The Hill — President Obama on Tuesday amplified his threat to veto GOP efforts to undermine his executive actions easing deportations. But unlike years past, the president stopped short of using his annual State of the Union speech to press Congress hard for the comprehensive immigration reform legislation that’s been a campaign promise since 2008. Indeed, Obama’s speech, […]
Pat Buchanan predicts ‘executive amnesty will not be repealed in this Congress’
January 20, 2015 By 10 Comments
Breitbart — Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan predicted “executive amnesty will not be repealed in this Congress” on Monday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” “We know how this ends, the Republican Party is going to put up a fight, it’s going to pass something halting executive amnesty on that Homeland Security bill, it’ll go the Senate, there’ll be a […]
Border enforcement helicopter fires warning shots at drug smuggling boat off SoCal coast
January 20, 2015 By 9 Comments
KTLA 5 — For the first time on the West Coast, a federal border enforcement helicopter fired warning shots from the air at a boat en route to Catalina Island, bringing an apparent drug smuggling operation to a halt, authorities said Monday. The shots were fired about 11p.m Saturday from a Blackhawk helicopter operated by U.S. […]
Obama invites illegal immigrant to State of the Union
January 20, 2015 By 8 Comments
The Washington Times — Millions will watch Tuesday’s State of the Union speech, but only a couple of dozen will do so from the most important perch: the first lady’s box. President Obama’s list this year includes a doctor working to stop the spread of Ebola, union workers benefiting from a stronger economy, a victim of […]
U.S. needs to address policies governing Cuban immigrants
January 19, 2015 By 6 Comments
Washington Examiner — Cuban refugees have been surging toward Florida since President Obama’s mid-December executive action on relations with Havana, but neither the United States nor Cuba has made significant changes to policies governing immigrants fleeing the communist dictatorship. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson will travel to Cuba Wednesday to […]
Republicans craft tough response to amnesty
January 19, 2015 By 15 Comments
Washington Times — Even as they fight President Obama over his amnesties, House Republicans are moving ahead with legislation to force the Homeland Security Department to secure the worst parts of the southern border within two years, and to have the entire 2,000-mile border under control within five years. The U.S. Border Patrol would be required […]
