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ICE agents' union posts petition to protest Obama Administration orders to disobey immigration laws
It shouldn't be surprising, but it IS reassuring that a union has stepped forward to try to slow down the Obama Administration's increasingly brazen unilateral decisions to ignore -- and even violate -- immigration laws. Earlier today, the union posted a petition on its website that challenges the Administration. And it has asked American citizens to sign the petition to back up federal employees who feel like they should enforce the immigration laws passed by Congress.
ALIPAC confident about Akin
Rep. Smith: Illegal Immigrants at the Top of President’s Jobs Agenda
The Department of Homeland Security tomorrow will begin accepting applications from illegal immigrants seeking to benefit from the President’s amnesty program. On June 15, President Obama announced that his Administration will stop deporting and begin giving work permits to illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) criticized the implementation of the Obama administration’s amnesty program.
Ryan sparks split on immigration
Mitt Romney's Pick Paul Ryan: What Latinos Need to Know
Justice Department Says Illegal Alien Can’t Practice Law in California
The U.S. Department of Justice weighed in on a case before the California Supreme Court in which an illegal alien is requesting permission to obtain a law license and practice law. In a brief to the court, Justice attorneys said federal law prohibits giving public benefits, such as a bar license, to an "unlawfully present alien."
Paul Ryan immigration record is disappointing -- but he doesn't seem likely to make Romney worse
The good news about Mitt Romney's pick to be his vice presidential running mate is that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) doesn't seem to have put a lot of thought into immigration policy and doesn't seem to have deep ideological reasons for his poor immigration record during his 14 years in Congress. Our Grade Card on him finds him throwing about half his weight toward protecting American workers and taxpayers from bad immigation policy -- and throwing the other half of his weight behind immigration policies that hurt American workers and taxpayers.
Arizona Moves Closer to Implementing Police Immigration Status Checks
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this week affirmed the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona’s SB 1070 law and sent the case to a federal district court for further consideration. If the case survives a last-minute challenge by open-border groups, Arizona could be authorized to implement for the first time a provision that requires police, after a lawful stop, to check the immigration status of suspected illegal aliens.
Senior IRS Officials Ignored Reports on Illegal-Alien Tax Fraud
IRS supervisors reportedly ignored employees who warned against possible tax fraud being committed by illegal aliens. Earlier this year. WTHR in Indianapolis did an investigative report exposing a loophole that allows illegal aliens to request Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITIN) that can then be used to claim the child tax credit on their income tax forms. The IRS currently pays out $6.8 billion in refunds to tax filers using ITINs.