
Controversial Visa Program for Wealthy Foreigners Extended in Omnibus
A 10-month extension of the controversial foreign investor visa program is included in the year-end spending deal scheduled for a vote this week.

A 10-month extension of the controversial foreign investor visa program is included in the year-end spending deal scheduled for a vote this week.

In response to Donald Trump’s call for a temporary pause on Muslim migration, the Senate Judiciary Committee declared on Thursday that Muslim migrants living in foreign nations have a global right to immigrate to the United States.

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation to express the sense of the Senate that the country must not prohibit people from entering the U.S. based on their religion, approving what opponents argue is a move toward the creation of a human right to migration.

Last week we reported on the investigation by Senators Chuck Grassley and Patrick Leahy into potential IRS abuse of “StingRay” cell site simulation devices. Now the House of Representatives is getting in on the action.

The IRS are getting a taste of their own medicine, courtesy of investigation by Sens. Chuck Grassley and Patrick Leahy, into the IRS’s use of cell phone tracking by way of cell site simulators, or “StingRays.”

A visa program intended to encourage wealthy foreigners to invest in high unemployment areas in the U.S. is instead being used to direct money to luxury establishments in affluent areas, according to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA).

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” in discussing Pope Francis advocating for an immigration solution in the U.S. Congress, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) referenced the anti-immigration rhetoric on the right and described it as “xenophobic.” Leahy said, “Then on the question

The immigration program for wealthy investors — the Employment-Based Fifth Preference Immigrant Investor Program or EB-5 — is vulnerable to fraud, new a Government Accountability Office report reveals.

A Democratic Senator asked witness Jonathan Turley whether he is being paid for offering testimony before the Judiciary Committee.

In the nearly five years since Citizens United v. FEC was decided, more Americans than ever are exercising their First Amendment rights and engaging in political speech. The results are in: political speech and spending are up. While spending is

In a speech urging his Senate colleagues to accept the thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the border, Sen. Patrick Leahy reminded his colleagues of a time when the United States turned back Jews fleeing the Holocaust. Leahy urged Senators to

Breitbart News contributor Michael Patrick Leahy argued that educating young people about conservative ideals is key to winning over young voters in an interview on “The Laura Ingraham Show” on Tuesday. He stated “people who are millenials … generally support

For the first time in Egyptian history, an Egyptian physician, Dr. Raslan Fadl, will stand trial for the female genital mutilation of a thirteen-year-old girl–not only because he broke the 2008 Mubarak-era law against such practices but because the girl died.

More than ten million Americans changed their race since 2000 on their census forms, and more people identified themselves as “American Indian” than can be accounted for by birth or immigration. According to a new Pew report, research presented at

As part of her continued push for gun control, Gabrielle Giffords told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that “women’s lives are at stake” in the debate over guns. According to the NY Daily News, Giffords was on Capitol Hill

The Office of Inspector General released a white paper in January, advocating for the United States Post Office to offer alternative financial services (AFS) such as bill payment, check cashing, and small-dollar loans. The timing of the paper’s release suggests

Michael Patrick Leahy appeared on Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125. He declared that Coca-Cola’s inclusion of the “E Pluribus Unum” disclaimer in its “America the Beautiful” ad, broadcast during the opening ceremony of the Sochi Games last Friday,

Comedian Stephen Colbert took a swing at Breitbart’s own Michael Patrick Leahy on Monday evening, setting him up as the target in a liberal pushback against conservatives who criticized Coca-Cola’s commercial during the Super Bowl. The 60-second spot features children

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox New Sunday” discussing NSA overreach and Attorney General Eric Holder role in it:

Breitbart News contributor and “Covenant of Liberty” author Michael Patrick Leahy appeared on NRA News’ “Cam & Co.” earlier this week. Leahy reported that House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA) has demanded answers from Attorney General Eric Holder

On Saturday, ESPN did not air an ad from a St. Louis Catholic Hospital that mentioned “God” and “Jesus” on ESPNU’s broadcast of the NCAA basketball game between Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Northern Iowa even after the network had

Via CSPAN Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) delivers remarks on U.S. leadership on human rights and the administration’s use of drones overseas. The event is hosted by Human Rights First.
The federal law that bans 3D guns is set to expire on December 9, and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is seeking an extension of the law. Schumer is alarmed that anyone with $1000 and access to the Internet can obtain

According to Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D-VT), the head of the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, the United States has covertly cut off direct military aid, delivery of weapons and some economic aid to the present Egyptian government in the