According to a Government Accountability Office blog post published Tuesday, the Electronic Immigration System (ELIS), a project of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) designed to “create, manage and track” immigration applications, has been delayed for nearly a decade and is a whopping $3.1 billion over budget: So far, the “program has cost a lot, […]
Archives for September 2015
Inefficient online immigration application tracker is BILLIONS over budget
September 16, 2015 By 5 Comments
Ad invokes Reagan to attack Republicans’ hard line on immigration
September 15, 2015 By 1 Comment
Days before a Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Library, an immigration advocacy group invoked the former president to attack the tough immigration rhetoric of certain candidates, including front-runner Donald Trump. A television ad launched on Sunday by the National Immigration Forum Action Fund contrasts Reagan’s call for the United States to welcome all […]
Obama: Anti-immigrant discourse is ‘un-American’
September 15, 2015 By Leave a Comment
While Barack Obama didn’t name names, it was clear that he was targeting Donald Trump when he called the anti-immigration discourse being used in Republican presidential campaigns “un-American“: “This whole anti-immigrant sentiment that’s out there in our politics right now is contrary to who we are,” Obama said during a town hall meeting at an […]
Video: Ann Coulter debates Tavis Smiley on immigration
September 11, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Ann Coulter recently got into a heated debate with PBS host Tavis Smiley on her oft-criticized views on immigration and immigration reform. Watch below:
Jeff Sessions: Middle East should take charge of refugee crisis
September 11, 2015 By 7 Comments
Sen. Jeff Sessions, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, said Friday that the U.S. has already taken in more than its “fair share” of migrants, and the Middle East should step up to resettle the recent surge of refugees: “The United States has been doing more than its ‘fair share’ for […]
Poll: 1 in 5 voters wouldn’t vote for candidate they disagree with on immigration
September 10, 2015 By 5 Comments
A new Gallup poll released Wednesday revealed that 1 in 5 registered voters would not vote for a candidate they disagree with on immigration, a figure that could spell trouble for Donald Trump and others: In a survey released Wednesday, Gallup found that 20 percent of American voters will only vote for a presidential candidate […]
