Posts Tagged ‘Immigration’
Tea 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 MoreHomeland security expert: Citizenship screening lacks questions about potential terrorist ties
Recent analysis from homeland-security expert Mark Sauter shows U.S. vetting of immigrants seeking citizenship status isn’t as thorough as it should be when it comes to filtering those with ties to top terror groups. The Washington Examiner has the story: While State Department and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service branch of the Department of…
Read MoreRep. Brat: ICE tells me ‘No. 1 problem’ facing federal immigration authorities is local authorities ignoring detainers
Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) is optimistic about legislation he has coming down the pike that would increase immigration controls and choke funding for terrorist organizations in an effort to enhance national security under an administration that has been lax in that area. The Washington Examiner has the details: Federal detention policy enforcement has been loosened…
Read MoreWashington Examiner: 1,800 illegal-immigration cases per judge after case backlog surges above 500,000
There are a whopping 500,000 pending illegal-immigration cases that, divided between the 273 Justice Department immigration lawyers, amount to more than 1,800 cases per judge. The Washington Examiner has the details: The number has surged even as the administration has added a handful more judges. The current ratio is 1,819 cases per judge… But the…
Read MoreIllegal-immigrant households sucking the food-stamp program dry
Illegal immigrants who aren’t even eligible for federal food stamps are somehow syphoning resources from the program to the tune of billions of taxpayer dollars, according to officials at the Department of Agriculture. The Washington Examiner has the details: And rules guiding who can get food stamps favor households with illegal immigrants over all-U.S. citizen…
Read MoreSupreme Court divide over Obama’s executive-amnesty program deals righteous blow to presidential overreach
The Supreme Court Thursday after a tie decision over whether President Obama has the authority to grant work permits to 5 million illegal immigrants has to defer to a lower-court ruling that says — decisively —the president does not have the legal right to wave a magic wand and allow illegal immigrants to stay in…
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