FBI director, James Comey, repeated his claim that the U.S. does not have the ability to thoroughly screen Syrian refugees for terrorist ties. The Obama administration has said they want to increase the refugee cap from 70,000 to 85,000 next year with at least 10,000 coming from Syria.
H.R. 3814, the Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015, would allow asylum applicants not in detention whose application is still being reviewed but deemed to not be frivolous to receive a one-year renewable work permit.
We sit on the precipice of the possibility that the most powerful and committed Republican House amnesty leader will become Speaker of the House.
My description of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is not based just on what I know but on what PBS proved Tuesday night with its premier airing of a two-hour documentary, IMMIGRATION BATTLE. It provided detail after detail of Ryan's back-room efforts to get a version of the Senate Gang of 8 amnesty through the House over the last two years.
Robert B. Reich, who served as Secretary of Labor during President Clinton’s first term, has released a video for MoveOn.org in which he claims to debunk four “lies” about immigration. Reich’s effort is the worst example of pure political hackery. He simply invents “facts” and tries to convince the viewer of their veracity by looking earnestly at the camera. Reich doesn’t provide any evidence, nor does he come up with any novel argument – it is doubtful he even believes what he is saying – and his so-called facts are easily refutable. But the video is interesting in that much of it contradicts his previously stated views on immigration and economic policy.
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after being removed and for other purposes.
The Senate blocked Sen. David Vitter's (R-La.) S.2146, the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, today that would have cut off funding for sanctuary jurisdictions. The bill failed despite getting support from a majority of Senators, 54-to-45, but failed to reach the 60 needed votes to come to the floor for debate.
Chairman of the Senate's immigration subcommittee, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), and Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.), wrote an op-ed in Roll Call calling for the GOP to curb immigration.
2015: Senate vote on cloture motion to begin debate on S. 2146, the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, introduced by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)
Birthright Citizenship Fact Sheet
A leaked memo reveals that Pres. Obama’s new executive action will fast-track thousands of work permits to green card applicants, even if the applicant is in the country illegally. This program will increase the number of foreign citizens who are able to obtain an employment authorization document (EAD) and work in the United States.
