Forbes – The Congressional Budget Office issued a report this week analyzing an earlier version of the Senate bill. CBO estimated the legislation would reduce the federal deficit by $175 billion over the first ten years. Backers of the legislation quickly trumpeted the report as an additional reason to support the bill. However, both the […]
Archives for July 2013
Texas Border Volunteers Working to Curb Growing Illegal Immigrant Crossings into South Texas
July 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
U.S. News & World Report – Just before sundown, a group of men cloaked in camouflage from the Texas Border Volunteers halts their all terrain vehicle, along a winding sandy road. As they make their way around the heavy brush, they circle around a pile of women’s undergarments, which lay at the foot of a […]
Tea Party Groups Ramp Up Fight Against Immigration Bill
July 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Fox News – After spending weeks dealing with the fallout from the IRS targeting scandal, Tea Party groups are starting to focus their energy on the immigration bill — a development that could imperil President Obama’s hopes for a speedy approval. Tea Party groups may be preparing to again mount demonstrations during the summer break. […]
Immigrants Account For All Job Gains Since 2000: Native-Born Workers’ Employment Has Fallen
July 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Washington Times – Immigrants — both legal and illegal — have accounted for all of the job gains in the U.S. labor market since 2000, according to a report that highlights the stiff competition for jobs in a tight economy as Congress debates adding more workers to the mix. The Center for Immigration Studies report […]
Remember the Patriots Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Anonymous – When these patriots signed our Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, they became marked men by the British. Here’s what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence: Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. […]
AEI Disputes Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform
July 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
National Review – One oft-cited reason to support immigration reform is to help Social Security’s finances by introducing young workers into an aging system. Official figures bear out this presumption, but these figures are based on models that assume that legal immigrants are effectively identical to workers already in the U.S. But they are not, […]
