Top leaders in the Republican Party are strongly pushing the party to abandon opposition to illegal immigration and embrace Obama’s amnesty for all: GOP conservatives believed they had won the illegal immigration fight last year when congressional leaders embraced a deportation crackdown, but big-money donors are mounting a counterattack, saying the Republican Party must nominate a pro-legalization candidate […]
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Border crisis getting worse
February 24, 2015 By 3 Comments
The border crisis just keeps getting worse. Texas governor Greg Abbott announced over 20,000 illegals have poured into Texas since the beginning of the year and there is no sign the flood is going to slow down. Since President Obama has virtually abandoned border security, the Texas governor has been forced to step up and […]
Obama: Immigration executive orders will ‘eventually be implemented’
February 24, 2015 By 2 Comments
Barack Obama has published an exclusive op-ed in The Hill explaining how he hopes to “fix our broken immigration system.” Confusingly, despite that he’s already issued executive fiats unilaterally changing immigration law, he writes that he wants to work with Congress: I am confident that all the steps I’ve taken on my own to fix […]
Mitch McConnell: Separate immigration fight from DHS funding bill
February 24, 2015 By 3 Comments
Monday evening Senate Democrats blocked legislation — for the fourth time — that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and reverse Obama’s executive orders on immigration. With barely four days remaining until a shutdown at DHS, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has suggested separating the GOP’s immigration fight from the DHS funding bill: The move […]
Justice seeks stay to implement Obama’s immigration orders
February 23, 2015 By 1 Comment
The Hill — The Justice Department on Monday asked for an emergency court ruling that would allow President Obama’s immigration action to go forward. Administration lawyers requested a “stay” of a federal judge’s decision that blocked Obama’s immigration moves. If it is granted, the administration could move forward with new deportation deferrals and work visas for […]
Obama’s illegal work permit handout
February 23, 2015 By 1 Comment
President Obama has been running an illegal work permit for illegals scheme which has authorized 7.4 million immigrants to work in the United States; far more than any reasonable reading of the law would allow. The Center for Immigration Studies produced this blockbuster report after sifting through government data. While not all of the work […]
