Durbin: Immigration bill 'unlikely' in '10
Durbin said that a tough political environment, especially for Republicans, made it all but politically impossible to move forward with an immigration bill.
In an article published by Investor's Business Daily, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) writes that a mass amnesty will drain funds from Social Security despite claims by pro-amnesty supporters who say a mass amnesty will help Social Security over time.
Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) is blasting the Los Angeles City Council after voting yesterday to officially cutoff business with the state of Arizona. In a written statement, Rep. Miller, who represents parts of Los Angeles and its neighboring counties, said the boycott hurts American citizens and legal immigrants.
It isn’t every day a person gets to sit down and chew the fat with one of their U.S. Senators. So I jumped at the chance to participate in an hour long Q & A session with Michael Bennet, the junior Senator from Colorado, who fielded questions from two dozen environmental activists here in northern Colorado. Senator Bennet considers himself a strong environmentalist and in his first year in the Senate he has earned good marks from the League of Conservation Voters. But his poor grade with NumbersUSA contradicts his commitment to the environment.
A new Pew Research poll reveals that the majority of Americans support most of the provisions offered in Arizona's new immigration enforcement law. Seventy-three percent of Americans believe that individuals should carry proof of legal status, 67% support police being able to detain an individual that can't prove legal status, 62% support police questioning an individual they suspect to be in the country illegally, and 59% support the Arizona law.
Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.V.), looking to return to Congress for his 15th term, lost in yesterday's Democratic Primary in West Virginia. Rep. Mollohan has a career F-grade with NumbersUSA and holds an F in every category except for increasing unnecessary foreign workers.
To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts, and for other purposes.
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are divided over the timing of an Amnesty bill in Congress. While some feel now is the time to push for an Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens, other Members of the Caucus feel the timing is bad with mid-term elections coming in the fall.