AUSTIN, Texas — On Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that Texas would lead a seventeen state coalition in a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action, under which he announced in November that he would grant amnesty
AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Rick Perry announced on Wednesday an executive order requiring all Texas state agencies to use “E-Verify” to check the employment eligibility of current and prospective employees. The announcement was a reversal of his past public comments
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) reported that the president’s executive action on immigration would clean the slate for “the vast majority” of the 900,000 illegal immigrants who “are under deportation orders and have not appeared” on Wednesday’s “Morning
Texas Governor Rick Perry said the Obama Administration’s actions on immigration have effectively placed a “neon sign” on the border, inviting more illegal immigrants to enter the United States. “As i have reiterated over the years, without border security immigration
Seventeen states are involved in a lawsuit filed Wednesday challenging President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the governors of Mississippi, Maine, North
This article was originally published in the Washington Post. The White House has defended President Obama’s unilateral decision to legalize the presence of nearly 4 million undocumented immigrants as consistent, even in scope, with the executive actions of previous presidents. In
Tuesday on the House floor Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) highlighted an article by Breitbart’s Tony Lee, “Study: 1 in 3 illegals in us have no high school education.” Lee reported, “One in three illegal immigrants over the age of 25
One year ago, President Obama stated, “You don’t like a particular policy, or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. Push to change it.” Just last month, the American people spoke loudly and
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee believes that President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty will be a “powerful magnet” that will create another wave of illegal immigration. At a Tuesday hearing on “Open Borders: The Impact of Presidential Amnesty
Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that the GOP should try to “get the country behind border enforcement” such as “build[ing] a damn fence” on the border on Monday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” “I think in the end, and I’ve been advocating this
One in three illegal immigrants over the age of 25 in America do not even have a high school education, according to a new Migration Policy Institute report. The Migration Policy Institute estimates that there are 8,512,000 illegal immigrant adults
Illegal immigrants are making it tougher for Americans–U.S.-born and immigrants–to achieve the American Dream, if it even exists at all, according to a study from a U.C. Davis professor. Professor Gregory Clark writes that though the “United States seems to
On Sunday, the Chicago Archbishop who has been described as “Pope Francis’s American messenger” praised President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty and expressed concerns about the privacy of illegal immigrants who will be coming out of the shadows. Archbishop Blase Cupich,
Senate Majority Harry Reid took the floor of the Senate this afternoon to praise President Obama for his executive action to block deportation for millions of illegal immigrants. “This Thanksgiving was particularly unique and special because of President Obama’s recent
House Republicans could formally respond to President Obama’s executive amnesty as early as next week, according to reports. A senior GOP aide confirmed to The Hill Friday that House leaders have reserved time on the floor in the hope that
Illegal immigrants in Connecticut will soon be able to obtain legal state driver’s licenses under a new program approved by the legislature in 2013. Starting at noon on December 1, illegals will be allowed to begin applying for licenses or
President Barack Obama’s announcement last week that he intended to enact immigration reform by executive order, granting millions of illegal immigrants protection from deportation, was immediately the subject of sharp criticism, not just from Republicans and immigration hard-liners, but also
Much attention has been paid to President Obama’s recent unilateral decision to create a de facto new legal status for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States by making it clear that the United States will not in any manner attempt
Roughly 4.2 million immigrants are still waiting to enter the country legally, as wait times for lawful, family-sponsored visas continue to climb despite Obama’s executive immigration action last week. Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders make up 40 percent of those 4.2
The impact of illegal immigration on US public schools is a topic largely broached from a dollars and cents perspective. Breitbart News quoted Heritage Foundation’s Robert Rector projecting that with the President’s executive action, it will cost taxpayers nationwide upwards
While Republican lawmakers have already expressed concern that President Obama’s executive amnesty will have a negative impact on unemployed Americans, The Washington Times is highlighting another aspect of Obama’s actions that will make competing with amnestied illegal immigrants for jobs
Wednesday at the 67th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, which had to be moved inside due to Washington, D.C. weather, President Barack Obama used the tradition to mock Republican concerns over his executive action granting amnesty to upwards
Conservative lawmakers are calling on House leadership to vigorously act against President Obama’s executive amnesty. Republican congressional leaders have yet to articulate what actions they plan to take to combat Obama’s recent unilateral actions to change immigration enforcement and policy
AUSTIN, Texas — Attorney General and Governor-elect Greg Abbott is prepared to file a lawsuit opposing President Barack Obama’s executive orders shielding illegal immigrants from deportation in as little as two weeks. Abbott made the announcement at a press conference
On Monday, the Mexican Consulate in San Diego made clear its intent to help illegal immigrants targeted by Barack Obama’s recently announced reforms on immigration. Remedios Gomez Arnau, the Mexican Consul General in San Diego, told local public radio station
