BREITBART — House Democrats are divided on when to put immigration legislation on the floor for a vote, which they can force by using a discharge petition. The discharge petition would need a majority of lawmakers’ signatures. Because of the difficulty in coming up with those 216 signatures, which would have to include 17 GOP […]
Two Illegal Immigrants Sentenced For $1.4 Million Food Stamp Fraud
February 26, 2014 By Leave a Comment
BREITBART — Two Korean citizens in the United States illegally were sentenced last week in Baltimore to prison for obtaining over $1,400,000 in payments for food sales that never occurred as part of a food stamp and wire fraud scheme. U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III gave Hyung Cho 38 months in prison and […]
600-plus business groups press for immigration
February 26, 2014 By Leave a Comment
FOX — WASHINGTON (AP) – More than 600 business organizations, from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Apple to McDonald’s, have sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner pressing him to move on immigration legislation this year. The 636 groups said “failure to act is not an option” and implored Boehner to move on […]
An Autopsy of the Senate Immigration Bill, Pt. 3: The Question of Limits
February 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
CIS — Most immigration discussions totally avoid the subject of immigration limits or assume there are no limits to the number of immigrants the United States can or should take in every year. A recent Washington Post editorial, for example, complained about what it called an “absurdly long backlog” that exists “because of annual limits […]
Surge in illegal youths crossing into Texas
February 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
TEA PARTY — They come from Central America with slips of paper sewn into their pockets bearing names they are sometimes too young to spell. Parents send them with Bibles, rosaries and small wooden crosses in their backpacks. [Read More]
GOP Rep mulls amnesty at townhall — held entirely in Spanish
February 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
TEA PARTY — After the sterling conservative voting record he has established during three years in Washington, Representative Mick Mulvaney, a Republican, can take a few political risks in his South Carolina district, one of the most conservative in this reliably Republican state. This week he did just that. [Read More]
