By Joe Jenkins
Whether you intend on celebrating Christmas or Kwanzaa, are celebrating Chanukah, or have celebrated Eid this holiday season, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) has given us all a gift that needs to be flung from the highest mountain top into the deepest of crevices: H.R. 4321, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act … Continued
By Jim Edwards
This is my analysis of provisions pertaining to illegal immigrants as contained in Sen. Reid’s health reform bill, H.R. 3590. The Senate health reform bill is better than the House-passed bill, in terms of verification of immigrant or citizenship status. But the Senate bill contains a number of serious loopholes by which illegal aliens can … Continued
By Admins
In a last ditch effort to undermine Arizona’s mandatory E-Verify law for employers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business and open-border groups have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether Arizona’s law is preempted by federal law. The case (Chamber of Commerce of the U.S. of Am. v. Candelaria, U.S.) … Continued
By Roy Beck
NumbersUSA is mobilizing our 920,000 members to contact their Representatives to urge defeat of the Rule to bring H.R. 3962 to the House floor. NumbersUSA takes no position on the non-immigration parts of the bill. But Speaker Pelosi and the Rules Committee have broken the promises that Pres. Obama made that illegal aliens would be … Continued
By Roy Beck
The Associated Press has just reported that, after the Hispanic Caucus confronted Pres. Obama at the White House this afternoon, the chair of the House Rules Committee indicated she is giving the Caucus what it wants: Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) indicated that the House will have to vote on a bill that allows illegal aliens … Continued
By Roy Beck
9:30 a.m. — Pres. Obama has scheduled a meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for this (Thursday) afternoon. Presumably, the Hispanic Caucus will ask the President to prove himself a liar to the American people. Obama and his spokesmen have made a very clear promise to a joint session of Congress and in many national … Continued
Karl Kiefer, a true citizen-scholar from Sunbright, Tennessee, examines the H-1B visa program. An official government summary of the H-1B visa is available by clicking here. The main use of the H-1B visa is for employers to bring in foreign workers who hold a college degree. Typical occupations include architects, engineers, computer programmers, and accountants. … Continued
By Roy Beck
Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.) last night and today is once again using his leadership position to make false claims about E-Verify’s reliability and to project the absolutely foolish notion that unemployment and immigration have no relationship. But while he laments the 125,000 who have recently lost their unemployment benefits (I do, too), he ignores the fact … Continued
By Roy Beck
Thus far, all the journalists in Washington and Utah are getting their storyline wrong on Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) who is facing a Primary election challenge next year from Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. The journalists claim that at least Bennett isn’t vulnerable on the immigration issue which was a key factor in Utah Republicans … Continued
