Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia is leading an effort to block proposed budget cuts in the 287(g) program that has helped local law enforcements officers identify more than 275,000 illegal immigrants in their custody, The Houston Chronicle reported.
The House Homeland Security Committee hosted a hearing Wednesday afternoon called “An Examination of the President's FY 2013 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security” with DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.The President's budget essentially cuts all 287(g) funding despite an overwhelming bipartisan vote in the House last year to keep the program. With little chance for the budget to pass, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle didn't put too much pressure on Sec. Napolitano, missing an opportunity to ask hard questions of the Administration and its efforts to curb illegal immigration.
Anne Arundal County Judge Ronald A. Silkworth issued a ruling on Friday that will allow Maryland voters to decide the fate of the state's DREAM Act. State legislators rushed passage of a bill in final moments of the 2011 legislative session that allows illegal aliens who attended a Maryland high school and hold either a diploma or GED to receive the in-state tuition rate at public colleges and universities. A grassroots effort collected thousands of signatures sufficient enough to try and repeal the law through referendum during this November's elections.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and the rest of the Obama
Adminstration have been preaching the repetative Quixotic declaration
that the Southwest border with Mexico is more secure now than it's ever
been. Well, a shocking new video shows quite the contrary as drug
smugglers use a simple car jack to lift the fence panels near Lukeville,
Ariz. to open up an unobstructed gateway into the United States.
Watch this eye-opening video now . . .
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 prohibits access to in-state tuition benefits by undocumented students (section 8 USC 1623) It reads “…an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit…”
The Florida Senate Judiciary Committee has voted down a bill that would offer in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens who graduate from a Florida high school. This is the second year in a row that DREAM Act-style legislation has failed to reach the State Senate floor. The bill was voted down 4-to-3.
With more than 22 million Americans looking for a full-time job, now is not the time to import high levels of foreign labor. But the federal government continues to issue new work permits to 75,000 new immigrants each month.
U.S. Customs and Immigration Services has expanded its E-Verify self-check tool from 21 test states to all 50 states. Self Check is a free online service that allows individuals to check their worker eligibility status before applying for a new job.
HB 2568, a bill designed to prevent a growing number of Washington State local governments from requiring employers to use E-Verify, appears to have died. Washington State NumbersUSA members and other citizens strongly opposed to the measure had pounded House Democrats with calls asking for its defeat.
Frank Sharry, Founder and Director of pro-amnesty group America's Voice and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) went at it about immigration in The Huffington Post.