In “Labor Unions Move To Protect Immigrants, Regardless Of Legal Status” Esther Yu-Hsi Lee of ThinkProgress writes: “In fact, some unions now have clauses in their contract that protect against the use of programs like E-Verify and I-9 that could prevent some immigrants from getting jobs in the first place. That controversial bargaining chip is … Continued

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As for jobless Americans, I suppose the answer is: Let them eat pie, or let them eat when there is a bigger pie. Despite saying some pretty sensible things about immigration at the big CPAC conservative activists conference last Friday, presidential hopeful Jeb Bush displayed zero awareness that immigration issues affect working-class Americans. FOX host … Continued

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Pres. Obama’s and the mainstream media’s focus on “relief from deportation” is a distraction from the real issue which is the work permits that the President’s executive immigration action would provide in the millions. It is the giving out of work permits that most strongly challenges the Constitution. And it is the work permits that … Continued

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Since NumbersUSA began running TV and radio ads in February highlighting the amnesty leadership of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), his popularity among South Carolina voters has dropped rapidly, according to a new Winthrop University poll.Although he retains majority support among Republicans, his approval rating among them fell from 71.6% in February to 57.5% in April.That’s … Continued

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Just how long was the Gang of Eight Senators in that back room pounding out the massive immigration bill they released today?Supposedly, it has been three months, but  I’m wondering if they’ve been in that back room for five years and missed the fact that the country during that time lost millions of jobs and the … Continued

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Is the country’s unemployment nightmare over?  It sounded like it from all the excitement over the weekend about the Senate Gang of Eight’s near agreement on comprehensive immigration reform which is about greatly increasing the number of work permits for foreign workers to compete with Americans from the lowest to the highest education levels.Yet, other news of … Continued

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An almost shocking story from today’s Bloomberg News follows a defiant Sen. Lindsey Graham as he travels South Carolina selling his Gang of Eight comprehensive amnesty.The bottom line seems to be that Graham will not step away from the comprehensive amnesty bill no matter how many unemployed South Carolinians, their families and friends say it … Continued

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Time magazine provides almost the perfect example of how little America’s opinion elites identify with America’s working classes.It comes today at the end of a rather helpful article by Alex Altman, entitled “Four Hurdles That Could Block Immigration Reform.”  http://swampland.time.com/2013/03/20/four-hurdles-that-could-block-immigration-reform/print/Despite the New York Times and a number of other media trumpeting that comprehensive immigration reform looks … Continued

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Based on the ridiculous and inhumane claim that America suffers from a labor shortage, two groups of elites (business and evangelical leaders) are pouring big money into countering NumbersUSA’s TV and radio ads that criticize Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).News media are clear that both groups are rushing their ads into South Carolina to protect Sen. Graham from the weeks … Continued

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