Posts Tagged ‘Immigration’
Voters in Democratic Swing Districts Support Trump’s Wall
President Trump may have had the upper hand in the standoff with Speaker Pelosi during the shutdown on getting the border wall. A poll of 10 districts, including congressional districts won by Trump but voted for a Democrat in the midterms, support the wall and believe Pelosi should have accepted Trump’s immigration compromise. The Washington…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Applauds President Trump’s Immigration Priorities
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, applauding President Trump for his administration’s priorities for immigration policy. “Tea Party Patriots and our network of grassroots activists applaud President Trump for prioritizing the safety, security, and economic well-being of Americans in any discussions he holds with…
Read More‘Sanctuary cities’ should not be rewarded for disobeying the law
Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke out against the ‘sanctuary cities’ that protect illegal immigrants and interfere with the efforts to reduce crime. Sessions pointed out that these cities “undermine the moral authority of the law.” He spoke to law enforcement in the ‘sanctuary city’ of Portland, OR and asked them to reconsider cooperating with federal…
Read MoreStatement on President Trump’s DACA Decision
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, reacting to the White House’s decision on the DACA program. “By taking action to end former President Obama’s illegal DACA executive action, President Donald Trump is once again showing why Americans elected him to ‘drain the swamp’ –…
Read MoreAs many as 200,000 deportation cases ‘administratively closed’ under the Obama administration
The Obama administration ‘quietly’ closed as many as 200,000 deportation cases without action, allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the United States in violation of our immigration laws. The Trump administration is rescheduling cases and reversing the practice of administrative case closure, which the Obama Administration exploited to flout our laws. The Washington Examiner has…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 8/28/17
CALENDAR: The House and Senate have both left for their August recess, and will not return until Tuesday, September 5. DEBT CEILING: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has advised Congress that he will reach the limit of his ability to use what he calls “extraordinary measures” – what regular people call “smoke and mirrors” – to…
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