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Comprehensive Amnesty Threat

Cindy — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:27:47 +0000

According to a Wall Street Journal report, illegal aliens will be eligible to receive work permits if their deportation is deferred through the Obama Administration’s new policy. Yesterday, the Administration announced that the Department of Homeland Security will review all deportation cases on a case-by-case basis and only deport illegal aliens who have been convicted [...]

Beware Obama’s Backdoor Amnesty Dream

Cindy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:18:41 +0000

In a memo from ICE, the department’s agents–who are charged with enforcing the country’s immigration laws–will be empowered to pursue or dismiss immigration cases against broad categories of illegal aliens who would have benefited from the legislation—without the DREAM Act even becoming law. The agency’s rationale? It has limited resources and therefore must exercise [...]

Obama’s ‘backdoor amnesty’ bombshell bypasses Congress

Cindy — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:27:26 +0000

“There’s a bombshell report out that the Obama administration is playing politics with some controversial border issues,” claims Fox News Tuesday morning, adding details of reports that “the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agencies (ICE) is actually relaxing the enforcement of border laws, which critics are now calling a ‘backdoor offer of amnesty’.

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A Crackdown on Employing Illegal Workers

Cindy — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:51:11 +0000

Obama administration officials are sharpening their crackdown on the hiring of illegal immigrants by focusing increasingly tough criminal charges on employers while moving away from criminal arrests of the workers themselves. Continue reading from the NY Times…

Some Immigrants Turn to Tea Party

Cindy — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:11:57 +0000

Lolita Mancheno-Smoak, an immigrant from Ecuador who once dreamed of becoming her country’s president, has found an unlikely home in the tea party movement. Continue reading…

States Deal with Illegal Immigration…

Cindy — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:18:07 +0000

Alabama has suddenly become the leader in comprehensive immigration reform, passing up Arizona whose laws have had so much news coverage. By large margins, the Alabama State Legislature passed a bill, known as HB56, which covers most areas of abuses by illegal aliens.

HB56 requires proof of citizenship or residency before voting, a giant protection [...]

Illegal Immigration No Laughing Matter

Cindy — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:28:35 +0000

The White House correspondents’ dinner might have been two weeks ago, but President Barack Obama continued his comedy routine yesterday in El Paso, Texas, only this time Donald Trump wasn’t the butt of the jokes. Instead, during a speech on immigration, the president mocked Republicans at large, the rule of law, and any American who [...]

Obama’s Trip to Texas: Close to the border – Far from reality

Cindy — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:47:15 +0000

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Let’s see … we have high unemployment, a national debt that’s out of control, gas prices are going through the roof, and an administration that wants to continue spending, spending, and spending. With all of this going on, what does Barack Obama consider his “priority”? Simple… it’s granting amnesty [...]

US Cancels Plan to Build Virtual Fence Along Border

Cindy — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:08:09 +0000

The federal government’s multibillion-dollar plan to build a virtual fence along the southwestern border was officially canceled Friday, when the Department of Homeland Security said it was shutting down the Secure Border Initiative network.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the decision, divulged in a congressional briefing, was based on findings that the program [...]

Morning Bell: You Have To Pass This Amnesty To Find Out What Is In It

Cindy — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:18:07 +0000

Supporters of the DREAM Act claim the bill would provide citizenship only to children who go to college or join the military. But all any version of the legislation requires is that an applicant attend any college for just two years. And if President Obama wants to reward non-citizen service members with citizenship, he already [...]