What happens if DHS shuts down?

Washington (CNN) — Congress has just 12 days until Department of Homeland Security funding runs out, and House Speaker John Boehner this weekend said he was “certainly” willing to let that happen. DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson has said a shutdown would cause a “terrible disruption” for everyday Americans, and the White House is slated this week […]

Sen. Sessions lists every time Obama has dismantled immigration law

Breitbart — As Republicans work to overcome a Democratic filibuster of a House-passed Department of Homeland Security bill that blocks President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is highlighting the Obama administration’s long history of dismantling immigration laws. In a lengthy timeline released Monday, Sessions — the chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and […]

To fight Obama’s amnesty, Boehner willing to let DHS funding lapse

Reuters — WASHINGTON — John Boehner, the Republican U.S. House of Representatives speaker, said he is willing to let funding for theDepartment of Homeland Security lapse as part of a Republican push to roll back President Barack Obama‘s executive actions on immigration. With a Feb. 27 deadline looming for funding the department, Senate Democrats three times […]

GOP resurrects national e-verify movement

SHRM — Legislation requiring employers to use the government’s electronic employment eligibility verification program to ensure that their employees are authorized to work in the U.S. will soon be reintroduced, lawmakers said. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, announced his intention to reintroduce the Legal Workforce Act at a Feb. 4, 2015, House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security […]

GOP turns up pressure on Dems in DHS funding fight

The Washington Examiner — With two weeks left before a funding deadline, House and Senate Republicans Thursday stepped up pressure on Democrats to stop filibustering a $40 billion Homeland Security funding measure. But Democrats aren’t budging. In a show of party unity, Republicans from the House and Senate held a joint news conference to criticize Democratic […]

8th grade class receives politically biased immigration assignment

IJ Review — At Shattuck Middle School in Wisconsin, one 8th grade class was assigned homework on the topic of immigration policy in the United States. The homework, assigned by 8th grade Social Studies teacher Grace Davis, featured a political cartoon with a clearly labeled Democrat laying bricks to convey the building of a “pathway to […]