Archives for 2013

House Judiciary Committee Taking Incremental Approach to Immigration Reform

National Review – Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s House Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over our immigration laws, is taking a step-by-step approach to immigration reform and building a strategic playbook that first strengthens border security and interior enforcement, improves our legal-immigration programs, and fairly deals with unlawful immigrants. A robust border-security and interior-enforcement strategy is the […]

Homeland Security Loses Track of 1 Million Foreigners

Washington Times – The Homeland Security Department has lost track of more than 1 million people who it knows arrived in the U.S. but who it cannot prove left the country, according to an audit Tuesday that also found the department probably won’t meet its own goals for deploying an entry-exit system. The findings were […]

Barletta Says No Border Security, No Amnesty

Washington Times – As mayor of Hazleton, Pa., I witnessed firsthand the impact illegal immigration can have on a community and its residents. We noticed that while our population had increased by 50 percent, our tax base had remained the same. As a result, there have been few in this country who have stood up […]

DHS Still Refuses to Hand Over Key Border Statistics

Arizona Republic – DHS still refuses to release or discuss information gathered on how many migrants evade capture, how many are caught multiple times, and what percentage of migrants successfully enter the U.S. illegally. Republicans and Democrats from the Arizona delegation expressed concern that the refusal to release data about illegal crossings creates an incomplete […]

Steve King Defines Terms of the Immigration Debate

Daily Caller – This American is prepared to oppose amnesty in all of its forms because the rule of law is of great importance and the consequences of betraying it are massive. No trade off – let alone legalization for illusory border protections — is worth that price, and I hope my colleagues in the […]

Paul Ryan Lays Out House Immigration Reform Timetable

Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel – Ryan said negotiations are underway to bring “various bills to the floor of Congress.” “Tentatively, October, we’re going to vote on these bills,” Ryan said. “We’re going to vote on a border security bill, we’re going to vote on an interior enforcement bill, like the workplace verification and the visa tracking. […]