According to Robert Rector, a Heritage Foundation scholar, the president's plan to take in an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees would cost U.S. taxpayers $130 million per year. Over the next 50 years the costs for these additional refugees would add up to $6.5 billion for American taxpayers.
Obama plans to bring 10,000 additional Syrian Refugees to the U.S. this year, yet the FBI has already said they do not have a way to properly vet the refugees, which could cause a threat to national security.
A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that the EB-5 Visa program is at risk for fraud and is not providing the economic benefits it was supposed to create. The EB-5 visa program, which allows foreigners to obtain green cards if they invest at least $500,000 in American businesses, was designed to help create jobs and increase foreign investment in the U.S. economy.
This week, a group of illegal aliens filed a federal law suit against Georgia's Department of Driver Services for what they claim to be a violation of their constitutional rights by denying them driver's licenses.
This week Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) wrote an op-ed in The Hill supporting the idea of ending birthright citizenship for the children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens.
The Center for Immigration Studies released a new study showing that immigrant (legal and illegal) households take access more welfare programs compared to native households.
After a four-day sweep in Southern California 244 criminal aliens (both legal and illegal) were taken into custody by ICE.
The Supreme Court has never officially ruled on the interpretation of the first clause of the 14th Amendment, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
The interpretation of the section "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" is what leads to the birthright citizenship debate for illegal aliens.
Prior to Steinle's death most California counties, including the entire Bay Area, had stopped working with ICE by mid-2014.
The NYC Department of Education told the schools that it plans to enroll 2,350 illegal alien children this year, with more to come.