Jim Gilchrist – MMP Exclusive – How many times have we heard that immigration reform is just “common sense”? President Obama says it at every opportunity, as if the debate is settled. Business leaders point to a huge economic windfall. Immigration reform will create jobs, enlarge the tax base, and save social security. It’s just […]
How Congress Lost Its Immigration Authority
August 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
American Thinker – By usurping the naturalization authority of Congress, Democrats have created 22 Congressional seats, millions of voters, and won the 2008 and 2012 national elections. The Framers of the Constitution were primarily concerned with structuring government to balance the sovereignty of the states against an overreaching central government. It is highly unlikely that […]
Immigration Reform versus Unemployed America
August 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
American Thinker – With millions of Americans un- or underemployed, it’s difficult to see how any political party that’s looking out for the folks would want to import more people. America doesn’t seem to be able to provide jobs for the people already here. Yet, importing more people to compete for jobs in a stagnant […]
Immigration Judges Want Independence from DoJ
July 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Boston Globe – Federal immigration judges are urging Congress to liberate them from the Department of Justice, a dramatic bid for independence that could eventually open immigration court records to the public for the first time in US history. “Somebody needs to flip the light switch on and make all of this stuff more visible,” […]
Only Amnesty and Mass Immigration Can Save Us From Ourselves
June 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Jim Gilchrist – MMP Exclusive – Why do amnesty supporters insist on tearing down native-born Americans and exaggerating the virtues of illegal immigrants? Illegal immigrants must be given legal status, they say, because they are hard-working and family-oriented. With their energy, work ethic and fertility, they represent the future of this Nation. Americans, on the […]
Jim Gilchrist of The Minuteman Project on Immigration Reform
June 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Laws.com – The so-called bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators have come up with legislation that they claim will change our immigration system for the better. This legislation would allow more legal immigrants to enter the country over the next decade, strengthen border security, award more visas based on education and professional credentials and controversially grant […]
