EXCLUSIVE -- JEFF SESSIONS: THE GOP MUST BACK REINCE'S PROMISE TO BLOCK OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE AMNESTY
Breitbart News -- Matthew Boyle
Breitbart News -- Matthew Boyle
President Obama hosted a bipartisan lunch on Friday with House and Senate Leadership to discuss ideas for the upcoming session of 114th Session of Congress in the aftermath of the mid-term elections. Despite new polling that shows mid-term election voters favor the President working with Congress on immigration instead of going it alone by a 3-to-1 margin, he was insistent on moving forward with his executive amnesty before the end of the year.
Even before all the votes from Tuesday's mid-term elections had been counted, Pres. Obama and GOP Leaders began trading jabs over the President's planned executive amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.
Statistics from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicate that nearly half a million people were caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally this year. Of that number, 53% were not Mexican -- a number much higher than 2013. However, this statistic was reportedly only posted to the agency's website for a few hours before being taken down.
The Washington Post -- Andrew Becker
Most of the people the Border Patrol stopped from sneaking into the country last year were from countries other than Mexico, according to agency statistics, a shift that might have provided fodder for politicians leading up to Tuesday’s election.
But they didn’t get much of a chance. The Border Patrol’s annual statistics were posted on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Web site for about five hours on Oct. 10, then taken down.
A survey conducted by The Polling Company/WomanTrend of this year's midterm election voters found that overwhelming majorities want President Obama to work with Congress on immigration reform and feel that new jobs should go to American workers and legal immigrants already here.
According to the survey, 74% of Americans say that President Obama should work with Congress rather than around Congress on immigration reform. This includes majorities of men (75%), women (74%), whites (79%), blacks (59%), and Hispanics (54%).
The immigration issue and Pres. Obama's threats to act alone on immigration contributed to his party suffering massive losses in the 2014 mid-term elections. Three-quarters of those who voted this year (74%) say President Obama should work with Congress rather than around Congress on immigration and separately, 80% want new jobs created by the economy to go to American workers and legal immigrants already in the country.
A scientific national poll of those who voted in Tuesday's congressional elections found that only 20% support "President Obama changing immigration policy on his own."
There surely was no other Obama policy or promise that was more unpopular among the voters than the idea that, when Congress doesn't change immigration law like he wants, Pres. Obama claims the right to do what he wants on his own. And he repeated his insistence on doing that in his post-election press conference yesterday!
Breitbart News -- Caroline May
With President Barack Obama poised to move forward on executive amnesty and the deadline to pass a funding measure looming, the anti-amnesty group Numbers USA tells Breitbart News it will be calling for a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government.
The Hill -- Mario Trujillo
The pro-immigration group co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg is urging "big and bold" executive action from President Obama — and it wants lawmakers clamoring for it, too.
FWD.us President Todd Schulte called on supporters to push for immediate action by calling members of Congress and sharing their stories.