Your phoning yesterday — and your faxing the last six months — reaped big benefits when several of our sponsored amendments passed the House in marathon voting that lasted into the wee hours this morning.  For now, though, we all still have work to do as voting continues on the 2012 appropriations bill for the … Continued

EDITOR’s NOTE: A line-by-line analysis of the DREAM Act (as introduced in the U.S. Senate) reveals no end to the nightmares. (1) The amnesty applies to illegal-alien “kids” up to age 35; (2) aliens merely need to make a “claim” that they are qualified for the amnesty — they don’t have to provide any proof … Continued

Pres. Obama definitely blinked today in the face-off between pro-enforcement and pro-amnesty Americans. His announcement of sending 1,200 National Guard troops to the border and asking for an extra half-billion dollars for border security shows that he and his advisors are acknowledging that most Americans sided with Arizona Gov. Brewer and against the Obama Administration … Continued

After their admission that they haven’t read the Arizona immigration enforcment law, here’s a recommended reading list for President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. (Along with those who, not having read either federal immigration law or the Arizona law, believe it is “misguided” or “unconstitutional,” or have called for … Continued

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Unlike federal officials who have criticized Arizona’s law, Rosemary Jenks — an attorney and NumbersUSA’s Director of Government Relations — has read it thoroughly and offers here a full description of every thing the law does.)   Purpose of the Law: To ensure “the cooperative enforcement of federal immigration laws throughout all of … Continued

Immigration was not a pivotal issue in any of the elections held today, but the results of the ballots certainly suggest opportunity for changes in the congressional balance between the promoters of foreign labor and the champions for America’s unemployed. MORE ANALYSIS TO FOLLOWS SOON

A newsletter I subscribe to sent out an alert last week entitled “Evangelical Leaders Unite on Just Assimilation Immigration Policy.” With heightened interest I began reading about how the law in Arizona is a response to the federal government’s failure, that we need a rational immigration policy, that we are a nation of laws, and … Continued

Yesterday, the respected Pew Research Center released a new poll showing Americans are backing Arizona’s recently passed immigration enforcement bill, SB 1070, by huge margins. According to the poll, 73% of Americans agree with “requiring people to produce documents verifying their legal status if police ask for them.” When the Pew Poll respondents were asked … Continued

It isn’t every day a person gets to sit down and chew the fat with one of their U.S. Senators. So I jumped at the chance to participate in an hour long Q & A session with Michael Bennet, the junior Senator from Colorado, who fielded questions from two dozen environmental activists here in northern … Continued