Rasmussen Poll Shows Americans Angry at Government's Refusal to Fix Illegal Immigration Problem
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Will Supreme Court Allow States to Violate Federal Law Barring In-State Tuition for Illegal-Alien College Students?
We may get an answer over the next week from the high court, which will decide whether to hear the case.
A federal district court and a U.S. Court of Appeals have essentially already refused to take action against states that break the federal law.
Sen. Grassley Introduces Legislation to Improve E-Verify
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) recently introduced legislation (S. 3093) that would reauthorize the E-Verify program. Grassley's legislation also makes several improvements to the program.
Sen Grassley said, "Nobody could have imagined the sophistication of the documents that illegal aliens use to work in the United States,Presidential Executive Order Extends E-Verify to Federal Contractors
On June 6, President Bush signed an executive order requiring Federal contractors to use E-Verify, a free, Internet-based system that enables employers to check an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. within seconds.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will now propose regulations to implement the order, which requires federal contractors to use E-Verify when they start work under new government contracts or hire new workers under existing contracts.
Rep. Young of Florida Cosponsors SAVE Act
YES to Decent Health Care for Illegals in Detention -- But Don't Use Issue To Slow Deportations
ICE Chief Julie Myers goes before a congressional panel Wednesday to answer charges such as that she is allowing "immigrants in detention (to) languish without lawyers and decent medical care even when they are mortally ill," as the New York Times stated in an editorial today (June 3).
More immigrants choose to leave U.S., go home
"There was no one thing that caused Hector Salinas to pack his bags and give up for good on the trials of life as an illegal immigrant in South Florida.
But the reasons he enumerates are echoed by increasing numbers of Latin American immigrants, both legal and not, who appear to be souring on their job prospects and going home:
It was the scant money he made at a menial restaurant job, Salinas said, just enough for food and rent, with barely anything left for his family in Mexico -- the reason he came in the first place.
State GOP: No automatic citizenship for kids born in U.S. to illegal immigrants
"The state Republican Party adopted a platform Saturday that includes a provision aimed at opposing automatic citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants...."
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Andrew Garber, Seattle Times, 1 June 2008
Democrats promise to toughen laws on employers
"Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal of Council Bluffs said he plans to resume work in January on legislation aimed at preventing employers from hiring immigrant workers as independent contractors when they should be considered actual employees. He said he also supports sanctions on employers that knowingly hire undocumented workers. "We think the real cause of this problem isn't people who are trying to seek a better life for themselves and their family.
Law cracks down on license-less driving
"Driving without a license could put illegal immigrants a step closer to deportation in Georgia. A bill passed this session by the General Assembly requires a minimum two-day jail sentence on the first conviction of driving without a license.
