal immigrants. I think
