Immigration
IMMIGRATION: Union representing immigration officials opposes reform | Washington Free Beacon
By MB Snow at May 20, 2013 | 12:50 am
BY: Alana Goodman, May 20, 2013 12:01 am The union representing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials will officially oppose the proposed Senate immigration reform legislation on Monday, according to an advance statement obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council (USCIS Council) says the ... Go To Article
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ARTHUR BROOKS:: The GOP’s Hispanic Opening – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 16, 2013 | 10:55 am
By ARTHUR C. BROOKS -- Before Washington was rocked in recent days by an assortment of brewing scandals, immigration reform was at center stage. And immigration reform will surely return shortly to the heart of Washington debates as Congress considers legislation proposed by Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and his bipartisan "Gang of 8" colleagues. Their bill ... Go To Article
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BYRON YORK: A talk with Jason Richwine: ‘I do not apologize for any of my work’ | WashEx
By MB Snow at May 13, 2013 | 2:45 pm
Byron York, May 13, 2013 | 4:22 pm "It seemed like that day lasted forever," says Jason Richwine of last Wednesday, when he found himself in the middle of a media firestorm over his writings about Hispanic immigrants and intelligence. "I knew that this probably would not end well." It didn't. On Friday morning, the 31 year-old scholar resigned from the Heritage ... Go To Article
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REP. STEVE KING: ‘I Have No Moral Obligation’ To Help Illegal Aliens Stay In USA
By MB Snow at May 12, 2013 | 1:13 pm
by LEE STRANAHAN 12 May 2013 In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, straight talking Rep. Steve King (R-IA) makes a seldom heard argument that cuts to the heart of the immigration problem. Congressman King said: I was talking to someone about immigration reform and I told him what I thought was wrong with the approach on the bill. He looks at me and he ... Go To Article
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STRASSEL: Conservatives for Immigration Reform – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 10, 2013 | 4:30 am
By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL, POTOMAC WATCH May 9, 2013 While the media focuses on the 'war' within the GOP over immigration, the real story is how committed the party is to reform. The Heritage Foundation on Monday released a report designed to kill immigration reform. A few days later, nearly 30 leaders, hailing from the core of the conservative movement—think ... Go To Article
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IMMIGRATION BILL Gives DHS Sec. ‘Virtually Unlimited Discretion to Waive Any Manner of Crimes,’ ICE Council Warns Congress | CNS News
By MB Snow at May 9, 2013 | 10:13 am
May 9, 2013 By Craig Bannister -- Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) entered a letter from law enforcement officials nationwide warning of the dangers of the immigration bill S.744 into the judiciary committee record today. The letter To Congress from the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Council of the American Federation of Government Employees ... Go To Article
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HERITAGE FOUNDATION REPORT: Amnestied Immigrants Add $6.3 Trillion to Debt
By MB Snow at May 6, 2013 | 1:44 pm
by MIKE FLYNN 6 May 2013, 7:55 AM PDT -- Monday morning, the Heritage Foundation is releasing its long-anticipated study of the fiscal impact of providing illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship. Breitbart News has received an advance copy of the study. Over their lifetimes, the newly legalized immigrants would add a net $6.3 Trillion to the public debt. Heritage ... Go To Article
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BYRON YORK: With one click, key part of immigration bill becomes ten times more costly | WashEx
By MB Snow at May 5, 2013 | 11:15 am
Byron York, May 4, 2013 Late Tuesday, the bipartisan Gang of Eight released a new version of its comprehensive immigration reform bill to the Senate. Now 867 pages — up from the original 844 — the bill, known as a substitute, is filled with corrections and rewordings of portions of the first bill. But it appears there are some substantive changes — including ... Go To Article
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MARK STEYN:: The Immigration Transformation | NRO
By MB Snow at May 4, 2013 | 12:23 am
Most countries in the world have irrelevant numbers of “immigrants.” In the Americas, for example, only Canada, America, and the British West Indies have significant non-native populations. In Mexico, immigrants account for 0.6 percent of the population, and that generally negligible level prevails all the way down through Latin America until you hit a blip of 1.4 ... Go To Article
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HUGH HEWITT:: For GOP Would-Be Presidents, The Border Fence is 2016′s Panama Canall
By MB Snow at May 4, 2013 | 12:11 am
A border fence, "a fence from left to right, from east to west, except obviously the mountainous areas," as Charles Krauthammer put it, is essential to the effort to pass immigration reform. If a serious fence along the southern border is not mandated in the bill--high, double-fencing with access roads for patrol vehicles-- it won't pass. Certainly not in the House, ... Go To Article
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