Fox News – The DHS and the Obama administration typically tout the number of apprehensions of people coming in illegally as their gauge for success. But those numbers, analysts warn, are open to interpretation and don’t necessarily show whether an increase or decrease is due to immigration trends, economic shifts, enforcement policies or all of […]
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It’s Time to Get Serious About Border Security
August 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Houston Chronicle – Americans know better than the Obama administration; they have heard the claims that the border is secure, but they know we’re not anywhere near that goal. For Texans, this border insecurity isn’t just close, it’s personal. For years, Congress has looked at border security backward. Resources have dictated the strategy instead of […]
More ‘Fast’ Guns Showing Up in Mexico Crimes
August 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Trib – Three more weapons from the aborted “Fast and Furious” gun-tracking operation have been recovered at crime scenes in Mexico, all traced to the Lone Wolf gun shop in Glendale, Arizona. An estimated 1,400 guns are still on the street or unaccounted for. The guns have been recovered at a number of crime scenes, […]
Surge in Asylum Fraud Exposes Another Flaw in Federal Immigration Law
August 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Fox News – Julie Myers Wood, a former assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security under the George W. Bush administration, says recent surge of asylum requests are “suspicious.” “This clearly has to have been orchestrated by somebody,” said former U.S. Attorney for Southern California Peter Nunez. “It’s beyond belief that dozens or hundreds […]
Activists Caravan to Bakersfield to Rally, Urge Immigration Reform
August 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Los Angeles KABC Channel 7 – There is a new campaign to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws. Hundreds of immigration reform activists from Los Angeles and thousands from across the state traveled by car, bus and motorcycle to Bakersfield Wednesday, hoping to get their message out to a key lawmaker. But anti-immigration reform groups don’t […]
Immigration Reform: Marco Rubio Warns of Executive Order
August 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Politico – If Congress doesn’t pass a comprehensive immigration reform law in the next year then President Barack Obama might be “tempted” to legalize 11 million undocumented immigrants by executive order, Sen. Marco Rubio said. Rubio said continued delay in Congress could create a scenario in which the nation misses out on his bill’s technological […]
