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Senate Passes Jobs Bill That Rewards Businesses for Hiring Illegal Aliens
The Senate passed legislation today that is the first part of a Jobs package aimed at helping America's 15 million unemployed. But the first bill, H.R.2847, will offer tax credits to employers who hire new workers, including illegal aliens.
Rep. Mike Coffman Cosponsors Chain Migration Bill
Colorado Congressman Mike Coffman has cosponsored Rep. Phil Gingrey's H.R. 878, the Nuclear Family Priority Act. The bill now has 30 cosponsors, and if passed, would relieve population pressure on America's environmental resources, congested communities and depressed labor markets by eliminating some of the categories under current law.
188,358 Businesses Using E-Verify - Generating 5 Million Inquiries Since October
A new report from the Department of Homeland Security reveals that 188,358 businesses are using E-Verify at nearly 700,000 worksites. More than 50,000 businesses have signed up for E-Verify in the last six months and the number of worksites has almost doubled since January of 2009.
GOP's Demographic Wager: Wooing Latino Candidates
Roy Beck, executive director of Numbers USA, a group that advocates for strict limits on immigration, said strategists who urge a softer stance will be hard-pressed to find "any Republicans who want to stay in office who want to take their advice."
Reps. Candice Miller and Pete Sessions Cosponsor SAVE Act
Reps. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) and Pete Sessions (R-Texas) have added their names to the long list of cosponsors for Rep. Heath Shuler's (D-N.C.) SAVE Act.
Conservative Leaders (not activists) Cold-Shoulder The Jobless By Ignoring Immigration
Most of the spotlighted conservative leaders at the giant CPAC convention this weekend showed that they are far more interested in the feelings of Republican Party major donors than in offering help for 25 million Americans who can't find a full-time job. Americans might have hoped that finally at this meeting there would be a sign of true leadership in stopping the massive importation of new foreign workers during a jobs depression. But on that topic, hope was as scarce as at the Obama White House.
Proposed cuts would end California assistance for most new legal immigrants
Illegal Aliens Caught Working on Atlanta Area Courthouse
Ten illegal aliens who were working as bricklayers at the new Cobb County Courthouse were fired after it was learned of their immigration status. Georgia is one of 10 states with a mandatory E-Verify law in place, requiring state agencies and contractors to use the workplace verification system.
At Least, We Can Unite Around Blood
I feel like I lost a bit of my U.S. citizenship today. For 45 years, no matter how polarized my community or my country, no matter how loud the shouting matches and the challenges to each other's morality and humanity . . . I always felt like I could set aside differences and engage in an act of pure civic devotion to my fellow Americans at the Red Cross Bloodmobile.