May 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL The Heritage Foundation came under fire Wednesday from Hispanic lawmakers after reports that the author of a controversial immigration study previously wrote a dissertation warning of the lower intellectual capacity of immigrants. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-Texas), the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, called the group’s study “ugly racism and xenophobia dressed up ...
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May 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from POLITICO Tea party heavyweights Marco Rubio and Jim DeMint are on opposite sides of the immigration debate – and they’re duking it out for the support of the movement. The clash went public Tuesday, when Rubio hosted leaders of tea party groups and other conservatives in his Capitol Hill office for some frank talk ...
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May 7, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON EXAMINER Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said today that he will never “feel comfortable” telling Congress that the border has been secured or that the government has a “scientific method” for tracking how many people attempt to enter the country illegally. “When there are no more bad people looking to come into this ...
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May 6, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL Legalizing an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants will cost taxpayers at least $6.3 trillion over the coming decades, according to a study released Monday by the Heritage Foundation. The study projects illegal immigrants would receive $9.4 trillion in government benefits and pay only $3.1 trillion in taxes over their lifetimes if they gain ...
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May 5, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON TIMES Former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint argued on Sunday that implementing immigration reform as proposed by the “Gang of Eight” would “cost Americans trillions of dollars.” “The study you’ll see from Heritage this week presents a staggering cost of another amnesty in our country and the detrimental effects long term that that will ...
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May 5, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from CNS NEWS – The immigration bill proposed by the “Gang of Eight” in the U.S. Senate includes a provision to create a commission to study the failure of securing the border's "high-risk sectors" during any or all of the first five years after the 844-page legislation becomes law. On page 14, Section 4 of the ...
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May 4, 2013 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Excerpted from The Hill: Iraqis and Afghans who risk their lives to help American troops would be eligible for special visas to the United States under the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill. The Senate bill would extend programs that provide special immigrant visas for people in Iraq and Afghanistan who serve as translators and guides, ...
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May 3, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE DAILY CALLER An analysis of future immigration flow released Friday by Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions shows that more than 32 million immigrants would receive legal status over the next decade and an additional 25 million would be granted non-immigrant work visas under the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill. On a conference call with ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jack Flash
Why do these people think we owe them jack-shit? Excerpted from CBS News: Beneath the slogan "Obama, don't deport my Mama," dozens of migrant families deported from the U.S. despite having children born there rallied outside the U.S. Embassy before President Barack Obama's arrival Thursday, demanding passage of a U.S. immigration law they say is vital ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE DC Three new polls show strong or increasing public skepticism towards immigration, even as majorities offer conditional support for a regulated amnesty for illegal immigrants. A New York Times poll released May 1 shows shows that 43 percent of respondents believe that illegal immigrants should receive citizenship. That’s down eight points from January. Opposition ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from NATIONAL REVIEW In case there are still any suckers who think amnesty supporters will follow through on their promises to pursue enforcement once the illegal aliens are safely legalized, get a load of this: “The president made clear that he expected the people in the room to ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from ROLL CALL Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., promised Wednesday to use the power of his office to get immigration overhaul legislation through Congress. “I pledge that I will do everything in my power as Majority Leader to get a bill across the finish line,” Reid said at a pro-overhaul March for Citizenship event in ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE DAILY CALLER The Senate’s “Gang of Eight” has released a new version of the immigration bill that contains 999 references to waivers, exemptions and political discretion. The revised 867-page bill contains multiple changes from the first 844-page version, released April 18, but Democrats have not announced any delay to the committee review of the ...
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May 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
While we are told the border “has never been so secure“, and that there is a ‘zero net migration’ from Mexico, and that the ‘Gang of Eight’ amnesty bill won’t cause a new influx of illegals coming in – the constant, steady, MASSIVE stream of illegal aliens continues across our border…unabated and mostly undefended, as ...
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Apr 30, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from JUDICIAL WATCH For decades the U.S. government has knowingly given illegal immigrants food stamps, according to a former certification case worker who denounced the costly practice back in the 1980s but was essentially ordered to keep a lid on it. The retired assistant case manager, Craig McNees, was in charge of vetting food-stamp applicants in ...
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Apr 30, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from BIG GOVERNMENT The immigration bill introduced to the Senate a week and a half ago would, if passed, allow illegal immigrants to access state and local welfare benefits immediately, Breitbart News has learned. The financial impact of allowing potentially millions of immigrants onto state and local public assistance could overwhelm these programs' budgets. Senate Budget ...
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Apr 29, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON TIMES The debate is raging over whether the latest immigration bill is an amnesty for illegal immigrants, but one part is clear: The legislation would forgive businesses that have employed those immigrants illegally. Employers who have allowed illegal immigrants to work off the books can come forward safely and provide their work history without ...
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Apr 28, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE DAILY CALLER Back in the 1980s, the country faced a familiar dilemma to the one it faces today — the border was insecure and too many illegal immigrants had moved into the United States. At the time, the proposed solution was a bill crafted by then Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson and Kentucky Democratic ...
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Apr 28, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
FOX NEWS LATINO Colorado is dropping a law that requires police to alert federal authorities about immigrants suspected of living illegally in the United States. On Friday, Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, signed a bill that repeals the 2006 law. It passed with bipartisan support during a year lawmakers approved some of the strictest immigration enforcement policies ...
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Apr 26, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON EXAMINER Members of the Senate’s bipartisan Gang of Eight have stressed that under their new immigration plan, currently illegal immigrants will have to wait more than a decade before achieving citizenship. Newly-legalized immigrants will be given a provisional status and “will have to stay in that status until at least ten ...
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