Tag: Illegal Immigrants

California’s Attorney General, Democrat Kamala Harris, has weighed in on the side of an immigrant, who is asking the State Supreme Court to award him a California law license. The immigrant graduated from law school despite that he’s neither a

Mitt Romney’s campaign insisted that his immigration plan would allow young illegal immigrants who join the U.S. military to stay in the country. Everyone else found to be in the country illegally would have to go back to their country

In mid-June, as Congress refused to pass the DREAM act, Obama went around Congress and announced quasi-amnesty for over 800,000 young illegals in America. When the Supreme Court upheld the portion of Arizona’s immigration law that required police officers to check the

Texas Lieutenant Gov. David Dewhurst said that he had not supported a guest worker program during his debate with Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz last month.  After Dewhurst was called out for misleading voters on this issue, a 2007 speech available on

Even on July 4, President Obama can’t stop campaigning. On the 236th anniversary of America’s declaration of independence from Great Britain, President Obama has decided to celebrate in a rather unusual way: by politicizing immigration. President Obama trotted out his

President Barack Obama issued an executive directive in which his administration would not deport illegal immigrants who came to the United States before they were 16 years of age, are 30, and have been in the country for at least

In a conference call on Friday, conducted from Air Force One, a reportedly tired and weary President Obama pled with donors to send cash now. “The majority on this call maxed out to my campaign last time. I really need

The Mexican government is unhappy with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 law–a ruling that was, on the whole, favorable to illegal immigrants. According to CBS, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary said the country was disappointed

PPP, a democrat-leaning polling firm, is out today with a new poll of Ohio, a critical battleground this Fall. The top-line number getting the most attention is Obama’s erosion of support over the past month. A month ago, Obama led

Barack Obama is manipulating America’s youth again. Not satisfied with promising them hope and change in 2008, Obama told a high school audience in Durham, New Hampshire, that they should vote for him because he wouldn’t restrict access to birth control or defund

Arizona has suffered during Attorney General Eric Holder’s time in office. Besides the fact that the straw purchasing aspect of Operation Fast & Furious took place in Phoenix, the guns illegally purchased flooded the southern portion of the state on

The Supreme Court has ruled on the Arizona immigration law, and upheld a key part of the law that allows local law enforcement officers to verify immigration status if an individual is detained for another potential legal issue. The Washington

While my colleague Joel Pollak suggests this morning that the Supreme Court “struck down the form – but not the substance” of Arizona’s immigration law, the truth seems to be the opposite: the Supreme Court defanged the Arizona law to

When President Barack Obama announced his administration would not deport illegal immigrants under 30 years of age who came to the country as children, he “bigfooted” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who had been working behind the scenes in Congress on

President Barack Obama’s decision this week to suspend deportations of certain young illegal immigrants is as empty, and as cynical, as his support for gay marriage this past spring. On a policy level, it means nothing: the suspension only lasts

Did you know that according to one recent study, over $10 billion per year in federal government benefits go directly to illegal immigrants? Most Americans would call this cheating. It’s also illegal. So how does it continue to cost American

Rep. Ben Quayle (R-AZ) has introduced a bill in the House that would stop President Obama’s unilateral decision to prevent deportation of certain illegal immigrants. The “Prohibiting Back-door Amnesty Act of 2012” would stop the “outrageous edict” that Obama announced,

(AP) New Asian immigrants to US now surpass HispanicsBy HOPE YENAssociated PressWASHINGTONFor the first time, the influx of Asians moving to the U.S. has surpassed that of Hispanics, reflecting a slowdown in illegal immigration while American employers increase their demand

The American Immigration Council, a group supposedly dedicated to “insisting that our immigration laws be enacted and implemented in a way that honors fundamental constitutional and human rights,” is cheering President Obama’s unilateral decision to refuse enforcement of immigration law

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL 9:36 AM 06/15/2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The election-year

The conservative evangelical group Focus on the Family, which was founded by James Dobson, announced yesterday that it, along with other evangelical leaders, is open to granting amnesty to illegal immigrants.  Jim Daly, who heads the group, signed the “Evangelical