Immigration Reform News and Impact on US Homeland Security

Right Side News — Reaffirming his openness to amnesty legislation, in an interview Sunday with Spanish media outlet Telemundo, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) asserted he sees “no reason” why the House cannot come to an agreement on a legal status for illegal aliens so long as other conditions are met. Specifically citing border […]

Immigration Reform is Not a Civil Rights Issue

PolicyMic – Many supporters of comprehensive immigration reform, including Attorney General Eric Holder and Facebook mogul Mark Zuckerberg, have demanded immediate action, calling it an urgent civil rights issue. But this is entirely wrong, because the plight of illegal immigrants isn’t about civil rights, but the rule of law. [Read More]

Sen. Rubio: Distrust of Obama Hurts Immigration Reform

Miami Herald – Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) says a single reform bill won’t pass Congress — and a pathway to citizenship for those illegally in this country is no guarantee either. But he said he’s prepared to vote for a series of immigration bills from the U.S. House even if none has a citizenship pathway. […]

Defining Immigration Deviancy Down

National Review – The ruling that an unlawful immigrant can be admitted to the practice of law in California is the kind of thing that will light up talk-show switchboards, and rightly so. But beyond the Bizarro World nature of the decision is a broader issue. This is only the latest in a series of […]

Resisting Immigration Reform

National Review – We are fast approaching what promises to be the year of “comprehensive immigration reform.” In the manner of the “Affordable Care Act,” it will not be comprehensive nor will it reform immigration. All sorts of new trends have emerged in the American Southwest to address the fact that federal immigration law does […]

Steve King: GOP bracing for bruising amnesty battle

WorldNetDaily.com — Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, considers 2013 a win for opponents of legalizing illegal aliens in the United States, but he fears a bruising fight in the new year against congressional Democrats and likely his own leadership. In the wake of President Obama’s 2012 re-election and Democrats retaining the U.S. Senate, comprehensive immigration reform […]