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Pleasing Hispanic Caucus or Being a Liar (Obama’s healthcare/immigration tough choice?)

9:30 a.m. — Pres. Obama has scheduled a meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for this (Thursday) afternoon.  Presumably, the Hispanic Caucus will ask the President to prove himself a liar to the American people. Obama and his spokesmen have made a very clear promise to a joint session of Congress and  in many national … Continued

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White House Claims ‘Stimulus’ Saved/Created 650,000 Jobs (but it imported 1,125,000 foreign workers at same time)

A few minutes ago, the White House issued a new report claiming that the Stimulus Bill earlier this year has created or saved approximately 650,000 U.S. jobs. Unfortunately, another government program — immigration — completely wiped out any overall benefit the stimulus jobs could have been for the American working man and woman. All of … Continued

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High Unemployment and More Gov’t Scrutiny Leads to Fewer H-1B Visas

With more than 15 million jobless Americans, the federal government has closer scrutinized foreign worker visa requests. Tech companies have relied less on high skilled workers from abroad, and instead, have tried to hire Americans to fill open jobs. Companies that have received federal assistance from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) have also had … Continued

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Immigration Enforcement DOES Belong in Senate Floor Debate About Unemployment Payments

Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.) last night and today is once again using his leadership position to make false claims about E-Verify’s reliability and to project the absolutely foolish notion that unemployment and immigration have no relationship. But while he laments the 125,000 who have recently lost their unemployment benefits (I do, too), he ignores the fact … Continued

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ANOTHER UTAH GOP PRIMARY BATTLE — Sen. Bennett Worse Than Deposed Rep. Cannon on Immigration

Thus far, all the journalists in Washington and Utah are getting their storyline wrong on Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) who is facing a Primary election challenge next year from Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. The journalists claim that at least Bennett isn’t vulnerable on the immigration issue which was a key factor in Utah Republicans … Continued

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Say the Names of Those You Know Who Died for Our Country — then, pledge to preserve that country

Jerry Petty, Alan Ruddell, John Hanson.  You don’t know them, but you owe them. They lost their lives in service of our national community.  They’re the names I must speak at the beginning of my Memorial Day each year — just as you have your own list of names to say. Because I never knew Jerry, … Continued

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Growth of Latino, Asian populations slows in outlying areas

Immigration control advocates hailed the slowdown, saying it would ease pressure on schools, hospitals and other public services, and open up wider job opportunities for U.S. citizens. “Any decline in immigration is good for most Americans and especially good for Hispanic Americans and black Americans,” said Roy Beck of NumbersUSA, an immigration control group. “There … Continued

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Immigrants’ children might get help from DREAM Act

“Their parents have put them in a very difficult situation,” said Roy Beck, director of Numbers USA, a Washington, D.C. group that advocates for reduced immigration levels. “We can’t just keep having one amnesty after another without fixing the fundamental problem…We have magnets that invite people to become illegal aliens because we make it so … Continued

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Key Democrat says national health care can NOT include illegal aliens — But amnesty would lock in the illegal health cost

A key Democratic Senator in the health care overhaul says illegal aliens can’t be covered under whatever emerges. Open-borders advocates are howling.  Here’s the big question for national Democratic leaders:  If they recognize that national health insurance for illegal aliens is too expensive, can they see that an amnesty essentially locks in the cost by … Continued

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