8th grade class receives politically biased immigration assignment

IJ Review — At Shattuck Middle School in Wisconsin, one 8th grade class was assigned homework on the topic of immigration policy in the United States. The homework, assigned by 8th grade Social Studies teacher Grace Davis, featured a political cartoon with a clearly labeled Democrat laying bricks to convey the building of a “pathway to […]

Boehner tells Senate Dems to ‘get off their ass’ on DHS funding

The Washington Examiner — House Speaker John Boehner called on Senate Democrats on Wednesday to “get off their ass” and take up a $40 billion Homeland Security funding measure before a Feb. 27 deadline. The House-passed measure has been stalled in the Senate thanks to a Democratic filibuster. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., […]

Illegals to get tax refunds even if they didn’t pay taxes

The Washington Times — IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told Congress on Wednesday that even illegal immigrants who didn’t pay taxes will be able to claim back-refunds once they get Social Security numbers under President Obama’s temporary deportation amnesty. The revelation — which contradicts what he told Congress last week — comes as lawmakers also raised concerns […]

Feds prepare for illegal immigration onslaught

The Washington Times — The government expects so many applications for President Obama’s new deportation amnesty that it’s seeking a contractor just to open the new mail and enter the forms into the system, with plans to operate two shifts from 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. every workday to keep up with the anticipated workload. U.S. […]

Illegals squeeze school budgets

The Washington Examiner — Washington-area schools are facing budget crises as a result of an influx of immigrant students, according to a recent report. Since the 2005-06 school year, the percent of students enrolled in English proficiency classes has increased by an average of nearly 70 percent across seven school districts in the D.C. metro area, […]

More cities debating non-citizen voting rights

Breitbart — More cities are trying to follow in the footsteps of D.C.-area jurisdictions to give non-citizens the right to vote in municipal elections. Though many of these proposals have failed, the Washington Post notes that activists in Amherst, Massachusetts, Madison, Wisconsin, and Burlington, Vermont are also clamoring to give voting rights to non-citizens. In New […]