Archives for 2015

Trump ‘hates concept’ of US taking in Syrian refugees but resigns himself to it

Donald Trump – whose hardline position on immigration has upended the Republican race for president – has called on the US to take in more Syrian refugees, telling an interviewer: “I hate the concept of it, but on a humanitarian basis you have to.” In an appearance on Fox News’s O’Reilly Factor on Tuesday night, […]

Judge supports ‘show your papers’ immigration law of Arizona

A federal judge denied a request to block the “show me your papers” provision in Arizona’s immigration law, bringing officials’ one step closer to enforcing one of the most controversial parts of the 2010 measure. Opponents had argued that new evidence of racial discrimination showed that the judge should block the provision, which allows local […]

York County jailers earn second ‘perfect’ immigration audit

By Teddy Kulmala, The Herald (Rock Hill, S.C.) Sept. 05– YORK — Immigration deputies at the York County Sheriff’s Office are being recognized for a top rating in their bi-annual inspection — one of only two law enforcement agencies in the country to achieve such a rating in back-to-back audits. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

Mexico Doesn’t Want Illegals In Their Neighborhood

A prime example of hypocrisy from Guadalajara, Mexico: Residents of a Guadalajara neighborhood insist they are not guilty of discrimination or racism by opposing the relocation of a shelter for Central American migrants passing through the city on their way to the United States. At a small demonstration held Sunday [August 23], around 70 neighbors […]

Study backs Trump’s claim that illegals are ‘freeloaders’

In April, a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that about 8.1 of the 11.8 million employed illegal immigrants in the U.S. paid an excess of $11.8 billion in state and municipal taxes in 2012. For advocates of immigration reform, this seemed to disprove Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments that illegal immigrants […]

Rick Perry suggests helping to secure Mexico’s southern border

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry spoke with Fox News’s Lou Dobbs on Wednesday about how imperative border security is to immigration reform, and suggested a step that other candidates have not addressed: that the U.S. help to secure Mexico’s southern border in order to stymie the flow of Central Americans into the country: Perry discussed […]