CNN – A border agent every 1,000 feet along the southern border, every hour of every day, supported by 700 miles of fencing. No green cards for the 11 million immigrants living illegally in America until those steps and others to enhance border controls are taken. And none of it increases the federal deficit or […]
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Sensing Defeat, New Senate Immigration Deal Adds Five Tougher Border Security Measures
June 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
CBO Figures Show American Wages Will Drop Under Senate Immigration Bill
June 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Fox News – Analysis by the Congressional Budget Office projects that, if the Senate immigration reform bill passes, the influx of new immigrants would have the effect of bringing down the average wage. “The wages of U.S. workers — which should be growing — will instead decline,” said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL). “It would be […]
Amnesty By Any Other Name Is Still Amnesty
June 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – When is an amnesty not an amnesty? Whenever an amnesty supporter decides to call it something else. At least, that’s what supporters of the Senate immigration bill would have us believe. Take Karl Rove. In a recent Wall Street Journal column, the former political adviser to former President George W. Bush […]
Feds Seize 7-Eleven Stores in Immigration Raids
June 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
New York Times – Federal authorities seized 14 7-Eleven stores on Long Island and in Virginia early Monday, arresting nine owners and managers and charging them with harboring and hiring illegal immigrants and paying them using sham Social Security numbers. ICE agents and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn are also investigating 40 other 7-Eleven franchises in […]
Drones A Key Tool For Tightening Border Security
June 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Arizona Daily Star – Border security is the first step of the proposed immigration reform bill – and some lawmakers see 24/7 surveillance as a key to stopping illegal crossers. Ten drones already fly along the U.S. southern and northern borders. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection has not been able to fully use them, […]
Obama’s Definition of “Smarter Enforcement” – Nada!
June 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Townhall – Obama and his open-borders pals pay lip service to fairness and the rule of law for the cameras. But behind closed doors and beyond the reach of public accountability, they’ve already paved the way for mass deportation waivers. Read their actions, not their lips. The official White House operating policy is: No illegal […]
