Heritage Foundation – Congress hasn’t passed immigration legislation, but that hasn’t stopped President Obama from issuing directives that grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. Last week, the Obama Administration issued the latest in a line of policy directives granting amnesty by default. This latest directive instructs Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials not to enforce immigration […]
Obama’s Immigration Nuclear Option: Stopping Deportations Unilaterally
August 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Atlantic – If reform legislation dies in Congress, advocates plan to pressure the president to act on his own — and get political revenge on the GOP House. The biggest obstacle facing immigration reform may be not opposition but inertia. Leaders of the House of Representatives have said they plan to act, but with […]
$1.5B for ‘Youth Jobs Fund’? Critics Pan Pork in Senate Immigration Bill
August 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
FOX News – After a comprehensive immigration bill passed the Senate in June, President Obama says he’s “absolutely confident” it can pass the House if put to a vote. But critics question how many lawmakers have actually read the 1,200-page bill, which they say is packed with hidden pork-barrel spending projects ranging from $1.5 billion […]
Gutiérrez: Women Will Get Raped Unless We Pass Immigration Reform
August 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
[featured-video-plus]http://youtu.be/v6Nwk8Y7CRY[/featured-video-plus] Andrew Johnson – National Review …Gutiérrez told attendees that while he has objections to the immigration bill passed by the Senate earlier this year, he would “vote for that proposal today . . . even under those harsh conditions” rather than not pass anything. He went on to list a series of cautionary tales […]
Activists Caravan to Bakersfield to Rally, Urge Immigration Reform
August 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Los Angeles KABC Channel 7 – There is a new campaign to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws. Hundreds of immigration reform activists from Los Angeles and thousands from across the state traveled by car, bus and motorcycle to Bakersfield Wednesday, hoping to get their message out to a key lawmaker. But anti-immigration reform groups don’t […]
Immigration Reform: Marco Rubio Warns of Executive Order
August 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Politico – If Congress doesn’t pass a comprehensive immigration reform law in the next year then President Barack Obama might be “tempted” to legalize 11 million undocumented immigrants by executive order, Sen. Marco Rubio said. Rubio said continued delay in Congress could create a scenario in which the nation misses out on his bill’s technological […]
