The Blaze – Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, has put forward a budget amendment to avert proposed cuts to veterans’ benefits by closing a loophole that allows illegal immigrants to collect child tax credits. Even though federal law bars illegal immigrants from collecting tax benefits like the earned […]
Archives for December 2013
Loophole Allows Illegal Immigrants to Claim Tax Credits That Harms Vet Benefits
December 17, 2013 By
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan “Stands With” Illegal Aliens, Against Jobless Americans
December 16, 2013 By
Examiner – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) says he “stands with” hardworking immigrants and their families, but who in Congress is standing with the 20 million Americans who can’t find full-time work while the federal government permits 7 million illegals to keep their jobs in construction, manufacturing, transportation and service industries? If Pocan is so […]
Immigration: Claims for asylum soar in 2013
December 13, 2013 By
UPI — The number of immigrants seeking asylum after entering the United States illegally nearly tripled in 2013 to the highest level in 20 years, a report said. The report, issued Thursday by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service, said the number of asylum-seekers granted temporary refuge rose from 13,931 to 36,026 in the fiscal year […]
Steve King: GOP bracing for bruising amnesty battle
December 12, 2013 By
WorldNetDaily.com — Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, considers 2013 a win for opponents of legalizing illegal aliens in the United States, but he fears a bruising fight in the new year against congressional Democrats and likely his own leadership. In the wake of President Obama’s 2012 re-election and Democrats retaining the U.S. Senate, comprehensive immigration reform […]
Immigration Coverage: The Biased Leading the Clueless
December 11, 2013 By
National Review – Reporting errors highlight the media’s gullibility on immigration. Too many reporters and editors unthinkingly see the anti-enforcement groups’ views as normative, and just assume their statements of fact are correct. This isn’t just because the reporters are mostly liberals, which is obviously true, but also because the coalition includes lobbyists from both […]
Majority of Americans Believe Deportation of Illegal Immigrants Not Agressive Enough
December 10, 2013 By
Townhall – Only 29% of Likely U.S. Voters think the government should stop deporting illegal immigrants until Congress passes an immigration reform plan. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% oppose a halt to deportations. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided. Further, a majority of Americans want a secure border before any kind […]
