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ICE Director John Morton Challenged by Immigration Subcommittee for Administrative Amnesty Policy

By Jonathan Osborne

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following report is from the House Immigration Subcommittee’s oversight hearing on the priorities of immigration enforcement. ICE Director John Morton had to defend the Administration’s policy of granting deferred action or parole to illegal aliens who hadn’t committed a serious crime. Rep. Ted Poe challenged Morton for implementing a policy that encourages … Continued

Las Vegas GOP Debate: Can Gov. Perry Reverse the Damage of his Past Immigration Statements?

By Chris Chmielenski

Tonight, the GOP Presidential Hopefuls get another chance to make an impression on voters in an early primary state during a debate in Las Vegas. The Perry campaign team is already trying to get a jump on the immigration issue; throughout the day, stories have popped up across the news wires quoting his political strategists … Continued

Facts Contradict Cantor’s Concern That Few Foreign Students Remain in U.S. To Work

By Chris Chmielenski

Bloomberg News hosted a round table last week of business leaders and academia to discuss, in addition to many other topics, how they could get more foreign workers to the United States. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor made an appearance at the panel and his statement to the group sounded off some alarms. Rep. Cantor … Continued

Homeland Security Subcommittee Presses DHS Officials on Policy of Administrative Amnesty

By Jonathan Osborne

The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security hosted a hearing Tuesday morning titled, “Does Administrative Amnesty Harm our Efforts to Gain and Maintain Operational Control of the Border?” The Members in attendance were Candice Miller (Subcommittee Chairwoman) of Michigan, Michael McCaul of Texas, Ben Quayle of Arizona, Scott Rigell of Virginia, Jeff … Continued

Pres. Obama Plans to Use Amnesty as a Wedge Issue, But American People Not on His Side

By Chris Chmielenski

A recent Politico story reveals how the 2012 Obama re-election team plans to use immigration as a wedge issue during next year’s presidential campaign. According to the article, the team is using results from a June Gallup poll that shows that the majority of Americans support a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11-18 million … Continued

More from Last Week’s E-Verify Mark-up

By Jonathan Osborne

EDITORS NOTE: Last week, the House Judiciary Committee completed its mark up of Chairman Smith’s Legal Workforce Act, H.R.2885, which would require all businesses to use E-Verify. Ironically, the more liberal Members of the Committee tried to use conservative arguments in their attempt to delay or poison the bill. Some Members went as far as … Continued

Perry’s Weak Immigration Stances Sink Him in Florida GOP Prez. Straw Poll

By Roy Beck

Not by design, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is proving that appearing to be more concerned about illegal-alien workers than about unemployed Americans doesn’t work in Republican primaries.  Widely expected a week ago to run away with the Florida Straw Poll yesterday, he finished in a virtual four-way tie for second, more than 20 points behind the … Continued

Live Blog During Tonight’s GOP Debate (and watching for our TV Ad!)

By Chris Chmielenski

The GOP Debate gets underway tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. I’ll be providng updates of any immigration-related questions that may be posed to the Presidential Hopefuls. In the past two debates, the Hopefuls have been asked basically the same questions they were asked in the primary’s first debate held in Ames, Iowa. So, we’re … Continued

Don’t Turn a Blind Eye: E-Verify

By Jeremy Beck

The markup of Rep. Lamar Smith’s Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 2885) in the House Judiciary coincided with news from around the country that emphasized the need for his national E-Verify bill. While President Obama and other officials around the country are shielding more than 7 million illegal workers, more than 22 million citizens and legal … Continued