American Apparel, a clothing retailer based in Los Angeles, will fire more than 1,500 of its workers in September due to the workers being ineligible to work in the United States.
As Director of Government Relations for NumbersUSA, I am used to outrageous statements from Members of Congress. But I was truly shocked recently when I witnessed a federal judge commend an illegal-alien felon in federal court.
A federal judge has delayed the trial of four former managers of the Postville, Iowa Agriprocessors plant where ICE enforcement action resulted in 390 arrests.
Securing our southern border raises interesting environmental issues. But there is no denying the environmental devastation along the border resulting from illegal immigration and our chronic failure to secure the borders. Janice Kephart uses exclusive hidden camera video to tell the story of the negative effects of not stopping illegal immigration across the Mexican border in the following guest blog. . .
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas) challenged President Barack Obama's radio address from the weekend where the President said that the proposed health care legislation won't cover illegal aliens. Citing a report from the Congressional Research Service that identifies several loopholes in H.R. 3200, Rep. Smith released a statement urging the inclusion of a verification mechanism into the bill.
The debate on whether or not illegal aliens will receive benefits under the proposed health care plans is gaining momentum according to new reports. Some of the increased discussion stems from statements made by President Barack Obama during a radio interview last week where he reiterated his belief that the current House proposal doesn't extend benefits to illegal aliens, but he would be open to offering coverage in special cases.
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said last week that the health care proposals in Congress could cover illegal aliens. In a report published by Roll Call, Sen. Kyl said that Republican attempts to make sure that only eligible individuals receive benefits were defeated by the Democrats.
Just about the time the Center for Immigration Studies was holding a press briefing at the National Press Club about the immigration and health reform connection, proponents from President Obama on down were denying that illegal aliens would receive taxpayer-funded health care under pending legislation.
"Grassroots America" explains the importance of taking a stand and forcing our Congressmen to listen to our opinions. Immigration experts explain how our elected officials make their decisions and how inimical their intentions are to our prosperity.
View the 4 minute teaser.
The Center for Immigration Studies hosted a panel discussion at the Washington Press Club yesterday that discussed the impact of immigration costs on health care. With the health care debate raging on across the country, CIS released some key statistics relating immigration to the cost of health care and the number of uninsured.
Roy explains how the federal government imports 125,000 foreign workers every month even with 15 million unemployed American workers. See the report Roy refers to at www.cis.org and scroll down to Table 10.
"Grassroots America" explains the importance of taking a stand and forcing our Congressmen to listen to our opinions. Immigration experts explain how our elected officials make their decisions and how inimical their intentions are to our prosperity.
View the full video.
American workers are getting jobs (jobs they supposedly didn't want) at a North Carolina poultry plant. The reason: the company is letting illegal workers go.
A recent story in the Wall Street Journal identified states that could have fewer Representatives in the House if the 2010 census doesn't ask about citizenship status. The Constitutionally mandated count not only impacts the reapportionment in the House, but also the Electoral College.
The current debate on Health Care centers around the potential cost to taxpayers and the role welfare services should play in our country. “The Emergency Room” features prominent immigration experts who discuss how mass legal and illegal immigration has affected our health care system and why it is detrimental to the American taxpayer to continue a policy of mass immigration in a welfare state where various government social services are available to all.
This video addresses the accessibility illegal aliens have to public education and emergency room medical care as well as the strain that mass legal immigration levels have put on an array of social services. The experts will discuss quality of life changes and taxpayer burdens as a result of both legal and illegal immigration.
Last year, demographer Arthur C. Nelson of the University of Utah predicted that the population of the United States would hit 1 billion sometime during the years 2100-2120. After analysis, it looks like a perfectly reasonable estimate to me.
An Illegal alien graduated from Harvard this June. A sob story newspaper article bemoaned his lack of options, stating that he thought that the Dream Act would be law by now. The reporter neglected to mention that the Harvard alumni network is over 1,000 strong in Mexico, and includes the current and former presidents of that country. This guy should be able to find a good job, legally, in Mexico.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) have cosponsored the bipartisan SAVE Act.
If you tuned into one of the cable news channels or logged onto one of the online news services over the past two days, you were likely to see mobs of angry citizens confronting their Congressmen over the proposed healthcare legislation. This is exactly the kind of dedication and energy we need from our NumbersUSA members this month on the immigration front.
In a letter addressed to Congress, the American Meat Institute is pushing for the enhancement of E-Verify and passage of a mandate requiring its usage. The AMI represents many of the nation's packers and processors of meat and poultry products and their suppliers. Several packing plants came under fire during the ICE raids of the past few years.
Roy Beck provides an update and quick analysis of Friday's vote on the amendment to the health care reform bill.
Congressmen lie. Congressmen deceive. Congressmen think the voters in their District are either idiots or too apathetic to notice. Today's vote on health care for illegal aliens is such a perfect example. The vote was a farce that will be used by many Congressmen to defend themselves against charges that they promote illegal immigration, when in fact their action today just encouraged more of it.
Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee endorsed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Zack Space (D-Ohio) that was designed to provide political cover for Representatives who want to give illegal aliens benefits under the healthcare reform bill (H.R. 3200).
Blue Dog Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have struck a deal with the House leadership that will prevent a floor vote on the health care reform bill before the August recess.
Mexican authorities say have the main suspect to the shooting of Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas in custody. The Mexican federal police say that 36-year-old Ernesto Parra Valenzuela was carrying a border patrol issued pistol when he was taken into custody on Friday.
The confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor is now virtually assured for the U.S. Supreme Court. What might we expect from her in immigration-related cases? Attorney Charles Breiterman has reviewed the immigration cases of her past decisions and offers this first assessment.
Columbia Farms of Greenville, SC, has been charged with knowingly hiring and employing illegal aliens. In June 2008, six plant supervisors were arrested hiring illegal aliens and instructing illegal employees to use falsified documents and the plant manager was indicted in April for hiring illegal workers.
The America's Affordable Health Choice Act, Congress' new plan for universal health care, is being marked up by the House Energy and Commerce Committee today. As written, the bill will allow millions of illegal aliens to receive taxpayer-funded health care. Rep. Nathan Deal will be submitting amendments to prevent this from occurring.
The House Rules Committee, in separate actions involving the FY2010 Energy and Water Appropriations bill (S 1436) and the Financial Services Appropriations bill (H.R. 3170), denied a floor vote on immigration-reduction amendments that would have helped protect American workers. In drafting the rule that defines acceptable House floor amendments for the Energy and Water Appropriations bill, the Rules Committee refused to allow votes on amendments that would have required federal contractors to use the E-Verify program as a condition for receiving government funds [sponsored by Rep.
With the nation's unemployment rate rising above 9.5 percent and more than 15 million American workers looking for a job, many of them are turning to fruit orchards and vegetable fields to make ends meet. Farmers report that former farm workers and first-timers are filling up some of the seasonal jobs.
One impact the sour U.S. economy is having is that many illegal aliens are self-deporting. As unemployment rates increase among American workers, the availability of jobs for undocumented workers becomes smaller, and many are leaving the United States without any resistance from immigration authorities.
The Obama Administration has notified more than 650 employers across the nation that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin auditing employee files in an effort to find businesses employing illegal aliens. The move is part of the administration's immigration strategy to focus the attention of enforcement on employers who hire illegal aliens rather than the illegal aliens themselves.
A new study released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that illegal immigration costs the average Virginia household $625 per year. Virginia's illegal alien population is estimated to be 295,000, up by 300% since 2000.
Most illegal immigrants come to this country from Mexico looking for jobs. Regardless of how much the government beefs up border security — which, certainly, must be done — if there is no functioning temporary worker program, illegal immigrants still will have strong incentive to sneak over the border.http://www.denverpost.com/editorials/ci_12709515
Denver Post Editorial
A new poll conducted by Progressives for Immigration Reform reveals that progressives believe that high immigration levels have negatively impacted the quality of life in the United States. They also believe that high immigration levels negatively impact the environment and hurt American workers.
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who also chairs the Senate Immigration Subcommittee, will unveil an outline of an immigration reform bill on Wednesday that will likely detail a plan to offer amnesty to the nation's more than 11 million illegal aliens.
