WASHINGTON — Jan 6, 2015, 2:05 PM ET By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press President Barack Obama embarked on a new year of foreign policy by welcoming Mexico’s embattled president to the White House Tuesday, seeking help to jump start a new U.S. approach to immigration, Cuba and trade. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto praised Obama’s […]
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Anti-illegal immigration groups resurge on border
January 6, 2015 By 4 Comments
Houston Chronicle — Michael Vickers has been on what he likes to call the front lines in the battle against illegal immigration for more than a decade, finding dead bodies of migrants on his South Texas ranch. Vickers and about 300 volunteers, many from Houston, patrol Brooks County’s brushy mesquite each month to hunt out immigrants […]
Obama admin: Illegals who aid others in crossing WON’T get amnesty
January 6, 2015 By 7 Comments
The Washington Times — The Obama administration said Monday that illegal immigrants already in the U.S. who try to aid their relatives in sneaking across the border won’t be eligible for the president’s new deportation amnesty, as federal officials try to head off a new surge of illegal immigrants hoping to take advantage of lax enforcement. […]
GOP hesitant to use spending to fight Obama’s amnesty
January 5, 2015 By 5 Comments
The Washington Examiner — Now that Republicans are poised to take control of both chambers of Congress, their conservative base will be expecting GOP leaders to take immediate and decisive action to block President Obama’s recent executive action on immigration. They may end up disappointed. Republican leaders in both the House and Senate pledged in December […]
Migrant flow into U.S. from Caribbean spikes
January 5, 2015 By 2 Comments
By JENNIFER KAY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) – Just starting a five-year sentence for illegally re-entering the United States, George Lewis stared at the officers staring back at him at Miami’s federal detention center and considered whether he’d risk getting on another smuggler’s boat – a chance that soaring numbers of Caribbean islanders are taking […]
700 miles of southern border STILL insecure
January 5, 2015 By 7 Comments
The Washington Times — Less than 3 percent of illegal immigrants will ever be deported, and more than 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border remained unsecured as of 2014, according to Sen. Tom Coburn’s final oversight report released Saturday morning, which found the Homeland Security Department failing in several of its top missions. The report also […]
