According to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, worksite immigration enforcement has dropped under the Obama Administration. The CIS said that workplace audits have dropped from over 3,000 in 2013 to a fraction, or 181 this fiscal year. Along with audits, fines have dropped by half. This gives employers almost no incentive to look for […]
In-state College Tuition and “Dream Resource Centers” for California’s Illegals
June 12, 2015 By 6 Comments
Over 100 Californian state universities and community colleges will be required to establish “Dream Resource Centers” on campus for illegal immigrant students if a new bill is enacted. According to the text of the bill, the purpose of constructing such centers is to increase enrollment and graduation rates among students who meet the requirements of […]
DHS Whistleblower Threatened With Loss of Custody
June 12, 2015 By 3 Comments
Wait– aren’t whistleblowers a good thing? Apparently not in the Department of Homeland Security. Taylor Johnson, a senior special agent with a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), testified at a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that she had received disciplinary action after reporting problems in her agency. Johnson said she nearly […]
GOP Bans Immigration Changes in New Trade Agreement
June 11, 2015 By 5 Comments
Republican leaders in the House of Representatives are working to prevent changes to immigration policy in the President’s upcoming trade legislation. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said in a letter to Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, that he plans to include immigration language in one of the four trade provisions scheduled for […]
Foreigner Brings Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis to the U.S: Ann Coulter’s Not Happy
June 9, 2015 By 7 Comments
Ten-time New York Times bestselling author Ann Coulter is furious at President Obama’s National Institute of Health (NIH), and for good reason. The NIH refuses to release the name and immigration status of an Indian foreigner being treated for tuberculosis in an American hospital. “A female patient with an extremely hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis is being treated […]
Sensitive or stupid? U.S. Embassy moves July 4th celebration ‘out of respect for Ramadan’
June 9, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Indonesia has the largest Muslim population of any country in the world, with approximately 202.9 million people identifying themselves as Muslim, or 87.2% of the total population in 2011. Their month-long celebration of Ramadan, however, is mainstream– vaguely similar to Christians’ Lent. So is the ubiquitousness of Islam in Indonesia really reason for Americans living in […]
