Senate Democrats blocked legislation that would punish “sanctuary cities” in a 54-45 vote Monday afternoon. The bill, called the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, needed to overcome a 60-vote threshold. It would withhold certain federal funding from states or cities that refuse to comply with requests from federal immigration officials to turn over […]
Illegal aliens lose first round in birth certificate fight
October 20, 2015 By Leave a Comment
A federal judge signed an order on Friday that denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by citizens of Mexico and several Central American nations claiming entitlement to birth certificates for their children born in the United States. They sued the Vital Statistics Unit of the Texas Department of State Health Services saying the […]
TRUMP: ‘I AGREE’ WITH MERIT-BASED SYSTEM FOR IMMIGRATION
October 20, 2015 By 2 Comments
As Breitbart reports, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump expressed agreement with changing the legal immigration system away from a family-based system and towards a merit-based system on Saturday’s “Larry Kudlow Show.” Kudlow asked Trump: “In your view, can we fix the system in many ways, one way would be, instead of having a family-based system, […]
Call your senator! Senate Votes on Anti-Sanctuary City Bill Today. Tell them to vote AYE!
October 20, 2015 By Leave a Comment
This afternoon at 2:15 p.m. Eastern, the Senate will vote on a bill that aims to eliminate sanctuary cities — State and local jurisdictions with policies that obstruct immigration enforcement. The vote can be watched live on C-SPAN. Introduced by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), the “Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act” (S. 2146) is commonsense legislation […]
Here we go…ACLU sues Missouri colleges over illegal alien students
October 20, 2015 By 1 Comment
ACLU Sues Missouri Colleges for Denying Illegal Immigrants In-State Tuition The American Civil Liberties Union filed multiple lawsuits in Missouri last week on behalf of three college students who claim they were wrongfully barred from receiving in-state tuition because of their immigration status under President Barack Obama’s executive action. The ACLU’s Missouri division sued three […]
Federal Judge Bars Birth Certificates for Illegals
October 20, 2015 By 6 Comments
A federal judge in Texas upheld the state of Texas’ right to deny U.S. birth certificates for children of illegal aliens. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman released a ruling to allow Texas officials to prevent undocumented immigrants from procuring birth certificates for their children born in the United States. Because of this, a group of […]
