Daily Caller – A recent Pew study found that the crime rate among second generation immigrants is significantly higher than the rate amongst first generation immigrants, even during turbulent teen years. Pew study finds that 25 percent of second generation 16-year-olds were caught committing a crime within the last year, while only 17 percent of […]
Homeland Insecurity Alert: Dry Ice and Dry Runs
October 16, 2013 By
Town Hall — At Los Angeles International Airport, two dry ice bombs exploded this week, and two others were found in a restricted area of the airport. According to the Los Angeles Times, the devices “appeared to be outside the terminal near planes where employees such as baggage handlers and others work on the aircraft […]
Protesters chain themselves to stop deportations in Arizona
October 15, 2013 By
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 […]
Why Immigration Reform Could Spell Doom for the GOP
October 15, 2013 By
Townhall — The recent Senate debate over immigration reform focused mostly on three issues: 1) the economic effects of legalizing millions of currently illegal immigrants while also increasing the rate of future immigration, 2) the possibility of achieving real border security and 3) the ethical question of offering the reward of citizenship to those who […]
Conservative ‘fly-in’ aims to sell House GOP on immigration
October 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
USA Today — About 300 conservatives from around the country and with varying backgrounds — pastors, farmers, police chiefs, business owners — will arrive in Washington on Oct. 28 to meet with Republican lawmakers and make a conservative pitch for a new immigration law. Participants in the “fly-in” say they can better speak to the […]
The Myth of the “Otherwise Law-Abiding” Illegal Alien
October 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
