LA Times — Spanish-language test takers fared worse than English-language applicants on the first day a law took effect allowing people who are in the country illegally to obtain California driver’s licenses, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Only 36% of people who took the Spanish-language written test for a driver’s license received a […]
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DHS inspector general: Border drones NOT cost effective
January 7, 2015 By 3 Comments
An internal audit by inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security has found that expanding the use of drones for surveillance on the Southern border would be a waste of resources: The report released Tuesday by John Roth, inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, said that the nine Predator B drones currently […]
House GOP will try to kill Obama’s immigration order next week
January 7, 2015 By 9 Comments
Politico — Speaker John Boehner and the House Republicans are planning to try to choke off President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action next week, according to multiple GOP leadership aides involved in the talks. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) plans to bring up a bill next week to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and […]
Border chief claims captures up 50%
January 7, 2015 By 5 Comments
The Washington Examiner — The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday estimated that his agency is capturing “78 percent to 79 percent” of all illegals entering into the United States, an unusually high rate immediately called into question when he couldn’t say exactly how many try to cross. That is more than 50 percent […]
Obama turns to Mexico’s president for immigration advice
January 6, 2015 By 12 Comments
WASHINGTON — Jan 6, 2015, 2:05 PM ET By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press President Barack Obama embarked on a new year of foreign policy by welcoming Mexico’s embattled president to the White House Tuesday, seeking help to jump start a new U.S. approach to immigration, Cuba and trade. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto praised Obama’s […]
Anti-illegal immigration groups resurge on border
January 6, 2015 By 4 Comments
Houston Chronicle — Michael Vickers has been on what he likes to call the front lines in the battle against illegal immigration for more than a decade, finding dead bodies of migrants on his South Texas ranch. Vickers and about 300 volunteers, many from Houston, patrol Brooks County’s brushy mesquite each month to hunt out immigrants […]
