Fox News – According to an internal memo, House Republicans are laying out plans for potential immigration reform legislation with heavy emphasis on border security. The talking points highlight legislation introduced in the House Judiciary Committee to “address various issues that have contributed to the broken system,” including the SAFE Act, which would allow states […]
House Republicans Craft Path for Immigration Debate, Stress Border Security
July 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A Plan for Real Border Security
July 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
US News & World Report – Instead of flinging jillions of our scarce dollars to drastically expand the civilian Border Patrol, as the Senate’s immigration reform bill would do, we – and especially our Congress – should take a lesson from most other countries in the world with “hot” borders. How? Our border security with […]
Democrats Refuse to Secure the Border
June 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Newsmax – Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) says that Senate Democrats “refuse to secure the border” and insist on granting amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants — but their immigration bill won’t pass in the Republican-controlled House. Scalise says the immigration reform legislation passed by the Senate on Thursday is a “nonstarter in the House. It […]
Will Senate’s $38 Billion Border Plan Boost Immigration Law Prospects?
June 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Bloomberg BusinessWeek – The Senate advanced the costliest plan ever to bolster security at the U.S.-Mexico border, drawing enough Republican support to indicate that a broad revision of immigration law will pass by week’s end. The 67-27 vote allows the measure to move forward. The Senate bill will create as many as 11 million new […]
Border Security Is The Key To Immigration Reform. So How Do We Measure It?
June 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Washington Post – Over the past week, border security has been the biggest sticking point in Senate discussions about immigration reform. But what does it actually mean for that border to be secure? Who decides? And is a completely secure border even possible? [Read More]
Sensing Defeat, New Senate Immigration Deal Adds Five Tougher Border Security Measures
June 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
CNN – A border agent every 1,000 feet along the southern border, every hour of every day, supported by 700 miles of fencing. No green cards for the 11 million immigrants living illegally in America until those steps and others to enhance border controls are taken. And none of it increases the federal deficit or […]
