They’re Hiding From You The Full Cost Of Immigration Reform

Forbes – The Congressional Budget Office issued a report this week analyzing an earlier version of the Senate bill. CBO estimated the legislation would reduce the federal deficit by $175 billion over the first ten years. Backers of the legislation quickly trumpeted the report as an additional reason to support the bill. However, both the […]

Tea Party Groups Ramp Up Fight Against Immigration Bill

Fox News – After spending weeks dealing with the fallout from the IRS targeting scandal, Tea Party groups are starting to focus their energy on the immigration bill — a development that could imperil President Obama’s hopes for a speedy approval. Tea Party groups may be preparing to again mount demonstrations during the summer break. […]

AEI Disputes Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform

National Review – One oft-cited reason to support immigration reform is to help Social Security’s finances by introducing young workers into an aging system. Official figures bear out this presumption, but these figures are based on models that assume that legal immigrants are effectively identical to workers already in the U.S. But they are not, […]

Only Amnesty and Mass Immigration Can Save Us From Ourselves

Jim Gilchrist – MMP Exclusive – Why do amnesty supporters insist on tearing down native-born Americans and exaggerating the virtues of illegal immigrants? Illegal immigrants must be given legal status, they say, because they are hard-working and family-oriented. With their energy, work ethic and fertility, they represent the future of this Nation. Americans, on the […]

Obama’s Definition of “Smarter Enforcement” – Nada!

Townhall – Obama and his open-borders pals pay lip service to fairness and the rule of law for the cameras. But behind closed doors and beyond the reach of public accountability, they’ve already paved the way for mass deportation waivers. Read their actions, not their lips. The official White House operating policy is: No illegal […]

Senate Drops Grassley’s Border Security Plan

Politico – The Senate took its first major vote on changing the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill Thursday, killing a strict border security proposal that would have delayed granting legal status to the 11 million living without documents in the United States. The plan was sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and would require the […]