A Federal judge gave the Obama Administration until May 10, 2016 to complete a rulemaking that properly establishes the STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. This means that former F-1 students with a OPT work permit can continue employment beyond February 12, and Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) can continue to accept OPT applications through that date.
Iowa's ready to vote. Political ads are full of attacks and claims about candidate positions on immigration. They're either all terrible, or all great . . . or they're somewhere in between like NumbersUSA's comprehensive analysis shows in the latest version of Worker-Protection Immigration Grade Cards.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., expressed confidence that Supreme Court Justices will block implementation of President Obama's DAPA and extended DACA executive amnesties. He said "(s)uch lawlessness must be stopped so that we protect the Constitution and the intent of the Founding Fathers that the legislative branch, which reflects the will of and is accountable to the American people, makes the laws, not the President.”
The Department of Homeland Security released a report yesterday showing that nearly 500,000 foreigners entered the U.S. and overstayed their visas in 2015. This is the first report of its kind, even though Congress ordered this report conducted nearly twenty years ago.
This past week's debates among candidates of both parties offered little economic hope for the descendants of America's slavery and apartheid eras.
The candidates almost universally revealed a lack of interest in the dismal jobs picture for Black Americans.
Here is the statement I issued to the media after last night's Democratic debate:
Sen. Marco Rubio is under fire this week for hiring an outside corporate attorney as his chief negotiator during the Gang of Eight amnesty negotiations in 2013.
