(Reuters) – Nevada’s newly minted Republican attorney general has joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Barack Obama’s order easing the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants, without the support of the state’s moderate governor. Attorney General Adam Laxalt, sworn in Jan. 5 after a campaign that focused at times on challenging […]
Obama admin tells agents to ID which immigrants not to deport
January 29, 2015 By 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has ordered immigration agents to ask immigrants they encounter living in the country illegally whether they might qualify under President Barack Obama’s plans to avoid deporting them, according to internal training materials obtained by The Associated Press. Agents also have been told to review government files to identify any […]
Poll: 53% of registered voters want Congress to defund Obama’s amnesty
January 29, 2015 By 9 Comments
The Washington Examiner — The new GOP-run Congress has the green light to defund President Obama’s executive actions, especially his bid to grant worker amnesty to some 4 million illegal immigrants, according to a new poll released Thursday. Paragon Insights found that 58 percent of registered voters oppose Obama’s worker amnesty program and 53 percent support […]
Boehner planning to sue Obama over immigration
January 28, 2015 By 4 Comments
CNN — House Speaker John Boehner announced Tuesday plans to pursue legal action against the Obama administration in order to challenge President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration, CNN has learned. Boehner told Republican House members at Tuesday morning’s meeting he plans to take steps to file a lawsuit. “We are finalizing a plan to authorize […]
Will Jeb Bush deport 4 million illegals?
January 28, 2015 By 5 Comments
The Washington Examiner — There’s been a theme to recent press coverage of Jeb Bush and the rest of the Republican 2016 presidential field. The theme is contrast: While Bush was in San Francisco delivering a moderate message on immigration, other candidates gathered at Rep. Steve “Deportable” King’s meeting in Des Moines to hew to a […]
Attorney General Loretta Lynch to defend Obama’s amnesty
January 28, 2015 By 6 Comments
Politico — Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch plans to tell senators that she doesn’t believe President Barack Obama has blanket power to grant “amnesty” to undocumented immigrants, but she’ll argue that the president’s sweeping moves on the issue have stayed within the bounds of the Constitution. As her confirmation hearings begin Wednesday in the Senate Judiciary […]
