Loophole Allows Illegal Immigrants to Claim Tax Credits That Harms Vet Benefits

The Blaze – Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, has put forward a budget amendment to avert proposed cuts to veterans’ benefits by closing a loophole that allows illegal immigrants to collect child tax credits. Even though federal law bars illegal immigrants from collecting tax benefits like the earned […]

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan “Stands With” Illegal Aliens, Against Jobless Americans

Examiner – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) says he “stands with” hardworking immigrants and their families, but who in Congress is standing with the 20 million Americans who can’t find full-time work while the federal government permits 7 million illegals to keep their jobs in construction, manufacturing, transportation and service industries? If Pocan is so […]

Immigration: Claims for asylum soar in 2013

UPI — The number of immigrants seeking asylum after entering the United States illegally nearly tripled in 2013 to the highest level in 20 years, a report said. The report, issued Thursday by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service, said the number of asylum-seekers granted temporary refuge rose from 13,931 to 36,026 in the fiscal year […]

Steve King: GOP bracing for bruising amnesty battle

WorldNetDaily.com — Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, considers 2013 a win for opponents of legalizing illegal aliens in the United States, but he fears a bruising fight in the new year against congressional Democrats and likely his own leadership. In the wake of President Obama’s 2012 re-election and Democrats retaining the U.S. Senate, comprehensive immigration reform […]