Archives for May 2013

L.A. County Officials Worried About Local Taxpayer Costs of Immigration Overhaul

Los Angeles Times – Here’s a case of “reap what you sow”… With an estimated 1.1 million people in L.A. County illegally, officials fear that the county will get stuck with many costs for those who apply for citizenship. As the Senate Judiciary Committee began debating the bipartisan immigration bill last week, county officials voiced […]

Senate Amnesty: Non-Enforcement is Chief Goal

Tom Tancredo in WND – Many political commentators are feigning surprise at the large number of waivers, exemptions and “unreviewable discretion” written into the Senate’s 844-page amnesty bill. No one should be surprised: No amnesty bill in history has ever had its enforcement provisions implemented after the amnesty was granted. The debate over the Gang […]

Requiem for a Grand Old Party

Patrick J. Buchanan – Has the bell begun to toll for the GOP? The question arises while reading an analysis of Census Bureau statistics on the 2012 election by Dan Balz and Ted Mellnik. Setting aside the illegals invasion Bush 41 and Bush 43 refused to halt, each year a million new immigrants enter and […]

Homeland Security Has Its Mind Made Up On Border Security

The Hill – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said pending immigration reform legislation does nothing to force Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to secure the border before giving legal status to millions of illegal immigrants. “If Las Vegas oddsmakers were laying odds of the probability of the Department of Homeland Security concluding at whatever time it […]

ICE Pushed Pro Amnesty Policies During 2012 Election

The Daily Caller – The head of the immigration enforcement officers union harshly criticized both Congress and the Obama administration over the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. National ICE Council president Chris Crane said the massive bill places little value on the opinions of experienced immigration law enforcement professionals. In a six-part interview, Crane explains […]

U.S. Aims To Track Foreigners Who Arrive, But Never Leave

NPR – Nearly half the people now in the U.S. illegally didn’t climb walls, wade across the Rio Grande or trek through the desert to get here. They arrived legally, with tourist or student visas. And when those visas expired, they just never left. Like the rest of the 11 million undocumented people in the […]