SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — United Nations officials are pushing for many of the Central Americans fleeing to the U.S. to be treated as refugees displaced by armed conflict, a designation meant to increase pressure on the United States
It’s clear that five and a half years into his presidency, Barack Obama doesn’t give a rip about optics. That’s why he continues to golf every weekend as the fledgling democracy of Iraq descends into violent chaos. It’s why his
President Barack Obama officially requested $3.7 billion in emergency funding to address the ongoing crisis at the southern border Tuesday. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, the Obama administration requested the funding but did not address any specific
Young Americans elected President Barack Obama, but his poor performance in office may turn young people coming of age during his tenure into conservatives. Writing in the New York Times, David Leonhardt recalled that “less than a generation after young
NBC News reporter Stephanie Gosk blamed a lack of deportations and immigration enforcement in part for the surge of unaccompanied minors over the southern border, and stated the influx will continue until the White House starts deporting illegal immigrants. In
The White House is requesting 3.7 billion in emergency appropriations from Congress to deal with the influx of tens of thousands unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors and family units from Central America at the southern border The amount the Obama administration
President Obama needs to visit the border during his fundraising trip to Texas this week and get a “wake-up call,” according to Texas Republican John Cornyn. “I think the problem speaks for itself when the President — who would prefer
Just ahead of President Obama’s plea for $2 billion in new spending to address the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens streaming across our border, it is now reported that Obama is retreating from pushing policies that would send illegals
As Israel undertakes Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, questions linger about the strategic objective. Is it just to stop and deter Hamas rocket fire against Israeli civilians? Or is it to invade and reoccupy the Gaza Strip, with the aim
As President Barack Obama considers unilaterally expanding his temporary amnesty program to the parents of illegal immigrants, federal officials have noticed an increase in pregnant unaccompanied youth under the age of 18 who are unlawfully crossing the U.S-Mexico border. A
Federal officials have noticed that adults claiming to be family members are appearing “several times” to pick up different unaccompanied children from Central America in various detention centers along the border. A leaked June 4, 2014 internal Department of Homeland
Central American nations may have no incentive to prevent migrants from flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border because of the billions of dollars of remittances that illegal immigrants who are able to stay in the United States are sending back home.
The head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), a Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group, called upon fellow Islamists and Arabs to declare holy war against Israel “for the sake of Palestine.” According to a translation provided by the Center for
Monday on MSNBC’s “Now with Alex Wagner,” Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) surprised the host when he said he believed “the borderlands deserve a presidential visit.” Wagner opened the segment by playing clips of reporters grilling White House press secretary Josh
White House press secretary Josh Earnest took a harder line on the tens of thousands of illegal alien children streaming across the border than the Department of Homeland Security secretary did on Sunday, saying “most” of the children will likely
Harry Shearer, like most modern humorists, hails from the left side of the ideological aisle. The Spinal Tap rocker isn’t above mocking those on his own team, particularly if their hypocrisy soars so high it’s impossible to miss it. Take
The WestView News, a newspaper with 20,000 readers in the West Village, Greenwich Village, and Chelsea New York neighborhoods ran a pro-Obama editorial titled, “The Nigger In the White House.” The Wrap reports that the community paper was slammed by
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) reportedly told President Barack Obama that there would be a good chance of passing a comprehensive amnesty bill in the next Congress, which the GOP may control. On June 24, when Boehner told Obama there
President Barack Obama is reportedly set on using executive actions to give temporary amnesty to nearly 7 million more illegal immigrants in America this year, including the parents of illegal immigrant children. According to National Journal, in a meeting with
Monday at the daily briefing, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said they were not worried about the “optics” of the President Barack Obama not traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border to see the humanitarian crisis unfolding with thousands of unaccompanied
When Border Patrol agents detained an illegal immigrant mother and her six-year-old, she simply thanked God, as she had believed she would not be free to live in the United States without repercussions. Esperanza, a woman who traveled from El
The Obama/Democrat messaging machine is bracing for some bad ObamaCare news that should hit voters by early Fall – right before the midterm elections. That’s when most state insurance rates are scheduled to be approved, and they’re expected to sky-rocket. The
President Barack Obama hailed it “the defining challenge of our times.” The Pope called it the “root of social evil.” And progressive economics sensation Thomas Piketty bagged big money penning a best-seller on the topic. Yet despite the left’s best efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyer Neil Eggleston could be looking toward a comfortable retirement on the generous nest egg he built through high-stakes representation of prominent Washington officials and corporate clients. Instead, he’s returning to a grueling post at a White
Associated Press White House correspondent Julie Pace stated that the president has been moving too slowly and not taking enough action to stem the tide of illegal immigrants at the southern border. In a discussion on Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s
