Washington Post – Over the past week, border security has been the biggest sticking point in Senate discussions about immigration reform. But what does it actually mean for that border to be secure? Who decides? And is a completely secure border even possible? [Read More]
Archives for June 2013
Border Security Is The Key To Immigration Reform. So How Do We Measure It?
The Amnesty Mob vs. America
National Review – After America said no to a pork-filled security-undermining amnesty bill in 2007, the No Illegal Alien Left Behind lobbyists changed their overtly thuggish tactics. They put down their upside-down American flags, stopped wearing their Commie Che Guevara T-shirts, and cloaked their radical “Aztlan” aspirations in the less divisive rhetoric of “reform” and […]
Amnesty: A Path to Permanent Residency Is as Bad as a Path to Citizenship
The Foundry – The gossip in Washington is that the House of Representatives, unlike the Senate, will not have a path to citizenship, or amnesty, in its immigration reform bills. Indeed, just a few days ago, Speaker John Boehner (R–OH) said he would bring immigration bills up for a vote only if a majority of […]
Sensing Defeat, New Senate Immigration Deal Adds Five Tougher Border Security Measures
CNN – A border agent every 1,000 feet along the southern border, every hour of every day, supported by 700 miles of fencing. No green cards for the 11 million immigrants living illegally in America until those steps and others to enhance border controls are taken. And none of it increases the federal deficit or […]
CBO Figures Show American Wages Will Drop Under Senate Immigration Bill
Fox News – Analysis by the Congressional Budget Office projects that, if the Senate immigration reform bill passes, the influx of new immigrants would have the effect of bringing down the average wage. “The wages of U.S. workers — which should be growing — will instead decline,” said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL). “It would be […]
Amnesty By Any Other Name Is Still Amnesty
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – When is an amnesty not an amnesty? Whenever an amnesty supporter decides to call it something else. At least, that’s what supporters of the Senate immigration bill would have us believe. Take Karl Rove. In a recent Wall Street Journal column, the former political adviser to former President George W. Bush […]