The Hill – House Republicans would like to vote for an immigration reform approach that hews to the amendment introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), which would require that the border be sealed, with 90 percent of illegal immigration prevented, before any legalization or amnesty process could begin for illegal immigrants already here. Border security […]
Dick Morris: Reform First or Border Security First – Voters Want Both
August 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
House Judiciary Committee Taking Incremental Approach to Immigration Reform
August 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
National Review – Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s House Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over our immigration laws, is taking a step-by-step approach to immigration reform and building a strategic playbook that first strengthens border security and interior enforcement, improves our legal-immigration programs, and fairly deals with unlawful immigrants. A robust border-security and interior-enforcement strategy is the […]
Homeland Security Loses Track of 1 Million Foreigners
July 31, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Washington Times – The Homeland Security Department has lost track of more than 1 million people who it knows arrived in the U.S. but who it cannot prove left the country, according to an audit Tuesday that also found the department probably won’t meet its own goals for deploying an entry-exit system. The findings were […]
Barletta Says No Border Security, No Amnesty
July 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Washington Times – As mayor of Hazleton, Pa., I witnessed firsthand the impact illegal immigration can have on a community and its residents. We noticed that while our population had increased by 50 percent, our tax base had remained the same. As a result, there have been few in this country who have stood up […]
DHS Still Refuses to Hand Over Key Border Statistics
July 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Arizona Republic – DHS still refuses to release or discuss information gathered on how many migrants evade capture, how many are caught multiple times, and what percentage of migrants successfully enter the U.S. illegally. Republicans and Democrats from the Arizona delegation expressed concern that the refusal to release data about illegal crossings creates an incomplete […]
Major Rifts Forming Over US Border Security Funding
July 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Defense News – Coming up with solutions to longtime immigration and border security issues are complicated and expensive, as the $46 billion Senate immigration bill passed on June 24 makes clear. The House is taking a very different approach, and is working its way through five separate bills that deal with immigration and border security […]
