Last week Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) claimed that without immigration the U.S. would not have the population to fulfill the labor needs of the U.S. economy. Poltifact rated this claim mostly false based on a recent Pew study that showed that without legal or illegal immigration the U.S. population would still have increased by 31%.
After oral arguments on Monday the eight Supreme Court Justices seem to be evenly split over the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) case. The court spent 90 minutes debating if Texas and the other 25 states have the right to sue over Pres. Obama’s executive amnesty and if so does DAPA, specifically the Administration's plan to grant work permits and Social Security numbers to a class of illegal aliens, violate the constitution.
According to the annual report released by the Migration Policy Institute the number of nonimmigrant visas issued by the U.S. Dep. of State (DOS) increased by 10% in 2015 compared to 2014. The DOS issued 10.9 million nonimmigrant visas in 2015 up from 9.9 million visas issued in 2014.
Oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case filed by Texas and 25 other states against Pres. Obama's second executive amnesty will take place on Monday. The Court's ruling, which likely won't come until late June, could have an enormous impact on the race for the White House, Congressional action for the rest of the session, and millions of American workers who would face increased labor competition from millions of illegal aliens receiving work permits if the President's actions are upheld.
Reporter for KXJB in Fargo, ND, Chris Berg, exposed the immigration-expansionist group Partnership for a New American Economy last week during his evening program, "Point of View". Berg's report focused on efforts to resettle refugees in the Fargo area and the role of outside Business groups, like the Partnership for a New American Economy's in those efforts.
Bono (aka Paul David Hewson), one of rock music’s most recognized figures, has long been a political activist working towards the eradication of poverty, hunger, and disease throughout the developing world, focusing much of his effort on raising money to combat the AIDS pandemic in Africa. His work has brought him into contact with some of the world’s most powerful political leaders, including the last two U.S. Presidents.
Nearly 36,000 Verizon union workers walked off their jobs and have decided to form a strike against their employer on Thursday for fear that their positions will go to foreign workers after negotiations over new contracts came to a halt.
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told a Senate panel on Tuesday that the IRS wants to continue to allow illegal aliens to use stolen social security numbers to file tax returns without allowing the numbers to be used for "bad" reasons. Koskinen said it's in everyone's interest to have illegal aliens paying taxes.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, introduced an amendment on Monday to the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act that would restrict funds from being used to modify existing airports or to build new ones without an agreement with DHS that the new facility would install and implement a biometric entry-exit system within two years of completion.
H.R. 4926, the Stopping Partisan Policy at the Library of Congress Act, would direct the Librarian of Congress to retain the headings "Aliens" and "Illegal aliens" in the Library of Congress Subject Headings.
