The Washington Times — The Honduran illegal immigrant whose case sparked a judicial spanking for President Obama’s new deportation amnesty said Tuesday he doesn’t think he would qualify for the president’s new policy anyway, and wants to get his case over with as quickly as possible. In papers filed by his lawyer the man, Elionardo Juarez-Escobar, […]
Archives for January 2015
Two Republican plans to stop Obama’s amnesty
January 8, 2015 By 6 Comments
The Washington Examiner — On Tuesday Republican Rep. Martha Roby filed a bill, the “Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015,” to block President Obama’s unilateral action on immigration. Now, another House Republican has filed another proposal — this one more far-reaching — that would stop the president’s plan to offer quasi-legal status to millions of […]
Immigrants fare poorly on California driver’s license tests
January 8, 2015 By 102 Comments
LA Times — Spanish-language test takers fared worse than English-language applicants on the first day a law took effect allowing people who are in the country illegally to obtain California driver’s licenses, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Only 36% of people who took the Spanish-language written test for a driver’s license received a […]
DHS inspector general: Border drones NOT cost effective
January 7, 2015 By 3 Comments
An internal audit by inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security has found that expanding the use of drones for surveillance on the Southern border would be a waste of resources: The report released Tuesday by John Roth, inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, said that the nine Predator B drones currently […]
House GOP will try to kill Obama’s immigration order next week
January 7, 2015 By 9 Comments
Politico — Speaker John Boehner and the House Republicans are planning to try to choke off President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action next week, according to multiple GOP leadership aides involved in the talks. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) plans to bring up a bill next week to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and […]
Border chief claims captures up 50%
January 7, 2015 By 5 Comments
The Washington Examiner — The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday estimated that his agency is capturing “78 percent to 79 percent” of all illegals entering into the United States, an unusually high rate immediately called into question when he couldn’t say exactly how many try to cross. That is more than 50 percent […]
