http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/borderwars/ en-us Sat, 11 May 2013 01:04:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018064/posts A Study Conducted by the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles revealed That One in ten adults in the county are illegal. Also, in some other regions this figure changed to one in three. It is Estimated That These People crossed the border illegally or living in the state With An expired visas, Most who have children who are U.S. Citizens by birth in the region. The study revealed Also half of These immigrants That was magnificent more than a decade in the country and That 12% own a home. ((snip)) With an immigration reform just around the... SanDiegoRed.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018064/posts#comment Sat, 11 May 2013 01:04:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017989/posts Chris Crane, president of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers union, spoke to Mark Levin on The Mark Levin Show Thursday evening. Crane recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the immigration bill working through Congress. Crane explained how President Obama and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano have, since the administration’s start, “attempted to shut down” border enforcement and “absolutely” tied law enforcement’s hands. Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017989/posts#comment Fri, 10 May 2013 21:15:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018001/posts The night before Thursday's marathon committee markup, members of the Senate's Gang of Eight and their staffs huddled in a room in the Capitol to decide what amendments to their immigration bill they would let live—and what must die. As a comprehensive immigration overhaul advances through the Senate, its chief architects will remain firmly in control of its fate. This week's drama at the Senate Judiciary Committee provided a valuable test run for the group, which must protect their bill from changes that undermine the principles they agreed on but accept enough suggestions from their colleagues to garner at least... National Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018001/posts#comment Fri, 10 May 2013 22:01:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017729/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan authors of a sweeping immigration bill agreed to Republican-authored amendments to boost border security, as they tried Thursday to show they're open to changes to attract more GOP support for their landmark legislation. The bill's authors also stuck together to defeat a Republican amendment that would have barred anyone from seeking citizenship until the U.S.-Mexico border had been secured for six months. Supporters of the bill charged that the real effect of that provision would have been to delay citizenship indefinitely for the estimated 11 million people living here illegally. Yahoo News (AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017729/posts#comment Fri, 10 May 2013 06:11:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015061/posts WESLACO - Rio Grande Valley police departments no longer will have direct access to their counterparts on the south side of the border. The Mexican government said it will limit the information it shares with U.S. law enforcement agencies. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration said all information will be disseminated through the ministry of interior in Mexico City. The announcement is a 180-degree turn from the open dialogue both nations had on law enforcement. The change likely will delay investigations Valley lawmen said. "It'll still trickle down to us. It might be a little slower, but we'll still get... KRGV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015061/posts#comment Thu, 2 May 2013 21:27:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3013919/posts The central sales pitch for the Gang of Eight’s immigration legislation has been the claim of strong border security triggers that are supposed to be the “toughest border immigration enforcement measures in U.S. history.” But a close examination of the legislation reveals that the promised enforcement is nowhere to be found. The triggers aren’t triggers at all—and in fact would actually weaken requirements previously enacted by Congress—while granting extraordinary new discretion to the Department of Homeland Security to waive security protocols, removal proceedings, and denials of entry. The day the bill passes, there will be an effective amnesty for the... Senator Sessions Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3013919/posts#comment Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:39:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013803/posts If you wanted a bill to require that an actual fence be built, you would write a bill that required that an actual fence be built, with real consequences if that doesn’t happen. If you want to write a bill that won’t result in a fence being built, you will give discretion to the DHS as to “where” it should be built, in what form–and, implicitly, where it shouldn’t be built. You will require only a ”plan.” If you want to write a bill that won’t result in a fence being built but that might con conservatives into thinking it... The Daily Caller http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013803/posts#comment Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:55:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011599/posts On Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that including a "path to citizenship" for illegal immigrants in any comprehensive immigration bill would jeopardize the likelihood of the legislation passing. “I think if instead the bill includes elements that are deeply divisive--and I would note that I don’t think there is any issue in this entire debate that is more divisive than a path to citizenship for those who are here illegally--in my view, any bill that insists upon that jeopardizes the likelihood of passing any immigration reform bill,” Cruz said at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing, according to CNS News.... Breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011599/posts#comment Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:04:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011743/posts In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon killing spree by foreign-born jihadists, see-no-evil bureaucrats in Washington are stubbornly defending America’s lax asylum policies. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Senate Tuesday that the screening process is rigorous, effective, and extensive. These people can’t handle the truth. Or tell it. The Tsarnaev brothers reportedly were granted asylum by “derivative” status through their parents. After entering on short-term tourist visas, the mother and father (an ethnic Chechen Muslim) won asylum and acquired U.S. citizenship. Next, younger son Dzhokhar obtained U.S. citizenship. Older son Tamerlan, whose naturalization application was pending, traveled freely between... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011743/posts#comment Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:35:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011749/posts Texas Senator Ted Cruz is expressing doubt when it comes to serious border security measures in the Gang of 8 illegal immigration overhaul. Yesterday during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Cruz questioned Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about the objective metrics used to assess border security and found her answers to be less than satisfactory. “We must have a clear definition of what metrics must be reached in order for the border to be secure. I am not satisfied with answers offered at today’s hearing, as it remains unclear how the provisions in this bill will help achieve a secure... Town Hall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011749/posts#comment Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:51:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011750/posts Not a single word in the 844-page "Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act" introduced by Senator Marco Rubio and the "Gang of Eight" addresses the controversial practice of "birthright citizenship." Birthright citizenship is the common description given to the automatic grant of U.S. citizenship to babies born in the U.S. regardless of the citizenship status of the parents. Many experts agree with the verdict of law professor Lino Graglia -- that the practice generates "perhaps the greatest possible inducement to illegal entry." The failure of Congress to confront the subject is nothing new. The "four pillars" of the... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011750/posts#comment Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:53:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011073/posts States are implementing laws requiring voters to produce photo identification (ID). Democrats are fighting these initiatives claiming voter disenfranchisement. Are Democrats supporting voter fraud? Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, a Republican, signed into law a requirement for voters to provide a photo ID in order to vote. The law provides free photo ID cards to registered voters and requires notifying voters of the requirement prior to the next election. The law takes into account the need to prevent voter fraud and provides state voters with free photo IDs if they do not already possess one. While the law seems to be... http://www.policymic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011073/posts#comment Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:25:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010864/posts The hearings just began. Right now Arturo Rodriquez is whitewashing the history of Cesar Chavez, playing the race card and ignoring American citizens who are unemployed. C-SPAN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010864/posts#comment Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:25:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010769/posts Paul Ryan says the Gang of Eight’s immigration-reform plan is “productive” and “getting us closer to a solution.” Ryan will give a speech on Monday in Chicago on immigration. Representative Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, a Democrat, will appear with him. National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010769/posts#comment Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:03:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010596/posts WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul is calling for conservatives to embrace the cause of immigration reform, outlining a proposal that would grant some form of legal status to the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants after the federal government has certified that the border is secure. Paul’s proposal, outlined in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington on Tuesday, carefully avoided the term citizenship. Instead, the Kentucky senator said he sought a middle ground that would include a multi-year process of granting visas to undocumented workers that would hinge on the annual verification of the security of the... LATimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010596/posts#comment Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:52:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3010091/posts APRIL 19 The Deportation Lie The Obama administration cooks the enforcement books. Andrew Stiles. It is one of the Obama administration’s favorite talking points on immigration: It has been deporting illegal immigrants in record numbers. That bolsters its credentials on enforcement and supports the argument that, now that we’ve gotten tough on the border, it is time to enact comprehensive immigration reform. But figures recently unearthed by a federal lawsuit in Texas cast serious doubt on the administration’s deportation claims. The number of deportations appears to have declined significantly during the president’s term in office. Jessica Vaughan, director of policy... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3010091/posts#comment Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:56:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010314/posts Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee who have protested the speed and secrecy of the work of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” are far from united in a strategy to slow or kill the immigration-reform bill—or even on whether that’s the plan at all. A divide has emerged between Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Orrin Hatch of Utah, who both seem open to at least considering the gang’s plan, and fellow Republicans Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Ted Cruz, of Texas, and Mike Lee of Utah, who still harbor deep concerns about the bill’s pathway to citizenship—a core principle for... National Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010314/posts#comment Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:50:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010316/posts Both the process and the content of the current immigration bill violate America’s core principles and legacy of immigration, according to Heritage President Jim DeMint. “This whole process is not really American, to take a few people and go behind closed doors and then come out and suddenly have it on the floor of the Senate for debate,” said DeMint on “The Mike Huckabee Show” earlier this week. (Listen here) “Instead of incomprehensible, comprehensive bills that are thousands of pages, we need to take a step-by-step approach so people know what we’re doing, and with immigration, the obvious priority is... Heritage http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010316/posts#comment Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:55:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010001/posts Rep. Louie Gohmert today warned the world that “radical Islamists” are being trained to “act like Hispanic[s]” to get into the United States from Mexi “We know al Qaeda has camps over with the drug cartels on the other side of the Mexican border,” the Republican from Tyler said on C-SPAN Wednesday morning. “We know that people that are now being trained to come in and act like Hispanic when they are radical Islamists. We know these things are happening. It is just insane not to protect ourselves, to make sure that people come in as most people do. They... Chron http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010001/posts#comment Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:37:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009948/posts The Senate’s Gang of Eight delivered an immigration overhaul bill this week that was far more generous to their constituencies than Democrats and Hispanic activists expected. The pre-bill marketing campaign — driven by leaks that seemed to come from Republican negotiators — focused on stringent new border-control measures and a long, difficult path to citizenship. The goal was to minimize conservative opposition by creating a first impression of the bill as a tough solution to the country’s illegal immigration problem. But when Democrats got a look at the 844-page measure, they discovered that their negotiators extracted more concessions than they... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009948/posts#comment Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:42:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3009883/posts Although I give Marco credit for entering radio row to explain why it is he has flip flopped on his position about "border security" being in place before a pathway can be considered, I have no respect for anyone who places votes in front of national security and unemployment. I had the opportunity to go face to face with Marco minutes after he told radio host Michael Brown (CO) that 6 of 9 border sectors are secure. Having made the film THEY COME TO AMERICA II -- which was set to release this week but we've held off due to... DML/youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3009883/posts#comment Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009899/posts One of the Chechen terrorists who carried out the Boston Marathon bombings should have been deported years ago after a criminal conviction, as called for by U.S. immigration law. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the 26-year-old killed in a wild shootout with police, was a legal U.S. resident who nevertheless should have been removed from the country after a 2009 domestic violence conviction, according to a Judicial Watch source. That means the Obama administration’s DHS division missed an opportunity to deport Tsarnaev, but did not abide by Federal immigration law and let him stay. Tsarnaev was given this special treatment, despite not having... stand with arizona http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009899/posts#comment Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:38:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009789/posts The Senate’s pending immigration bill includes roughly 400 exemptions, exceptions, waivers, determinations and grants of discretion. The bill’s complexity is forcing opponents and supporters to comb through its 844 pages before they can declare their conditional support or oppoThe document mentions “discretion” or “discretionary” 41 times.It mentions “judge” or “judges” 73 times, and mentions “secretary” 1018 times, normally as the people who decide whether to apply a waiver, exemption, determination or exception. The complexity has already sparked GOP objections from Sen. Jeff Sessions and other Republicans who say they should be given more time to study and then explain the... DAILY CALLER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009789/posts#comment Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:01:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3009782/posts Sen. Marco Rubio sought to blunt a wave of criticism from the conservative Heritage Foundation Thursday with a letter touting the economic benefits of immigration. On Monday, the Florida Republican met with David Addington, group vice president of research at Heritage, and just days later the think tank >slammed the senator’s immigration proposal as a costly “amnesty” program. In a letter to Mr. Addington Thursday, Mr. Rubio said immigration would ultimately be a boon to the economy. Under the Senate plan, future immigrants would be evaluated more frequently based on their skills and employment prospects, which would help promote economic... WSJ Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3009782/posts#comment Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:45:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009722/posts If the Senate is going to pass the Gang of Eight's amnesty bill in the 113th Congress, they're going to need Marco Rubio to sell it to his Republican colleagues. After the bill's introduction yesterday morning, Rubio began his sales pitch last night by appearing on Mark Levin's radio program. But the big sell came today when he tried to convince Rush Limbaugh. Unfortunately for Rubio, Limbaugh didn't bite even with his distorted details. Yesterday, Rubio's staff began an aggressive campaign to dispel any myths that were circulating in the mainstream media. Given his staff's attention to the details of... Numbers USA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009722/posts#comment Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:08:36 GMT