Immigration Reform News and Impact on US Homeland Security

Right Side News — Reaffirming his openness to amnesty legislation, in an interview Sunday with Spanish media outlet Telemundo, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) asserted he sees “no reason” why the House cannot come to an agreement on a legal status for illegal aliens so long as other conditions are met. Specifically citing border […]

State Beauty Queen Describes Frustration in Apprehending Illegal Alien Attacker

Jim Gilchrist – MMP Exclusive [Identity not revealed to protect victim] Dear Mr. Gilchrist, I am a single woman living in Florida. This area of the country is absolutely overrun with illegal immigrants. Consequently, it has caused the crime rate around here to skyrocket and made this a very dangerous place to live. Our streets […]

Protesters chain themselves to stop deportations in Arizona

The Washington Times — Immigrant-rights protesters have chained themselves in front of an detention facility in Eloy, Ariz., and planned to blockade the main federal immigration office in Phoenix later Monday, hoping to stop anyone from being deported. The moves are the latest act of civil disobedience from activists who are demanding the Obama administration […]

The Myth of the “Otherwise Law-Abiding” Illegal Alien

RightSideNews — For years advocates of amnesty and high levels of immigration have described the illegal alien population as one made up of “otherwise law-abiding” people who have committed no violation other than the simple act of crossing a border illegally or overstaying a visa. Journalists routinely invoke this language when writing about amnesty, conspicuously […]

Police arrest 8 House members at immigration rally

Yahoo News — At least eight Democratic members of the House were among about 200 people arrested Tuesday after they blocked a main street near the Capitol during a massive rally seeking to push Republicans to hold a vote on a stalled immigration reform bill. Police would not identify those arrested. Representatives of the social […]

California Won’t Turn Over Arrested Illegal Immigrants

Officer.Com — Reversing his position from a year ago, Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a law that shields illegal immigrants arrested on suspicion of many crimes from being turned over to immigration authorities. Coming on the heels of Brown signing a bill allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, Brown’s signature on the so-called […]