Defense News – Coming up with solutions to longtime immigration and border security issues are complicated and expensive, as the $46 billion Senate immigration bill passed on June 24 makes clear. The House is taking a very different approach, and is working its way through five separate bills that deal with immigration and border security […]
Archives for July 2013
For 22 Million Unemployed Americans, Immigration Reform Poses A Big Risk
July 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
VT Digger – If you look at the U.S. labor force, there is plenty to worry about. The sociologist William Julius Wilson calls it “the disappearance of work,” visible first in inner-cities and now elsewhere. Declining youth employment, declining participation in the workforce, more off-the-books employment, stagnant or declining wages for most Americans – all […]
Rubio Unaware His Own Immigration Bill Allows People to Forge Multiple Passports
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Examiner – How many passports can one forge under the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill before it becomes a crime? Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the co-sponsors who helped write the proposal, didn’t know the answer to that question. As amended by the Gang of Eight immigration bill, a person would have to forge […]
DREAM Act Hearings: Five Questions for Congress
July 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Foundry – The comprehensive immigration reform bill passed in the Senate contains a version of the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to those illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. when they were under the age of 16. More inclusive than similar legislation seen in the past, the bill set no upper […]
Rule of Law Must Be Restored Before Legalization
July 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Daily Caller – Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) expressed exasperation when asked if he would support some type of legalization for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. after the border is secure. “That’s the most asked question when it comes to immigration reform and I’m going to answer it with another question,” he […]
Financial Catastrophe for States Under Senate Immigration Bill
July 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
USA Today – The Senate immigration proposal does not help states pay for costs incurred by policy changes. “Potentially, we are going to create a financial catastrophe for states and localities,” said Sheri Steisel, senior federal affairs counsel and a human services expert at the National Conference of State Legislatures. “The states will end up […]
