Drug gang violence in Mexico that has been leaking over the U.S./Mexican border has caused Pres. Obama to consider deploying troops there to contain it. Texas Gov. Rick Perry made an urgent call earlier in the week to add 1,000 more troops to deal with the growing violence.
We’ve had tremendous response to Roy’s blog analyzing Tuesday’s disappointing 50-47 vote in the Senate with more than 135 comments since it was posted that evening. Only one other blog in our history received more comments, and it dates back to July. If I had to guess, Tuesday’s blog would surpass that blog’s 160 comments by the end of the weekend.
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) signed on as a cosponsor to Rep. Phil Gingrey's Nuclear Priority Act (H.R.878) that would end “chain migration” as recommended by the bi-partisan Barbara Jordan Commission in 1997. Chain Migration is the process where endless numbers of non-nuclear family members of legal immigrants are allowed to come into the country resulting in the quadrupling of the number of immigrants since the 1960s.
Senate Republicans tonight stood unanimously with unemployed American workers in voting for a long-term extension of E-Verify to keep illegal aliens out of U.S. jobs. However, all but 7 Democratic votes were for continuing a series of months-long extensions to keep the future of E-Verify in doubt. And that was enough for a 50-47 majority to table Sen. Sessions' latest attempt to assure states and businesses that the federal government will continue to provide this essential program for opening American jobs for American workers. But in this temporary defeat, we see many signs of winning the battle. I'll tell you the reasons -- and which Senators were the biggest disappointments. . . .
In a surprise move, Sen. Patrick Leahy moved to table Sen. Sessions' E-Verify Amendment, and the motion passed by a narrow margin, 50-47.
Voted to extend E-Verify in 2009
Increased enforcement and the declining U.S. economy have contributed to the lowest levels of border arrests since the 1970s according to Border Patrol Statistics. From October 2008 through February 2009, agents arrested 195,000 trying to cross the Mexican/U.S. border, which is a 24 percent decrease from the same period a year ago.
