
President Barack Obama’s 2012 amnesty for “Dreamers”–illegal aliens who entered the United States as children–likely created the conditions under which one of the San Bernardino terrorists could enter the country.
by Joel B. Pollak20 Dec 2015, 12:49 PM PST0

Senior officials rejected a proposal to incorporate social media screenings in the vetting process of foreign visa applicants in 2011.
by Caroline May17 Dec 2015, 7:47 AM PST0

The vast majority of the Syrian refugees vetted for admission to the U.S. have been approved, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director León Rodríguez revealed Wednesday.
by Caroline May9 Dec 2015, 12:59 PM PST0

House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) took U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Leon Rodriguez to task Wednesday for failing to demonstrate a commitment to American interests.
by Caroline May9 Dec 2015, 12:17 PM PST0

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are raising concerns about internal Department of Homeland Security documents that appear to reveal that the Obama administration is considering unilaterally granting working permits to ineligible foreign nationals in the U.S. Such actions, they charge, would not only circumvent the legislative process but also flout a federal court injunction blocking President Obama’s executive amnesty.
by Caroline May9 Nov 2015, 1:52 PM PST0

Veterans Day is Wednesday and the Obama administration is marking the holiday this week by hosting nearly 130 naturalization ceremonies across the country.
by Caroline May9 Nov 2015, 8:29 AM PST0

Judicial Watch has sued the Obama administration for documents related to its recent campaign urging permanent residents to become naturalized U.S. citizens, the conservative government accountability group announced Thursday.
by Caroline May5 Nov 2015, 2:55 PM PST0

An Obama administration official struggled to quell concerns about the level of vetting Syrian refugees coming to the U.S. receive prior to entry at a Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest hearing Thursday.
by Caroline May1 Oct 2015, 2:38 PM PST0

The Obama administration’s approval rate for accepting Syrian refugees to the U.S. is currently over 90 percent, a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service official testified before a Senate panel Thursday. “Worldwide our average approval rate is about 80 percent,” Barbara Strack, the head the Refugee Affairs Division at USCIS responded when pressed on the current annual approval rate for refugees.
by Caroline May1 Oct 2015, 1:03 PM PST0

Media supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement are praising Sen. Marco Rubio for comments he made seeming to express support for their anti-police organizing.
by Julia Hahn30 Sep 2015, 6:52 PM PST0

The vast majority of Central Americans who have been interviewed for the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee/Parole program have been approved to come to the U.S., Breitbart News has learned.
by Caroline May23 Sep 2015, 2:20 PM PST0

The Obama administration is launching a new, multilingual campaign to encourage eligible immigrants to become U.S. citizens.
by Caroline May17 Sep 2015, 7:59 AM PST0

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is pressing the Obama administration on a policy memorandum that he fears could result in the further displacement of U.S. workers.
by Caroline May15 Sep 2015, 4:14 PM PST0

A DHS Inspector General audit released Thursday did not find any evidence that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services deliberately violated U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen’s executive amnesty injunction when it continued to issue prohibited three-year work permits to illegal immigrants granted deferred action, as opposed to the acceptable two-year permits.
by Caroline May13 Aug 2015, 9:41 AM PST0

The Obama administration says it has recovered or terminated the 2,600 three-year amnesty documents issued in violation of a district court injunction. According to a Justice Department filing with the court, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has replaced the erroneously
by Caroline May3 Aug 2015, 9:30 AM PST0

Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) has introduced legislation that would prevent the Obama Administration from diluting the Oath of Allegiance required for immigrants to become citizens.
by Caroline May30 Jul 2015, 1:53 PM PST0

The Obama administration is again warning illegal immigrants who were issued three-year work permits — in violation of a court order — to return those documents immediately or else find their deferred status terminated.
by Caroline May28 Jul 2015, 12:25 PM PST0

“I think the President needs to fire the director immediately. I think Congress needs to pass a law to stop them from changing the oath,” Jindal said in an interview with Breitbart News Wednesday. “Let’s be honest here, immigration without assimilation is invasion. We’ve always said the people coming here have to want to be Americans otherwise why are they coming here in the first place?” he asked.
by Caroline May22 Jul 2015, 3:42 PM PST0

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.”
by Caroline May22 Jul 2015, 1:27 PM PST0

The designation means a Somali national approved for TPS “cannot be detained by DHS on the basis of his or her immigration status in the United States.” They are also eligible to apply for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD).
by Caroline May1 Jun 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

The Texas Attorney General has accused Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers of committing a “brazen disregard for a legal order” in the case filed against President Obama’s executive amnesty plan. This comes after a judge issued government lawyers a scathing written rebuke and ordered the Federal Government to produce documents showing who was responsible for making misrepresentations to the Court during the litigation.
by Lana Shadwick2 May 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

Department of Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson says he does not know who U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services union head Kenneth Palinkas is.
Palinkas, the president of the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council representing 12,000 immigration adjudicators and caseworkers, has been a vocal about the problems facing USCIS and a frequent critic of the Obama administration’s executive amnesty.
by Caroline May28 Apr 2015, 11:16 AM PST0

A group of 22 Republican lawmakers want an audit of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency responsible for adjudicating immigration applications and carrying out much of President Obama’s executive amnesty.
by Caroline May15 Apr 2015, 2:34 PM PST0

Judge Andrew Hanen has issued a scathing written rebuke directed at government lawyers and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for their misrepresentations made in the case filed against President Obama’s executive amnesty plan. He has ordered the Government to produce related documents by April 21st. He also warned the government against destroying any of this evidence.
by Lana Shadwick8 Apr 2015, 6:21 PM PST0