The Washington Times — President Obama’s new deportation amnesty will impose “billions of dollars in costs” on states, they told a federal court this week — including more than $130 for each Texas driver’s license issued to illegal immigrants under the policy. More than 1,100 pages of documents submitted by Texas and two dozen other states […]
White House: GOP ‘playing with fire’ on DHS funding
January 9, 2015 By 17 Comments
The Washington Examiner — The White House is accusing Republicans of “playing with fire” in their strategy to use Homeland Security funding to challenge President Obama’s executive action on immigration, after the deadly terrorist attack at a French satirical magazine. Team Obama has long doubted that Republicans would unite behind an effective strategy to fight the […]
Illegal immigrant turns down chance to gain amnesty
January 8, 2015 By 2 Comments
The Washington Times — The Honduran illegal immigrant whose case sparked a judicial spanking for President Obama’s new deportation amnesty said Tuesday he doesn’t think he would qualify for the president’s new policy anyway, and wants to get his case over with as quickly as possible. In papers filed by his lawyer the man, Elionardo Juarez-Escobar, […]
Two Republican plans to stop Obama’s amnesty
January 8, 2015 By 6 Comments
The Washington Examiner — On Tuesday Republican Rep. Martha Roby filed a bill, the “Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015,” to block President Obama’s unilateral action on immigration. Now, another House Republican has filed another proposal — this one more far-reaching — that would stop the president’s plan to offer quasi-legal status to millions of […]
House GOP will try to kill Obama’s immigration order next week
January 7, 2015 By 9 Comments
Politico — Speaker John Boehner and the House Republicans are planning to try to choke off President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action next week, according to multiple GOP leadership aides involved in the talks. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) plans to bring up a bill next week to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and […]
Immigration showdown in 2015: Green card applications to be processed soon
January 2, 2015 By 1 Comment
Fox News — The President’s immigration executive actions have set up a showdown on Capitol Hill and in the courts, but none of that has stopped the administration from hiring more bureaucrats to go full steam ahead on implementing the changes. The Federal government has put up the help wanted sign. And this shiny building […]
