Boehner: House Won’t Pass Senate Immigration Bill – Washington Times

05/23/2013 By Leave a Comment

John Boehner-4Article authored by Stephen Dinan and appeared in The Washington Times.  Article is courtesy of washingtontimes.com

House Speaker John A. Boehner on Thursday flatly ruled out chances of the House passing the Senate’s immigration bill, saying his chamber will debate its own bill instead.

Mr. Boehner and his top GOP lieutenants issued a joint statement that seemed designed to tamp down some of the momentum behind the Senaate bill, which emerged from a Senate committee on a bipartisan 13-5 vote earlier this week, and to stake out a House GOP position. [Read more...]

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“Yes We Can!” Chant in English…and Spanish, as Senate Panel Passes Immigration Bill [video] – The Daily Caller

05/22/2013 By Leave a Comment

Immigration Reform ChantArticle authored by Jeff Poor and appeared on The Daily Caller.  Article is courtesy of dailycaller.com

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s passage of a sweeping immigration bill was expected. But the explosion of chants of “Yes we can! Yes we can!” and “Leahy! Leahy!” came as a surprise.

The “Gang of Eight” bill passed by a wide 13-5 margin early Tuesday evening. Amid the cheering, Democratic committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont could be seen motioning spectators to come up and participate in the celebration. [rest of article and video after page break] [Read more...]

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Bill Gives DHS Secretary ‘Virtually Unlimited Discretion to Waive Any Manner of Crimes,’ ICE Council Warns Congress

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Janet Napolitano-11Article authored by Craig Bannister and appeared on CNS News.  Article is courtesy of cnsnews.com

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) entered a letter from law enforcement officials nationwide warning of the dangers of the immigration bill S.744 into the judiciary committee record today.

The letter To Congress from the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Council of the American Federation of Government Employees Affiliated with AFL-CIO warns of the discretionary power the bill gives to “political appointees” and takes away from law enforcers: [Read more...]

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Ted Cruz Seeks to Ban Illegal Immigrants in U.S. from Citizenship – US News & World Report

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Senator Ted Cruz-2Article authored by Rebekah Metzler and appeared on U.S News & World Report.  Article is courtesy of usnews.com

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a newly elected Republican with a penchant for making headlines, filed an amendment that would bar undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States from ever earning citizenship. [Read more...]

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‘Amnesty and Path to Citizenship Lead to Erasure of Southern Border of U.S.’ [video] – NewsBusters

05/06/2013 By Leave a Comment

North American UnionArticle authored by Noel Sheppard and appeared on News Busters.  Article is courtesy of newsbusters.org

“If you get amnesty and a path to citizenship, what the Mexican president wants, that will lead to the erasure of the southern border of the United States.”

So ominously stated syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan on PBS’s McLaughlin Group Friday. [Read more...]

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Amnestied Illegals Will Get $9.4 Trillion in Benefits; Increase Debt $6.3 Trillion – CNS News

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Article authored by Elizabeth Harrington and appeared on CNS News.  Article is courtesy of cnsnews. com

Latinos for Obama-3(CNSNews.com) – Granting amnesty to illegal immigrants would cost $6.3 trillion, according to a new report by the Heritage Foundation.

“Unlawful immigration and amnesty for current unlawful immigrants can pose large fiscal costs for U.S. taxpayers,” states the report by Robert Rector and Jason Richwine, Ph.D. [Read more...]

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Jim DeMint: Immigration Reform Will Cost U.S. Trillions – ABC News

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Jim DeMintArticle authored by Benjamin Bell and appeared on ABC News.  Article is courtesy of abcnews.com

Former South Carolina Republican senator and current Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint argued that implementing immigration reform as proposed by the so-called “Gang of Eight” would “cost Americans trillions of dollars,” citing a soon-to-be released update to the conservative group’s 2007 study on the impact of immigration reform. [Read more...]

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New Immigration Bill has More Waivers, Exceptions per Page than Obamacare – The Daily Caller

05/03/2013 By Leave a Comment

U.S. Citizen PackageArticle authored by Neil Munro and appeared on The Daily Caller.  Article is courtesy of  dailycaller.com

The Senate’s “Gang of Eight” has released a new version of the immigration bill that contains 999 references to waivers, exemptions and political discretion.

The revised 867-page bill contains multiple changes from the first 844-page version, released April 18, but Democrats have not announced any delay to the committee review of the complex bill that begins next week. [Read more...]

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Billboard To Target Marco Rubio, Barack Obama And Immigration Reform – Fox News Latino

05/03/2013 By Leave a Comment

RubiobamaArticle authored by Elizabeth Llorente and appeared on Fox News.   Article is courtesy of foxnews.com

A billboard taking aim at U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is expected to be installed next week in Georgia, said the head of a conservative group that is behind the effort.

The group is unhappy with the Florida lawmaker because of his central role in a bipartisan Senate bill that seeks to reform U.S. immigration laws by, among other things, tightening enforcement, expanding the guest worker program and providing undocumented immigrants a path to legal status. [Read more...]

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