In a court filing Justice Department attorneys informed Judge Andrew Hanen that 100,000 DACA program recipients received extended benefits, including work permits, prior to when the judge issued an injunction halting all program activity. Under prior direct questioning by the judge on the subject benefit issuance, Justice attorneys omitted having issued benefits before DACA’s February 18 start date.
This week Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) re-introduced the S.45: Birthright Citizenship Act of 2015. Vitter’s bill would close the loophole by clarifying that birthright citizenship is only given to the children of U.S. citizens and legal resident aliens.
A group of Senators led by Chuck Grassley of Iowa introduced a bill that would disallow the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for illegal aliens given amnesty under the President’s November 2014 executive actions. “This tax credit is meant to help the working poor get into the workforce,” Grassley said. “It isn’t meant to benefit individuals who aren’t authorized to work in the United States.”
The Center for Immigration Studies published online for the first time an evaluation of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act amnesty. The publication contains a new foreword by one of the original authors that suggests IRCA’s extensive fraud will repeat under Obama’s amnesties, especially since they do not incorporate fraud protections.
A Social Security Administration (SSA) official told Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that illegal aliens who receive amnesty and work permits under President Obama's executive amnesty will soon also be able to collect Social Security benefits. The SSA official was responding to a letter sent to the agency by Sen. Johnson on the topic.
The issue of Immigration came up this weekend as GOP Presidential hopefuls attended a forum focused on agricultural policy. Jeb Bush, Senator Lindsay Graham, Governor Scott Walker, and several other presidential prospects were asked about their views on immigration reform. Some potential candidates called for enforcement of existing laws, while others called for amnesty for illegal aliens living in the U.S.
Jeb Bush, a supporter of amnesty and mass immigration, made his position clear:
Several potential Republican nominees for president converged on the Iowa Agricultural Summit to lay out their message and position themselves for a general election race in 2016. While several potential candidates laid out their position on illegal immigration, ranging from enforcement of existing laws to amnesty for illegal aliens, only a few spoke on legal immigration.
In a court filing Justice Department attorneys informed Judge Andrew Hanen that 100,000 DACA program recipients received extended benefits, including work permits, prior to when the judge issued an injunction halting all program activity. Under prior direct questioning by the judge on the subject benefit issuance, Justice attorneys omitted having issued benefits before DACA’s February 18 start date.
Breitbart News -- Katie McHugh
A new report from the Census bureau predicts that nearly one-fifth of America’s total population will be foreign-born in a mere 45 years.
Immigrants, legal and illegal, will enjoy 85 percent growth — from 42 million to 78 million — by 2060.
In contrast, the native-born population, which includes children born to illegal aliens, will increase by 22 percent or 62 million.
The House Judiciary Committee approved two bills this week that would increase interior enforcement of immigration laws in the United States. The bills approved include one that would mandate the use of E-Verify by all U.S. businesses within 3 years and another that would ensure that all unaccompanied alien children (UACs) are returned safely to their home countries.
