Archives for 2015

Obama admin: Illegals who aid others in crossing WON’T get amnesty

The Washington Times — The Obama administration said Monday that illegal immigrants already in the U.S. who try to aid their relatives in sneaking across the border won’t be eligible for the president’s new deportation amnesty, as federal officials try to head off a new surge of illegal immigrants hoping to take advantage of lax enforcement. […]

GOP hesitant to use spending to fight Obama’s amnesty

The Washington Examiner — Now that Republicans are poised to take control of both chambers of Congress, their conservative base will be expecting GOP leaders to take immediate and decisive action to block President Obama’s recent executive action on immigration. They may end up disappointed. Republican leaders in both the House and Senate pledged in December […]

Migrant flow into U.S. from Caribbean spikes

By JENNIFER KAY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) – Just starting a five-year sentence for illegally re-entering the United States, George Lewis stared at the officers staring back at him at Miami’s federal detention center and considered whether he’d risk getting on another smuggler’s boat – a chance that soaring numbers of Caribbean islanders are taking […]

700 miles of southern border STILL insecure

The Washington Times — Less than 3 percent of illegal immigrants will ever be deported, and more than 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border remained unsecured as of 2014, according to Sen. Tom Coburn’s final oversight report released Saturday morning, which found the Homeland Security Department failing in several of its top missions. The report also […]

Jeb Bush won’t attend Rep. Steve King’s immigration summit

The Hill — Likely 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush has declined an invitation to speak at a conservative summit in Iowa hosted by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa.), a sometimes controversial figure in the GOP. A Bush aide told The Hill that the former Florida governor appreciated the offer to speak at the Iowa Freedom Summit in […]

Hundreds released from immigration custody in Arizona

Latin Post — More than 200 people being detained in immigration custody in Arizona have been released during the last month in light of the new enforcement directives from President Obama handed to Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials confirmed this week. With its close proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border, Arizona has been at the […]