Leading up to next week's pivotal primaries in Florida and Ohio, Presidential Hopefuls from both parties added some clarity to their immigration positions during debates this week in South Florida. While most of the Republican Hopefuls tried to balance continued levels of immigration with the electorate's angst over mass immigration, the Democratic Hopefuls all but called for open borders.
A March 7 story from Bloomberg Businessweek reported on a new poll that surveyed Americans on immigration. The Bloomberg lede was that 61 percent of Americans believe that “continued immigration into the country jeopardizes the United States.”
DHS released the final OPT STEM extension rule on Wednesday, the rule is set to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, and extends the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for foreign STEM students to 36 months.
Two non-profit organizations, Familias En Accion and Los Ninos Cuentan, and five illegal aliens are suing Oregon Governor, Kate Brown, and other state transportation officials saying that their constitutional rights were violated when voters struck down S.B. 833, which allowed illegal aliens to receive driver’s license.
The idea that there could be a shortage of food in the United States seems remote to most Americans, if they even give it a thought at all. The abundance of inexpensive foods high in sugar, fat, and sodium, and lacking in nutritional value, poses a real health risk to Americans. It also masks a larger problem—the future of U.S. food security.
H.R. 4272, the Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act, would require inclusion of the taxpayer's social security number to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit, preventing illegal aliens from claiming the credit.
H.R. 4726, the Preventing Illegal Visa Overstays Act, would prohibit the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security from receiving a salary until the entry-exit system is fully implemented.
At a news conference on Tuesday in Florence, AZ Pinal County Sheriff, Paul Babeu denounced Pres. Obama’s immigration policies that hinder border agents from enforcing immigration laws. He criticized the administration for cutting the number of border agents and not allowing them to patrol high-traffic smuggling routes efficiently.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook and co-Founder of the immigration advocacy group FWD.us, signed a brief on Tuesday asking the Supreme Court to rule in favor of Pres. Obama’s executive amnesty, Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA).
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, examining government data, has found that immigration since 1970 has had a tremendous effect on the U.S. population. CIS found that 61 million people living in the United States -- or nearly 20% of the current U.S. population -- are either immigrants or their U.S. born children. The number of immigrants and their children has increased six-times faster than the rest of the U.S. population since 1970.
