Archives for July 2015

Hillary Clinton’s flip-flop on immigration

(National News Agency (Lebanon)) Every time Hillary Clinton opens her mouth, it seems, it’s to flip on one of her previous political positions. This week, in her first televised interview since announcing her presidential candidacy, Clinton took the opportunity to denounce the entire GOP field — Jeb Bush and Donald Trump, in particular — on […]

Cotton Introduces Legislation to Block Sanctuary Cities from Receiving Federal Law Enforcement Grants

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) News Release   Washington, D.C.–Senator Tom Cotton (R- Arkansas) today issued the following statement after introducing legislation that would make cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration policies, also known as sanctuary cities, ineligible for federal immigration and law enforcement grants: “The senseless murder of a young woman in San […]

At His Feet

  The price paid for sanctuary cities.

Fearful Republicans Attack One of Their Own as Trump Popularity Grows

Donald Trump is seen as a clear and present danger to his Republican competitors in the race for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. Not surprisingly, Republican candidates are targeting him for destruction.  The goal: eliminate the threat and acquire Trump’s voting block. The unintended consequence of attacking Trump, however, is that millions of […]

Judge orders Homeland Security chief, others to court

By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has threatened to hold Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and other top immigration enforcement officials in contempt of court for not fixing problems that led to work permits being mistakenly awarded under President Barack Obama’s executive immigration action after the judge […]

Immigration noncompliance policies far from exclusive to San Francisco

By Eric Kurhi, San Jose Mercury News July 08–While San Francisco is taking heat because of its status as a “sanctuary city” that allowed the release of a serial deportee who has been charged with homicide, such noncompliance policies abound in the Bay Area and throughout the state. The overarching law of the land is […]