Daily News – House Republicans said in a joint statement. “The American people want our border secured, our laws enforced, and the problems in our immigration system fixed to strengthen our economy. But they don’t trust a Democratic-controlled Washington . . .” Tellingly, there is not a word in the statement about a path to […]
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Tancredo: Senate Amnesty Plan Is Designed to Fail
July 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
WND – If you have been wondering how a 1,200-page bill so full of contradictions, waivers, exemptions and loopholes garnered unanimous support from 54 Senate Democrats and 14 open-borders Senate Republicans, the answer is so obvious that even the smartest pundits have missed it. The bill’s stupidities are not an accident: It is designed to […]
Senate Immigration Bill Would Remake America’s Workforce At All Levels
July 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Seattle Times – Under current law, around 1 million people get green cards granting permanent U.S. residence each year. That would rise to between 1.5 million to 1.7 million annually under the Senate bill within about five years of enactment, the Migration Policy Institute estimates. But those figures don’t count people coming to the U.S. […]
Republicans in House Resist Overhaul for Immigration
July 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
New York Times – Meeting for the first time as a group to hammer out their approach to immigration, House Republicans came down overwhelmingly against a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, jeopardizing the future of sweeping legislation that includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. The Republican-controlled House does not plan to […]
House Republicans Craft Path for Immigration Debate, Stress Border Security
July 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Fox News – According to an internal memo, House Republicans are laying out plans for potential immigration reform legislation with heavy emphasis on border security. The talking points highlight legislation introduced in the House Judiciary Committee to “address various issues that have contributed to the broken system,” including the SAFE Act, which would allow states […]
Why Obamacare Threatens Immigration Reform
July 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
National Review – There are many reasons why immigration reform is in trouble, ranging from the fact that immigration is not currently a burning political issue to the inherent complexity and internal contradictions of a 1,200-page bill. But there is another less-discussed reason. The Obama administration’s instinctive dishonesty and contempt for the rule of law […]
