I understand that there are at least as many different ideas of how to fix the illegal immigration problem as there are Members of … There are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system that for…
It’s no longer about adulation for Obama’s new immigration policy. … His announcement about immigration last week was out of desperation just to hold onto Latino votes. Obama is running scared.…
Steven Camarota, a researcher with the nonprofit Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, said that the Obama administration was … If you think that America's immigration laws are immoral [pdf], this shouldn't make a difference.…
In the wake of the 2010 midterm elections, Republicans were energized. Their perception was that President Obama, in his first two years in the Oval Office, shunned bipartisan cooperation and intentionally aggravated Republicans in an effort to get his progressive policies enacted into law. Now that the GOP had control...
Land has been calling for more permissive policies on illegal immigration for well over five years. … Arguably, President Obama’s directive may be viewed as undermining the rule of law, as immigration law currently exists. … In fact, State Senator Russell Pearce, a Mormon and one of the author’s of the now-famous (and controversial) Arizona illegal immigration…
nothing at all, or else constitutes a big impediment to reaching a permanent, legislative solution on how to address the illegal immigration … suffering cohort of the labor market . . . after having failed to demonstrate the leadership to spearhead a serious, meaningful immigration…
It was out of line for the reporter to shout out disagreements with the President, but when Obama referred back to him a few minutes later...well, Obama jumped in the mud with him. This was all topped off with a couple parting shots from the press as he ended his...
Furthermore, Romney took a fairly anti-illegal immigration tack during the primary, and this is a way for Obama to sharply contrast … Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Tuesday his agency deported nearly 400,000 individuals during the fiscal…
up with Republicans supporting Bridges to Nowhere, increased National Endowment of the Arts funding, or pushing comprehensive immigration … Should they have worked with Obama to raise taxes, pass comprehensive immigration reform, or to do another stimulus?…
Yet, federal immigration policy does exactly that in allotting work visas for highly skilled employees. … But our legal immigration system is dysfunctional as well. … But in an election year when sentiments on immigration run high, politicians may find it easier to do nothing.…
- Southern Baptist leaders have joined in the strongest effort to date by evangelical Christians to bring about comprehensive immigration … It appears there will be no attempt to move immigration reform in Congress this year. … The positions of incumbents and challengers on immigration reform could impact the election, Land pointed out.…
United States case opens the way for sensible reform of our immigration laws. … But Romney did address what is now the central problem with our immigration policy. … But the key issue now is how we facilitate high-skill immigration.…
It did so because the Constitution specifically gives to Congress the authority to regulate immigration, and Congress, by excluding … all other law-writing bodies in the U.S. from enacting laws on immigration, has pre-empted the field. … status of persons in that state, and it will not detain anyone arrested by Arizona police for immigration violations unless those…
President Obama recently issued an edict exempting an estimated 800,000 to 1 million illegal aliens from the consequences of federal immigration … But is illegal immigration always the single most important issue for Hispanics? … Should we now waive the immigration rules for economic refugees from the collapsing European Union?…
It is not just opponents of immigration enforcement who mistakenly claim that the bill is a defeat. … House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith, who has long been one of the champions of immigration control in congress issued a press release … stating that the “ruling essentially puts an end to immigration enforcement since the states no longer can step in and fill the void…
Most voters continue to believe the federal government encourages rather than discourages illegal immigration. … Voters think the policies and practices of the federal government encourage illegal immigration. … But 49% believe it’s better to let the federal government enforce immigration laws.…
He lamented the Supreme Court decision, saying "the last hope is gone" and blamed both parties for failing to pass "major immigration … Nor will networks dare focus on the costs of illegal immigration -- starting with crime but adding tax dollars for health care, welfare … Huge rallies across this country tonight against that new controversial immigration law."…
If the high court's ruling Monday on Arizona's stringent
immigration law tells us anything about this messy issue, it
underscores … Illegal immigration was second from the bottom. … has primary responsibility over immigration law and policy.…
question.A couple of weeks ago, President Obama unilaterally declared that he would cease to enforce major provisions of federal immigration … Essentially, the Court found that the state of Arizona couldn't enforce immigration law, even if the federal government refused to … enforce its own immigration law.…
