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Rep. Peter DeFazio Introduces Mandatory E-Verify Bill in the House
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) has introduced a new House bill that would require the mandatory use of E-Verify for all businesses in the United States. The Triple E-VICT Act would help the 22 million Americans who can't find full-time work by ensuring jobs don't go to illegal aliens. Rep. DeFazio is a pro-environment Democrat who also understands the impact that high immigration levels, partly caused by illegal immigration, have on future environmental sustainability.
Two Immigration Bills Pass Through Virginia House Subcommittee
A bill that would make E-Verify mandatory for most employers in the state and a bill that would tighten admissions to state colleges and universities have been approved by the House Immigration Subcommittee. Both bills (HB1727 and HB1465) passed the subcommittee with a 4-to-2 vote.
We Add Barbour to PREZ HOPEFUL GRID as Worst of GOP -- Pawlenty Improves at Top
We have rated and added Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) as the 9th person on our 2012 Presidential Hopefuls Grid. At the moment, his immigration platform ranks him as the WORST of the GOP Hopefuls who are showing up highest in polls and by political handicappers. The only other change in the last week is that former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) has improved his grade which already was the BEST of the GOP Hopefuls.
Globalist Libertarian Advice (SOLICITED BY DEMOCRATS): Supply of American Workers Is Shrinking; Let The Illegal Workers Stay
Have House Democrats totally lost their soul? I think they really do care about the 24 million Americans who can't find a full-time job. But at a hearing this week about the lack of worksite enforcement to arrest illegal workers, the Democrats invited as their key witness an "expert" who apparently thinks we're about to run out of U.S. workers. And why are the Democrats going with a radical libertarian?
Documents Reveal Collusion Between Justice Department and ACLU in Arizona Lawsuit
Documents obtained by Judicial Watch through a Freedom of Information request reveal that the Department of Justice colluded with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) while preparing its lawsuit against Arizona and the state's immigration enforcement law. Emails between the two organizations that were obtained by Judicial Watch revealed information sharing and strategy discussions.
Arizona Website Focuses on Environmental Impact of Illegal Immigration
A new website established by the state of Arizona focuses on the environmental damage that is caused by illegal immigration. According to the new website, http://azbordertrash.gov/index.html, more than 2,000 tons of garbage are left in Southern Arizona due to illegal border crossings.
Senate Republicans Block DREAM Act for Illegal Immigrants
By Devin Dwyer and Matthew Jaffe -- ABC News
E-Verify not a risk to our agriculture
It is something called the H2A agricultural worker visa.
Immigration activists weigh in on State of Union
"Pres. Obama spent most of the speech talking about preventing U.S. jobs from going overseas to be done by foreign workers there, and then incongruously argued for increasing the number of foreign workers to take the scarce jobs we keep in the U.S," he said.