New York Times – Federal authorities seized 14 7-Eleven stores on Long Island and in Virginia early Monday, arresting nine owners and managers and charging them with harboring and hiring illegal immigrants and paying them using sham Social Security numbers. ICE agents and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn are also investigating 40 other 7-Eleven franchises in […]
Archives for June 2013
Drones A Key Tool For Tightening Border Security
June 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Arizona Daily Star – Border security is the first step of the proposed immigration reform bill – and some lawmakers see 24/7 surveillance as a key to stopping illegal crossers. Ten drones already fly along the U.S. southern and northern borders. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection has not been able to fully use them, […]
Obama’s Definition of “Smarter Enforcement” – Nada!
June 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Townhall – Obama and his open-borders pals pay lip service to fairness and the rule of law for the cameras. But behind closed doors and beyond the reach of public accountability, they’ve already paved the way for mass deportation waivers. Read their actions, not their lips. The official White House operating policy is: No illegal […]
Senate Drops Grassley’s Border Security Plan
June 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Politico – The Senate took its first major vote on changing the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill Thursday, killing a strict border security proposal that would have delayed granting legal status to the 11 million living without documents in the United States. The plan was sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and would require the […]
Jim Gilchrist of The Minuteman Project on Immigration Reform
June 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Laws.com – The so-called bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators have come up with legislation that they claim will change our immigration system for the better. This legislation would allow more legal immigrants to enter the country over the next decade, strengthen border security, award more visas based on education and professional credentials and controversially grant […]
Congressman Steve King – “Smart, Legal Immigration Policy”
June 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
[featured-video-plus] http://youtu.be/a8-Pg9zShqI[/featured-video-plus]Congressman Steve King spoke on the House Floor about upholding the Constitution, defending the Rule of Law and having a smart, legal immigration policy.
