FOX — WASHINGTON (AP) – More than 600 business organizations, from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Apple to McDonald’s, have sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner pressing him to move on immigration legislation this year. The 636 groups said “failure to act is not an option” and implored Boehner to move on […]
Archives for 2014
An Autopsy of the Senate Immigration Bill, Pt. 3: The Question of Limits
February 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
CIS — Most immigration discussions totally avoid the subject of immigration limits or assume there are no limits to the number of immigrants the United States can or should take in every year. A recent Washington Post editorial, for example, complained about what it called an “absurdly long backlog” that exists “because of annual limits […]
Surge in illegal youths crossing into Texas
February 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
TEA PARTY — They come from Central America with slips of paper sewn into their pockets bearing names they are sometimes too young to spell. Parents send them with Bibles, rosaries and small wooden crosses in their backpacks. [Read More]
GOP Rep mulls amnesty at townhall — held entirely in Spanish
February 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
TEA PARTY — After the sterling conservative voting record he has established during three years in Washington, Representative Mick Mulvaney, a Republican, can take a few political risks in his South Carolina district, one of the most conservative in this reliably Republican state. This week he did just that. [Read More]
Left Renews Attack Against Border Patrol Agents
February 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
TEA PARTY — On Tuesday in Milton, Texas, 41 year old Jesus Flores-Cruz was shot and killed after he threw large rocks at a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The agent claims his life was being threatened. Flores-Cruz, a Mexican citizen who investigators claim was most likely in the U.S. illegally, began throwing… [Read More]
Senate Amnesty Bill Provision Shows Up in Court Ruling
February 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
VDARE — In a decision of the Fourth Circuit Appeals Court, judges allowed that an illegal alien MS-13 gangster could get on a path to citizenship because he had renounced his gang affiliation. A couple of Republican House members are upset at the precedent that decision would set, but perhaps the judges had merely absorbed […]
