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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Obama admin: Illegals who aid others in crossing WON’T get amnesty
January 6, 2015 By 7 Comments
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
January 5, 2015 By 5 Comments
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 […]
