Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is confounding the Left by expressing an opinion that an open border immigration policy would “make everybody in America poorer”: “You’re doing away with the concept of a nation state,” Sanders said, “and I don’t think there’s any country in the world that believes in that.” […] On Thursday, Sanders […]
Archives for July 2015
Olson Bill Restores Congressional Oversight of Immigration Agency
July 31, 2015 By 1 Comment
Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) News Release Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) today introduced legislation to restore congressional authority over immigration enforcement actions by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). In 1988, Congress created the Immigration Examinations Fee Account which removed most USCIS funding from the annual appropriation process, limiting congressional oversight of the agency. Since […]
GOP presidential hopeful Lindsey Graham talks immigration in Pilsen
July 31, 2015 By 1 Comment
By Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune July 31–U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina brought his Republican presidential campaign to Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood Thursday, where he received accolades for backing a comprehensive immigration reform plan that includes an eventual pathway to citizenship. “It’s not about the Republican Party. It’s about us as a nation, right? If […]
Luis Gutierrez throws tantrum after immigration expert calls him out for dismissing Kate Steinle’s murder
July 30, 2015 By 11 Comments
During a July 16 interview with Telemundo, pro-immigration extremist Rep. Luis Gutierrez had this to say about the murder of Kate Steinle at the hands of a convicted criminal illegal alien: After a reporter cited the killing in relation to sanctuary cities, [Gutierrez] responded: “Every time a little thing like this happens, [Republicans] use the most […]
Donald Trump rolls out immigration policy
July 30, 2015 By 48 Comments
Republican presidential candidate has finally given us a glimpse of his proposed immigration policy, and it’s everything you would expect it to be: Trump said Wednesday in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash that as president he would deport all undocumented immigrants and then allow the “good ones” to reenter the country through an “expedited […]
First student to plead in Chinese test-taking scandal deported
July 30, 2015 By Leave a Comment
By Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette July 29–A Chinese student in Boston who admitted to cheating to try to get into American graduate school programs was sentenced today to probation and immediately turned over to immigration authorities to be deported to China. “I wasted a lot of time and money for my stupid decision,” Biyuan Li, […]
