Archives for March 2014

Boehner promises to push for immigration changes

DAILYCALLER — House Speaker John Boehner told agriculture businesses in his home district that he’s pushing for a rewrite of the nation’s immigration laws, despite opposition and skepticism among some swing voters and GOP supporters. “I’m still working with the President, working with my colleagues in a bipartisan way, and the Congress to move this […]

Unlike Their Leaders, Christian Laity Are Wise as Serpents, Yet Innocent as Doves on Immigration

CIS — If you’ve suspected that the elites heading Big Religion, who push so hard for mass amnesty, are out of touch with their parishioners, you’re absolutely right. The leadership of many evangelical denominations (plus the Catholic Church) lacks a flock when it comes to immigration issues. More importantly, the leaders seem farther removed from […]

Zuckerberg Crew of Billionaire Amnesty Demanders Lean on GOP Again

VDARE: — Powerful billionaires don’t like to take “no” for an answer when they insist upon cheaper labor for their money-making enterprises. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a net worth of $30 billion, but he still wants to dump capable American workers for cheaper foreign ones. The latest foray is an ad with the usual […]

Two pro-immigrant rulings made by Supreme Court

RT — The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review decisions against local Pennsylvania and Texas laws targeting illegal immigrants, leaving intact rulings that declared the efforts unconstitutional. In question were immigration laws passed by the cities of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and Farmers Branch, Texas, which were intended to regulate local housing rentals among illegal […]

Advocacy group targets House GOP on immigration

FOX — WASHINGTON (AP) — An advocacy group affiliated with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched a nationwide ad on Monday that implores House Republicans to act this election year on legislation overhauling the nation’s immigration system. “Why are House Republicans cooling, retreating and even privately saying they’d rather do nothing this year?” the 60-second spot […]

ARIZONA TO RECEIVE SURVEILLANCE TOWERS TO FIGHT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

YAHOO NEWS — TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (CBP) awarded its subsidiary a contract to deploy border surveillance technology in southern Arizona. Known as the Integrated Fixed Tower contract, it includes a base period quantity and options that CBP […]