After the New York Times published a story in June covering how Walt Disney World forced American employees to train their foreign-worker replacements, outrage surfaced across the country. A group of concerned citizens decided to do something about it by forming the organization Boycott Disney Now.
Before Congress let out for recess in August, top Republicans drafted a memo to their rank and file members. The memo, which was obtained by Breitbart, suggested to members what they should be discussing during August. Surprisingly, immigration was not included anywhere in this memo.
Immigration continues to dominate discussions at local meetings.
August 2015 Recess is here! The NumbersUSA team has built the map below showing Congressional town halls and 2016 Presidential candidate events around the country. Click on the map and zoom in to find events near you.
Speaker of the House John Boehner visited the American Enterprise Institute on Thursday to give a speech on the economy. While speaking at the think tank, Boehner proved to the American people just how out of touch he was with reality.
As the news spread that President Obama would delay his far-reaching executive order, pro-amnesty leaders and activists started ripping into the political move by the White House calling it a “betrayal” and a “slap to the face.”
On Thursday, President Barack Obama addressed the nation from the White House and took questions from the press corps on a range of issues including immigration. The President is expected to issue another executive order that would grant work permits or some sort of legal status to a large portion of the 11 million illegal aliens in the country.
The 2014 August Recess is entering into its final two weeks. Although this August wasn't nearly as busy as last year, there has been many noteworthy stories coming from town halls, or lack thereof.
While speaking at an economic roundtable in Washington, D.C. yesterday, the CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers said he knows of 600,000 open jobs in the manufacturing field. He blamed his inability to find workers on our immigration system.