Archives for August 2014

House OKs Bill to Address Border Crisis

GOPUSA — House Republicans passed legislation late Friday to address the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border by sending migrant youths back home without hearings, winning over conservatives with a companion bill that could lead to deporting more than half a million immigrants whom the Obama administration granted temporary work permits. President Barack Obama condemned the […]

Obama readies executive action on immigration

Washington Post — President Obama is preparing to announce new measures that would potentially allow millions of illegal immigrants to remain in the United States without fear of deportation, a politically explosive decision that could jolt Washington just weeks before the midterm elections, according to people who have been in touch with the White House. […]

House extends session to try again on child immigrant bill Obama vows to veto

STARTELEGRAM — WASHINGTON — In a stunning series of stops and starts to resolve the border crisis Thursday, the House of Representatives debated a bill to help resolve the flow of unaccompanied children over the southeastern border, then GOP leaders, facing defeat, pulled it from the floor only to reverse course after an outcry from […]

Over 120,000 Illegals Arrested in One Sector

BREITBART — Pinal County, AZ Sheriff Paul Babeu announced that over 120,000 illegal immigrants have been arrested in just the Tucson sector of the southern border. “We have [had] 123,000 illegals arrested right here in the Tucson sector” Babeu said on Wednesday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” He added that eight “cartel scouts” arrested in the last […]

Senate Republicans Block $2.7 Billion Border Security Bill

NEWSMAX — House Republicans are in a scramble to round up 218 votes from wary conservatives for a bill dealing with the immigrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border. Members of the GOP whip team were meeting feverishly late Thursday with members they hoped to sway in order to build enough support to move legislation before […]