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Immigration's Sideshow
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Obama Hones Immigration Policy
Administration officials say they want to shift the emphasis in immigration enforcement to what the White House calls the demand-side of illegal immigration by focusing on employers, moving away from high-profile raids that resulted in thousands of worker arrests during the Bush years.
Feds shift gears on illegal immigration
By Emily Bazar -- USA TODAY
Four House Members Show Support for Real ID
The author of the Real ID bill, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) along with three Republican Ranking Members -- Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Peter King (R-N.Y.), and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) -- wrote an op-ed published in today's Washington Post defending the Real ID bill.
Moon Landing, Milton Berle, Soup Kitchens and Lost Dreams
Forty years ago this morning, I was visiting with Milton Berle in his hotel room near Grand Rapids, Michigan, sharing our reactions to watching the moon landing in the middle of the night. That evening, we met again over a giant bowl of potato salad at a backyard picnic as Congressman Gerald Ford dipped and recounted his call from Pres. Nixon soon after the moon walk.
Author of 287(g) local enforcement program strikes back at Wall Street Journal and Obama
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) had a letter published in the Wall Street Journal criticizing the Obama Administration's decision to weaken the 287(g) program after the paper published a story about the decision on July 11.
Sotomayor on Immigration – Part 2
Judge Sonia Sotomayor ordered a criminal alien’s deportation case reopened after the alien missed a filing deadline. It seems that she forced the case to come out the way she wanted by interpreting a court rule in his favor. But her ruling places an added burden on court clerks and makes it more difficult for the court system to function efficiently. Her ruling also makes it even harder to deport immigrants who have committed a violent crime.