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Posts Tagged ‘illegal immigration’

  • 5 Myths About White House Immigration Reform

    Posted February 5th, 2010 at 11:00am in Protect America 31

    1. There will be lots of positive measures in the bill that conservatives will support. That does not matter. A massive amnesty will overwhelm all the positive affects of visa reforms, added security workplace enforcement , and even establishing temporary worker programs. That is exactly what happened when the same approach was tried in 1986. 2. The [...] More

  • Immigration Amnesty Bill—Will it Rise From Grave?

    Posted February 1st, 2010 at 5:45pm in Protect America 12

    In another affirmation of the truism, “You can’t fool all of the people all of the time,” President Obama’s base has noticed that his promise to push through an amnesty bill looks pretty hollow. “Thirty-seven words,” writes Ruben Navarrette Jr for CNN, “In this week’s State of the Union address — which was more [...] More

  • Another Plug for Amnesty Misses the Costs

    Posted January 12th, 2010 at 11:50am in Protect America 9

    Ever since President Barack Obama made a campaign promise to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform early in his presidency, there has been a series of studies aimed at making the economic case for another amnesty. The newest, a study by the Center for American Progress (CAP), claims that legalizing the 11 million illegal [...] More

  • Let’s Make a Deal: Immigration Reform

    Posted January 6th, 2010 at 1:47pm in Health Care 30

    So why don’t President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi want to allow CSPAN to televise the final health care negotiations? What deals are being made to secure the votes necessary to pass a plan that vast majorities of the American public are against? TPM reports that Democratic lawmakers who were upset that illegal immigrants would [...] More

  • Time To Focus On Threats, Not Launching Political Amnesty Fight

    Posted December 31st, 2009 at 10:13am in Protect America 14

    As if the Obama Administration and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano didn’t have enough tough issues to handle with the total failure of the post-9/11 system to keep a terrorist with a bomb off our airplanes, the LA Times reports that the Obama Administration is more committed than ever to push for amnesty in 2010. That [...] More

  • Immigration Reform Bill Undermines Enforcement

    Posted December 28th, 2009 at 2:48pm in Protect America 28

    On December 15, Representative Luis Gutierrez of Illinois introduced his version of Comprehensive Immigration Reform to the House of Representatives. Amongst its many provisions, the bill would eliminate the successful 287(g) immigration enforcement program in which local law enforcement are trained and deputized by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry out federal immigration [...] More

  • Poll: Amnesty Will Increase Illegal Immigration

    Posted October 16th, 2009 at 10:31am in Protect America 16

    Over half of Mexican nationals polled in a recent survey by Zogby International say that amnesty would create a massive influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico. With Mexico being the major source nation for illegal immigrants, this should serve as a wake up call to those in Congress calling for amnesty. Yet, Sen. [...] More

  • Amnesty and Unemployment

    Posted October 1st, 2009 at 1:43pm in Protect America 17

    The Obama Administration just cannot make the New York Times editorial board happy when it comes to immigration policy. First, the Obama Administration ends the practice of detention and removal of illegal immigrants caught during work site raids. Then, the Obama Administration decides not only shouldn’t they detain and remove illegal immigrant caught during work [...] More

  • A Better Agenda To Prevent Another 9/11

    Posted September 11th, 2009 at 4:38pm in Protect America 6

    Having returned from its summer recess, Congress will soon construct its legislative agenda for the rest of the year. Given that today marks the eighth anniversary of 9/11, Congress should honor the memory of that tragedy by solidifying its homeland security agenda. That means taking the right steps to keep the nation safe, free, and [...] More

  • VIDEO: Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) On Obamacare, Illegal Immigrants, And Enforcement

    Posted September 11th, 2009 at 12:27pm in Health Care, Protect America 14

    Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) clearly and succinctly explained to Fox’s Megyn Kelly why Americans have every right to believe Obamacare would end up paying for health benefits for illegal immigrants. Watch: More