ABC News – Several dozen suspected terrorist bomb makers, including some believed to have targeted American troops, may have mistakenly been allowed to move to the United States as war refugees, according to FBI agents investigating the remnants of roadside bombs recovered from Iraq and Afghanistan. The discovery in 2009 of two al Qaeda-Iraq terrorists […]
Is Our Government Still “Of the People”?
November 20, 2013 By
The Foundry – It took a long Civil War and hundreds of thousands of dead, but America eventually rid itself of the scourge of slavery and the democratic cause triumphed, thereby confirming Lincoln’s contention that “ballots are the rightful, and peaceful, successors of bullets.” The challenge to democratic government, however, would not disappear. In the […]
Finally, E-Verify Security Tightened to Deter ID Theft
November 19, 2013 By
USCIS – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that the E-Verify program has been enhanced to help prevent identity fraud. The enhancement identifies and deters fraudulent use of Social Security numbers (SSNs) for employment eligibility verification. An employer may enter information into E-Verify that appears valid – such as a matching name, date of […]
Detained Legal Residents Urge Hard Line on Immigration
November 18, 2013 By
Seattle Times – A group of legal permanent residents, housed at the immigration detention center in Tacoma, have distributed a letter urging that undocumented immigrants not be granted a path to citizenship. The detainees, from countries such as Jordan, Scotland, Somalia and Mexico and in the country in some instances for as long as 40 […]
