During the mid term election campaign season many Tea Party Republicans ran on the platform of cutting spending drastically. Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Gov. Rick Scott of Florida and others who supposedly championed lower spending by the government are finding their immigration positions and fiscal proclamations at serious odds. The high cost of […]
There is still time to nominate people for a Freedom from Fear Award. The award will go to 15 ordinary people who have shown extraordinary courage in the face of adverisity. The Freedom From Fear Award takes its name from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous “four freedoms” speech 70 years ago in which he outlined four […]
Freshman Senator Rand Paul supposedly loves the Constitution. Frequently claiming the federal government has overstepped its bounds and exceeded its enumerated powers, Paul is part of the Tea Party Caucus which allegedly values strict interpretation of the Constitution. Why then is Sen. Paul (with Senator David Vitter) introducing a resolution that is blatantly unconstitutional? Rand […]
That’s how much money our government spent on arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants last year. While Congress gives never-ending lip service to fixing the economy, the cost of enforcement without reform continues to accumulate. A high-level immigration official says it costs $12,500 to arrest, detain and deport each person removed from the U.S. Immigration and […]
Eager to appear to be doing anything to work on the economy, Republicans are returning to an old tactic — worksite raids. Republican lawmakers called on the Obama administration to return to the era of workplace raids to arrest illegal employees, an approach that contrasts sharply with the president’s continued push to create a path […]
Last night, the President gave his State of the Union Address and he dedicated more than a few lines to our issue. His basic message was that he is ready to work with both parties to address our broken immigration system. Only a few hours later, the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee is holding its first […]
Originally posted on Imagine2050. By Stephen Piggott. At 1pm EST today, the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement will be holding a hearing on “ICE Worksite Enforcement.” Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX), Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Elton Gallegly (R-CA), and Immigration Subcommittee Vice Chairman Steve King (R-IA) have called two […]
President Barack Obama just finished up his second State of the Union address. His comments on immigration were as follows: One last point about education. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of students excelling in our schools who are not American citizens. Some are the children of undocumented workers, who had nothing to do with the actions […]
Prince William County, Virginia is no stranger to controversial immigration laws. As the backdrop for the documentary film 9500 Liberty, the county was involved in a divisive battle over harsh laws targeting Latino and immigrant residents. Apparently, the immigration hard-liners in the state still haven’t learned their lesson – despite all of the warnings of […]