Introduced by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), the Sanctuary Cities legislation came to the floor in response to the outcry over the murder of Kathryn Steinle earlier this year. The bill passed 241-179 Thursday afternoon.
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) expressed sadness and frustration during a hearing on sanctuary cities Thursday, that criminal immigrants remain on U.S. streets.
Perry and Trump have been engaged in a weeks-long war of words. Trump has taken swipes at Perry and other Republican candidates on the issues of immigration and border security, and Perry has fired back that Trump doesn’t understand what he is talking about, and that he is unfit to be Commander-in-Chief after attacking Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) service record last weekend.
The MPI immigration report, issued Thursday, highlights the impact of the new policy guidance on immigration enforcement on the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. — namely the Obama administration’s move to replace the Secure Communities program with the Priority Enforcement Program (PEP).
The loved ones of the victims came to Washington, D.C. for a hearing on Kate’s Law and meetings with several legislators, including Gohmert, concerning the epidemic of illegal immigration into the United States.
In a proposed rule from the Department of Homeland Security, the administration seeks to expand on a 2013 rule— which allowed illegal immigrants with a U.S. citizen spouse or parent to apply for a waiver in the U.S. from the requirement that they return to their home countries for three to 10 years to apply for legal status, if they could prove “extreme hardship.”
“What we need to be emphasizing … especially in the black community … we need to teach people to turn their dollars over on their own community,” Carson suggested. “Churches are places of great potential healing and insight in our society … there is such a thing as God’s word,” he said explaining he believes the church can teach America what is right and what is wrong.
Ohio Governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said that after securing the border, he would “have a guest worker program” and that “our program is too narrow now” on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Kasich said [relevant
Keane Dean, a 26-year old from the Philippines, was arrested last week in Los Angeles County after authorities discovered a 14-year old girl — whose parents reported her missing — was in Dean’s garage, according to the Associated Press.
A carbon dioxide detector which can alert truck drivers to illegal migrants hiding in their loads went on sale in Britain yesterday. The product is aimed at freight companies such as those using the French port of Calais where hundreds of migrants have been boarding Britain-bound
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered a speech at a rally with supporters in South Carolina on Tuesday, removing himself from the politicians as a friend of the private sector and U.S. economy.
Brian McCann testified that without Congressional action “these sanctuary jurisdictions are going to get away with literally murder” before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. McCann said that after his brother, Denny was killed by Saul Chavez after Chavez hit
A new study by the Center for Immigration Studies and the Pew Research Center has determined that during Obama’s terms in office so far, an additional 2.5 million illegals have sneaked into the United States. The study estimates that as many as 400,000 a year have entered the country illegally since Obama was inaugurated.
Mexican illegal alien Aurelio Hernandez-Gomez pled guilty to third degree criminal sexual conduct in Michigan on Thursday after authorities found him with a 13-year-old Florida girl he allegedly kidnapped days before.
“There should be no special way for anybody to be able to get citizenship any different than any other foreigner,” he said during an interview on CNN’s New Day this morning. Christie suggested that Clinton was going out of her way to promise citizenship for illegal immigrants to win the support of more American Hispanics.
The populace has taken a shine to Trump because his statements on illegal immigration speak for them and their real life experience. The elite’s candidates are mortified that their glass menagerie is being shattered.
In the merry-go-round blame game being played by San Francisco officials as to which party is responsible for letting loose illegal immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, who murdered Kathryn Steinle on July 1, the latest salvo comes from San Francisco sheriff’s deputies, who filed a complaint against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declared “we should boycott Mexico” in an interview set to air on Sunday’s broadcast of “The Rita Cosby Show” on 77 WABC in New York. Trump said of Mexico, “It’s a corrupt place. And the
Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors responsible for sanctuary city policies that have become controversial again in the wake of the July 1 shooting death of Kate Steinle by an illegal alien are defending those policies, calling for gun
“Sanctuary city policies needlessly endanger American lives by refusing to honor the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration laws,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte said Thursday. “Unfortunately, the Obama Administration’s own foolish policies enable rogue local governments to defy federal immigration laws,” he added. “All too often, these reckless policies create preventable tragedies.”
Trump has been decrying the lax state of immigration enforcement in the U.S. and related problem of sanctuary cities. He has brought to national attention the stories of families killed by illegal aliens. Since his announcement, Trump has catapulted to the top of polls for 2016 GOP Presidential hopefuls. “Now he galvanized them,” McCain said. “He’s really got them activated.”
Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Governor Rick Perry said that no one in the presidential race has “more experience of dealing with the border than I have” and argued “it’s the federal government’s responsibility to take care of border
Former Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) had some sharp words for his fellow Republican presidential contender Donald Trump, slamming the New Yorker’s “fundamental misunderstanding of border security” and saying that Trump was not offering conservatism to primary voters, but instead “Trump-ism — a toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense.”
“Every day it seems there is more disturbing news about holes in our immigration system. There is no question that illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes should be entered into the Sex Offender Registry, but in reality they should be deported,” Barletta said in a statement to Breitbart News.
The California State Assembly Health Committee passed SB 4 Tuesday on a straight party-line vote, but not without vocal objection from citizen lobbyists. The bill would appropriate $170-740 million annually in taxpayer funds in part to grant illegal aliens Medi-Cal coverage.
