Your phoning yesterday — and your faxing the last six months — reaped big benefits when several of our sponsored amendments passed the House in marathon voting that lasted into the wee hours this morning.  For now, though, we all still have work to do as voting continues on the 2012 appropriations bill for the … Continued

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EDITOR’s NOTE: A line-by-line analysis of the DREAM Act (as introduced in the U.S. Senate) reveals no end to the nightmares. (1) The amnesty applies to illegal-alien “kids” up to age 35; (2) aliens merely need to make a “claim” that they are qualified for the amnesty — they don’t have to provide any proof … Continued

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Pres. Obama definitely blinked today in the face-off between pro-enforcement and pro-amnesty Americans. His announcement of sending 1,200 National Guard troops to the border and asking for an extra half-billion dollars for border security shows that he and his advisors are acknowledging that most Americans sided with Arizona Gov. Brewer and against the Obama Administration … Continued

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After their admission that they haven’t read the Arizona immigration enforcment law, here’s a recommended reading list for President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. (Along with those who, not having read either federal immigration law or the Arizona law, believe it is “misguided” or “unconstitutional,” or have called for … Continued

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A newsletter I subscribe to sent out an alert last week entitled “Evangelical Leaders Unite on Just Assimilation Immigration Policy.” With heightened interest I began reading about how the law in Arizona is a response to the federal government’s failure, that we need a rational immigration policy, that we are a nation of laws, and … Continued

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Yesterday, the respected Pew Research Center released a new poll showing Americans are backing Arizona’s recently passed immigration enforcement bill, SB 1070, by huge margins. According to the poll, 73% of Americans agree with “requiring people to produce documents verifying their legal status if police ask for them.” When the Pew Poll respondents were asked … Continued

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Yesterday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took the extraordinary step of writing a letter to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, asking her to delay implementation of Arizona’s new immigration law in order to give the Senate a chance to pass comprehensive immigration reform. The Governor’s quick reply: “No.” Sen. Schumer’s letter, combined with other actions by previously pro-amnesty Senators, … Continued

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What Arizona lawmakers did two weeks ago to address the state’s growing illegal alien population wasn’t only necessary, but was also just by exercising its sovereign right under the Constitution’s 10th Amendment. The bill, signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, empowers state and local police to use suspected illegal immigrant status as a crime-fighting … Continued

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These marches today are supposed to be part of an international day of protest for better worker rights. But the ones in the U.S. mainly are pushing for de facto open borders that would drive our U.S. workers’ wages down toward global averages. Thus, these marchers are not pro-workers but want the same thing as … Continued

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