Archives for 2014

Executive Actions on Immigration – Deferred Action for Parental Accountability

USCIS — Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA), which is expected to begin in six months. The actions also expand a 2012 program that offers relief to undocumented young people who came to the country as children, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). On November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive […]

New York Immigration Groups Prepare to Meet Demands of New Policy

NY Times — President Obama’s sweeping executive actions on immigration present daunting logistical challenges across the nation, but especially in New York, which Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has called “the gateway for immigrants worldwide.” They come amid growing recognition that the state’s large and diverse population of illegal immigrants cannot be reached with a one-size-fits-all […]

Social Security and Medicare Open to Illegals

Another fun result of President Obama’s illegal immigration amnesty last week has come to light. While most of the attention was on how lawbreakers were being excused for their crimes, it looks like President Obama had another way to reward those who broke the law to enter our country: gift them with Social Security and […]

3 Ways Congress Can Fight Back on Obama’s Amnesty

Seven Members of Congress have sketched out a path for Congress to take on the President’s unconstitutional “executive action” giving millions of illegal aliens’ amnesty. “In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, signed by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) as well as Reps. Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ted Poe (R-TX), […]

Illegal Immigrants Get Yet Another Boost

The quirks just keep on coming. Thanks to the combination of Obamacare and President Obama’s unconstitutional amnesty for illegal aliens, many businesses can now save up to $3,000 a year by hiring illegal immigrants rather than native-born workers. “President Obama’s temporary amnesty, which lasts three years, declares up to 5 million illegal immigrants to be […]

Amnesty Costs 70 Times More Than Enforcement

This is an older assessment from the respected Heritage Foundation that demonstrates that Amnesty is 70 times more expensive than enforcing the law. It supplements the data from Heritage this week that states:  President Barack Obama’s amnesty for four million illegal immigrants will cost Americans about $2 trillion, or roughly $40 billion a year for the […]