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GIGO – Garbage in garbage out: Center for American Progress issues new report
GIGO – Garbage in garbage out: Center for American Progress issues new report A new CAP report offers a panacea for the economic doldrums of the 24 states with the largest illegal alien populations. Too good to be true? You bet. The analysis by Robert Lynch and Patrick Oakford takes their earlier national study that was built on erroneous assumptions about the increased earnings potential of illegal aliens receiving amnesty and parses those supposed increased economic output and tax payments among the high illegal alien states. The authors state that, “Legal status and citizenship … [Read More...]
Boehner Says House Will Produce Its Own Bill
Boehner Says House Will Produce Its Own Bill "House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has been saying for months it's up to the Senate to get the ball rolling on a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system. When that happens, he said, the House will take a look," PBS reports. "But as Senate Majority Harry Reid, D-Nev., laid out … [Read More...]
Conservative Groups Push Amnesty While Proclaiming Financial Doom
With the recent news from the Congressional Budget Office that deficit projections for 2013 will be lower than expected, three right-of-center policy groups rushed to remind taxpayers that America's fiscal situation is unsustainable while trumpeting the Gang of Eight’s amnesty plan despite estimates that amnesty will cost … [Read More...]
Rep. Goodlatte Says Amnesty Bill Won’t Stop Illegal Immigration
Gang of Eight Claim No Deficit Impact from Amnesty "Members of the Gang of Eight say their immigration reform bill will not add a dime to the nation’s deficit. That anticipated Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score will defy conservative policy experts who recently claimed the measure would cost trillions of dollars," The Hill … [Read More...]
List of Rejected Amendments that Could Have Improved the Gang of Eight Amnesty Bill
On May 9, 2013, the Senate Judiciary Committee began amending (“marking up”) S. 744, the 844-page Senate Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform legislation. Three hundred amendments and five days of hearings later, the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded its markup, passing the legislation out of committee 13-5 and sending it … [Read More...]
AFL-CIO: We Have No Higher Priority than Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
One might think that given more than 20 million Americans unable to find full-time jobs, and testimony by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that the American job market remains weak, that organized labor’s highest priority would be getting Americans back to work. Or, one might think that the highest priority of the labor movement would be … [Read More...]
State & Local Update: May 22
What's going on with immigration issues around the country? Each week, the State & Local team updates ImmigrationReform.com with the latest bills. California Assembly Bill 4, the anti-detainer bill so-called the "trust act," passed the Assembly (44-22) on May 16 and was introduced in the Senate and referred to the Rules Committee … [Read More...]
Days Away from Amnesty?
The Gang of Eight bill was never "immigration reform." All it did was give into the demands of special interest groups like Big Business and open borders supporters. Last night the bill got worse. With a final vote of 13-5, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved sending S.744 to be considered by the entire Senate. Backed by … [Read More...]
Another Houston Law Officer Killed by Illegal Alien
Another Houston Law Officer Killed by Illegal Alien "On Sunday, police in Houston arrested Andres Munos-Munos, 23, after he reportedly ran through a red light on Little York at N. Shepherd, crashing into a pickup truck driven by 47-year-old Harris County Deputy Sheriff Dwayne Polk," the Examiner reports. "Deputy Polk was on his way … [Read More...]
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Gang of Eight Bill
Tonight, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to pass S.744, the Gang of Eight amnesty bill, out of committee. The full Senate could consider the bill as early as June, shortly after they return from the Memorial Day recess. Senators Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) voted with all ten of the … [Read More...]
Opposition to Gang of Eight Bill Grows Among Immigration Enforcement
Yesterday, the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council (NCISC), joined the National ICE Council in opposing the Gang of Eight legislation. Between these two unions, they represent more than 20,000 Department Homeland Security employees working in immigration enforcement. Kenneth Palinkas, NCISC president, echoed the … [Read More...]
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