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Posts Tagged ‘illegal immigration’

• Amnesty and Unemployment

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

  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 with 6 comments

  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 with 14 comments

  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

• Obama Speech Fact Check

  Posted September 10th, 2009 at 4:43pm in Health Care with 58 comments

  Fact checking President Barack Obama’s health care speech from last night, the Associated Press reports: “The president’s speech to Congress contained a variety of oversimplifications and omissions in laying out what he wants to do about health insurance.” That is an understatement. We counted no less than 10 spurious claims made by the President, including: 1. [...] More

• Illegal-Alien Census Boycott? Bring It On!

  Posted September 9th, 2009 at 2:38pm in American Leadership, Protect America with 8 comments

  Writing yesterday for the National Review’s blog, The Corner, Heritage’s Hans von Spakovsky wrote on the 2010 Census and coming immigration battles: The Boston Globe reports that advocates for illegal aliens are urging their followers to boycott the 2010 census. They want illegal aliens to “protest the government’s inaction on immigration legislation.” Translated from liberal Boston Globe-speak, they mean legislation [...] More

• The Obama Administration’s Version of Immigration Reform

  Posted September 7th, 2009 at 10:00am in Protect America with 43 comments

  As widely noted, President Barack Obama has comprehensive immigration reform on his 2010 legislative agenda. Given the policy changes made during his first nine months, it is clear that President Obama sees reform through the prism of perceived Hispanic votes and union payback. First, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano changed the worksite raid policy of deporting illegal [...] More

• Morning Bell: How State and Local Governments Can Help Control Illegal Immigration

  Posted August 27th, 2009 at 9:12am in Protect America with 40 comments

  Meeting with his counterparts from Mexico and Canada earlier this month, President Barack Obama said that he expected the Democratic-controlled Congress, after completing work on health care, energy and financial regulation, to draft comprehensive immigration reform bills this year. This time frame acknowledges that no immigration legislation will be passed until at least 2010. But [...] More

• Schumer’s Amnesty Trojan Horse

  Posted August 26th, 2009 at 10:03am in Protect America with 4 comments

  Ruben Navarrette has a thoughtful op-ed in today’s USA Today that tries to dissect the problem with immigration and border security reform. What we are likely to engage in, he forecasts, is “not a debate. It’s a distraction.” The bill being drafted by Sen. Schumer with the administration is incomprehensible. On the one hand, Schumer tries [...] More

• Immigration: In Case You Are Wondering, Nobody Asked

  Posted August 24th, 2009 at 9:56am in Protect America with 34 comments

  According to press reports, last week about 130 “reform” advocates and leaders were asked to come over to the White House and pow-pow on the way forward on immigration reform. “Today’s meeting on comprehensive immigration reform was an important opportunity to hear from stakeholders…” [Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano] said. “I look forward to working with [...] More

• Missing the Facts on Townhall Concerns

  Posted August 21st, 2009 at 12:43pm in Health Care with 7 comments

  When health policy experts, journalists and those in the health care system gathered at the National Press Club this week to discuss the facts and fiction behind health care reform, they glossed over one key issue, and dismissed three others that people at town halls across the country keep bringing up. First the issue the Press [...] More