The House Judiciary Committee hosted a Department of Homeland Security oversight hearing last Wednesday with Secretary Janet Napolitano. As you may recall, the House Homeland Security Committee shares a certain amount of legislative jurisdiction with the House Judiciary Committee regarding the Department of Homeland Security. While the Homeland Security Committee covers border security issues, most … Continued

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Democratic Congressman Jared Polis sent out an interesting comment via Twitter on Wednesday afternoon. His Tweet simply said “Boulder residents r happiest ppl in the country :-)”. And Boulder residents should be happy. While the U.S. population has increased at a rate close to 10% over the past 10 years, Boulder’s population has grown by … Continued

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following report is from the House Immigration Subcommittee’s oversight hearing on the priorities of immigration enforcement. ICE Director John Morton had to defend the Administration’s policy of granting deferred action or parole to illegal aliens who hadn’t committed a serious crime. Rep. Ted Poe challenged Morton for implementing a policy that encourages … Continued

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Tonight, the GOP Presidential Hopefuls get another chance to make an impression on voters in an early primary state during a debate in Las Vegas. The Perry campaign team is already trying to get a jump on the immigration issue; throughout the day, stories have popped up across the news wires quoting his political strategists … Continued

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Bloomberg News hosted a round table last week of business leaders and academia to discuss, in addition to many other topics, how they could get more foreign workers to the United States. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor made an appearance at the panel and his statement to the group sounded off some alarms. Rep. Cantor … Continued

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The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security hosted a hearing Tuesday morning titled, “Does Administrative Amnesty Harm our Efforts to Gain and Maintain Operational Control of the Border?” The Members in attendance were Candice Miller (Subcommittee Chairwoman) of Michigan, Michael McCaul of Texas, Ben Quayle of Arizona, Scott Rigell of Virginia, Jeff … Continued

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A recent Politico story reveals how the 2012 Obama re-election team plans to use immigration as a wedge issue during next year’s presidential campaign. According to the article, the team is using results from a June Gallup poll that shows that the majority of Americans support a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11-18 million … Continued

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EDITORS NOTE: Last week, the House Judiciary Committee completed its mark up of Chairman Smith’s Legal Workforce Act, H.R.2885, which would require all businesses to use E-Verify. Ironically, the more liberal Members of the Committee tried to use conservative arguments in their attempt to delay or poison the bill. Some Members went as far as … Continued

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Not by design, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is proving that appearing to be more concerned about illegal-alien workers than about unemployed Americans doesn’t work in Republican primaries.  Widely expected a week ago to run away with the Florida Straw Poll yesterday, he finished in a virtual four-way tie for second, more than 20 points behind the … Continued

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