The Washington Examiner — House Speaker John Boehner called on Senate Democrats on Wednesday to “get off their ass” and take up a $40 billion Homeland Security funding measure before a Feb. 27 deadline. The House-passed measure has been stalled in the Senate thanks to a Democratic filibuster. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., […]
Archives for February 2015
Illegals to get tax refunds even if they didn’t pay taxes
February 12, 2015 By 2 Comments
The Washington Times — IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told Congress on Wednesday that even illegal immigrants who didn’t pay taxes will be able to claim back-refunds once they get Social Security numbers under President Obama’s temporary deportation amnesty. The revelation — which contradicts what he told Congress last week — comes as lawmakers also raised concerns […]
Feds prepare for illegal immigration onslaught
February 11, 2015 By 4 Comments
The Washington Times — The government expects so many applications for President Obama’s new deportation amnesty that it’s seeking a contractor just to open the new mail and enter the forms into the system, with plans to operate two shifts from 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. every workday to keep up with the anticipated workload. U.S. […]
Illegals squeeze school budgets
February 11, 2015 By 3 Comments
The Washington Examiner — Washington-area schools are facing budget crises as a result of an influx of immigrant students, according to a recent report. Since the 2005-06 school year, the percent of students enrolled in English proficiency classes has increased by an average of nearly 70 percent across seven school districts in the D.C. metro area, […]
More cities debating non-citizen voting rights
February 11, 2015 By 4 Comments
Breitbart — More cities are trying to follow in the footsteps of D.C.-area jurisdictions to give non-citizens the right to vote in municipal elections. Though many of these proposals have failed, the Washington Post notes that activists in Amherst, Massachusetts, Madison, Wisconsin, and Burlington, Vermont are also clamoring to give voting rights to non-citizens. In New […]
Obama ‘hopeful’ immigration will drown conservatism
February 10, 2015 By 2 Comments
The Daily Caller — The spread of vibrant social diversity is constricting the GOP’s ability to champion conservative causes, such as smaller government and independent families, President Barack Obama said in a softball media interview. “Over the long term, I’m pretty optimistic, and the reason is because this country just becomes more and more of a […]
