Most have heralded President-elect Barack Obama’s appointment of Arizona governor Janet Napolitano to head the Department of Homeland Security. As someone who has experience leading a border state, the pick seemed to make sense. But recent analysis has begun to expose her mixed approach to the issue of border protection and immigration.
In asking Georgia voters to send him back to the U.S. Senate, Saxby Chambliss promised to support 12 immigration actions that NumbersUSA considers the most important for protecting American workers, communities and our heritage of individual freedom and natural bounty. His defeated opponent basically only promised to grant an amnesty to 12-20 million illegal foreign workers and their dependents. Georgia voters chose the "True Immigration Reform Candidate."
The Republicans avoided a super majority in the Senate on Tuesday with news that Senator Saxby Chambliss has won his re-election bid. Chambliss won just 49% of the vote during the November general election, forcing a runoff between him and the Democratic candidate Jim Martin.
A survey conducted by the National Statistics and Geography Institute reveals that Mexican emigration has dropped 42 percent over the last two years. The study indicates that the economic downturn combined with increased enforcement has made the United States less appealing.
The apparent choice of Arizona Gov. Napolitano to be Pres. Obama's head of Homeland Security is a very mixed signal. But Napolitano has witnessed how a mandatory workplace verification law in her state has performed like a charm with no significant disruption of the state's businesses. She should make her DHS job a lot easier by persuading Obama to endorse Rep. Shuler's (D-N.C.) SAVE Act which essentially would make the Arizona law a federal law.
Considerable national media attention is being given to a disgusting murder of an Ecuadorian man in Long Island, New York, allegedly by a group of seven teenagers who in the middle of a drinking binge decided to go "beat up a Mexican." My guess is that these teenagers are opportunistic thugs who would have found somebody else to beat up if they hadn't had some animus toward Latin Americans, but it is incumbent on all of us who fight for lower immigration to emphasize the importance of not allowing our language about the problems of immigration policies to stir up hatred, and especially not violence, against immigrants or people who may look like immigrants.
New numbers suggest that individuals are being deterred from crossing into the United States illegally. Chief Patrol Agent Robert Gilbert credits his agency's hard work and wise planning.
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies shows that America's refusal to secure our borders has fueled a marked increase in the level of gang violence.
The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals this week upheld an Arizona law that requires businesses to use E-Verify to check worker eligibility and revokes the business licenses of those who knowingly hire illegal aliens.