http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cira/ en-us Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:46:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406800/posts A new dissent Republican group may be forming in Northern Ireland. The organization would include dissidents that have defected from the Continuity IRA and the Real IRA. The group will not have a name, with the deliberate aim of confusing members of the security forces. IrishCentral.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406800/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:46:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309017/posts Schumer: “Borders Now Secure” $1 Trillion in Extra Health Care Costs by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. thelastcrusade.org Charles Schumer (D-NY), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says that the borders are now “secure enough to move forward on immigration reform.”Mr. Schumer’s statement comes on the heels of the murder of U.S. Border Patrol agent Robert Rosas, who was gunned down by members of a Mexican smuggling ring in July.Five suspects have been taken into custody by Mexican law enforcement officials.Immigration reform for Mr. Schumer, according to the Minuteman PAC, is the granting of full amnesty to all illegal aliens who... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309017/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:51:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288674/posts President Obama will abandon a controversial immigration crackdown, sought by his predecessor, to pressure U.S. companies to fire 9 million workers with suspect Social Security numbers, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced yesterday. Instead, Obama will mandate that federal contractors confirm the identities of 4 million workers against federal databases beginning in September, pushing ahead under pressure from Senate Republicans with another long-stalled Bush administration initiative. Napolitano said her department will rescind a 2007 rule, tied up in federal court, that would have sent Social Security "no-match" letters to 140,000 U.S. employers. The notices were to warn companies to resolve... WaPo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288674/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:39:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205295/posts DUBLIN, Ireland – A security alert has been issued today in the Northern Ireland town of Ballykinler, the site of a British Army base. The Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205295/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:25:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138468/posts At least John McCain is back to his old self. This assumes, of course, at some point he wasn't.Believe me, he was. (See the entire 2008 campaign).He's back to being the crotchety old Republicrat spitfire, Mac the Mav.That reach-across-the-aisle, strolling-down-the-median joie de vivre he possesses (and can beckon at will) is throttling up for the new administration.Goodie gumdrops.Since the time is just about right for McCain to ride the wave of ascendancy back into the good graces of the media (who, you'll recall, once upon a time, had rockets in their pockets for him when he was still their beloved... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138468/posts#comment Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:24:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138312/posts One of the lessons from this election is the destruction of the myth that Republicans who support amnesty for illegal aliens would do well among Hispanic voters. No presidential candidate worked harder on illegal immigration amnesty than John McCain. In 2005, he sponsored an amnesty bill that became known as the McCain-Kennedy bill (co-sponsored by Sen. Kennedy). When that bill failed, he tried again the following year, with a variant of the McCain-Kennedy bill. That bill also failed. Unfazed, he tried yet again in 2007. If any one of those bills had passed, at least 10 million illegal aliens would... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138312/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:55:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138313/posts An immigration activist says the Republican Party lost any real chance of retaining the White House the day John McCain won the GOP primary. William Gheen is president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, or ALIPAC. Throughout the presidential campaign, Gheen ardently refused to support John McCain because of the Arizona senator's continued support to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. Gheen believes McCain was counting on GOP voters to march into the booths at the last minute, hold their noses, and elect him out of fear of Obama. He notes while many Republicans reluctantly made that choice, a... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138313/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138307/posts QUESTION: Considering you were one of the leading advocates of immigration reform in 2007, do you intend to take up on that role again with President Obama? Or is it too much of a political liability, considering you're running for re-election? MCCAIN: Running for re-election has never been a concern of mine as far as issues like that are concerned. I intend to discuss that with the president-elect. It's pretty clear that our agenda, that all Americans are, is our economy, but I still am committed to comprehensive immigration reform, with the need to secure our borders and a guest-worker... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138307/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:47:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135672/posts On his first full day as President, Barack Obama will be greeted by salutes, good wishes - and throngs of protesters on the National Mall demanding immigration reform.   It will be a thunderous welcome, delivered mostly by Hispanic voters who - having provided a critical edge to Obama on Election Day in several key states - are looking for payback. "We voted in the millions, and now we're going to demand progress in the millions," said Angelica Salas, an organizer of the Jan. 21 protest and director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. RELATED: LATINO... nydailynews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135672/posts#comment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:42:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101917/posts Despite championing immigration reform in 2007, John McCain is poised to lose the Hispanic vote by a landslide margin that is well below President George W. Bush's 2004 performance. Polls show Obama winning the broadest support from Latino voters of any Democrat in a decade, while McCain is struggling to reach 30 percent, closer to Senator Bob Dole's dismal 1996 result than to Bush's historic 40% four years ago. McCain seems to have wound up with the worst of both worlds: He appears to be getting no credit from Latino voters for his past support for immigration reform, while carrying... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101917/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:09:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086133/posts SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- The new offensive in the presidential election is a Spanish-language air war in which each party is trying to convince Latino voters that the other is no amigo to the nation's largest minority and that it did them wrong during the immigration debacle in Congress. ... Stop the tape! The spots are hard-hitting, but only one hits the target. The McCain-Palin ad is accurate. But the Obama-Biden ad is riddled with problems. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086133/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:28:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085675/posts A new Spanish-language John McCain television commercial airing in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico attacks Barack Obama for not doing enough to support the so-called "comprehensive immigration reform" legislation backed by President Bush and Sen. Ted Kennedy that was defeated in 2007 after a national uprising in which it was characterized as a massive amnesty scheme. The English-language translation of the 30-second commercial, "Which Side Are They On?" is here: Announcer: Obama and his congressional allies say they are on the side of immigrants. But are they? The press reports that their efforts were "poison pills" that made immigration... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085675/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:12:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084604/posts Rush Limbaugh, featured in a new, Spanish-language Barack Obama ad, says the commercial distorts his past statements and amounts to "race-baiting" by the Democratic nominee. The commercial, to air in Limbaugh's home state of Florida as well as Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada, features a picture of the conservative talk show host and shows his words on the screen: "Mexicans are stupid and unqualified" and "Shut your mouth or get out." It was first reported by the Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe. "Obama is now stoking racism in the country," Limbaugh wrote in an email. "Obama is a disgrace - he... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084604/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084088/posts If immigration is your number one political priority, what should you do this election? We begin with the observation that Democrats will likely consolidate and expand their control of the Senate and the House. This is good news for the immigration cause. However, in spite of controlling Congress for the past two years Democrats have done virtually nothing on immigration benefits and have continued massive spending on immigration enforcement. So, even though most political analysts are agreed that Democrats are poised for significant gains in the House and the Senate, that alone does not portend any immigration benefits in the... Immigration Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084088/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:27:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081861/posts New McCain ad blames Obama and Democrats for death of immigration overhaul effort.(CNN) – John McCain’s campaign is running a Spanish language ad in battleground states that blames Barack Obama and Senate Democrats for the failure of attempts to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws — even though the Republican nominee and his Democratic counterpart cast identical votes in the key Senate showdowns on that issue last year “Obama and his congressional allies say they are on the side of immigrants. But are they?” asks the announcer in the 30-second spot, “Which Side Are They On?” “The press reports that their... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081861/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:09:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068695/posts All eyes may be on Denver this week, but the Republican National Committee began their meetings to draft an election platform today ahead of next week’s convention. Sparks flew when delegates got into debate over illegal immigration, which reflected where John McCain originally stood on the issue, but has now taken a more conservative stance. Delegates were split into different subcommittees and it was in the national security meeting where members got into heated discussion surrounding the issues of amnesty and English as the official language of the United States. Two delegates wanted to harden the language surrounding the issue... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068695/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:11:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045562/posts SAN DIEGO – Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Monday vigorously disputed his opponent's assertion that he had backed away from his own comprehensive plan to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. “I do ask for your trust that when I say I remain committed to fair, practical and comprehensive immigration reform, I mean it,” the Arizona senator told the National Council of La Raza convention here. “I think I have earned that trust.” On Sunday, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, told the same group at the San Diego Convention Center that McCain backed off his... San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045562/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:59:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037922/posts Top priority overall or just top domestic priority? Iraq and the economy can wait, I guess. The clip comes, via reader Edgar M, from today’s appearance before NALEO, in which he and Obama took turns to see who could pander most cravenly on immigration. Truth be told, there’s little new here: Lip service is duly paid to securing the border despite the questioner’s emphasis on comprehensive reform “and not just enforcement,” and he recycles his old line about illegals being “God’s children too” as a way of insinuating, a la his crony’s notorious remarks about telling “the bigots” to shut... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037922/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:59:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034779/posts Last year, the so-called Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (Senate bill 1348) went down to a resounding defeat thanks to the vigilance of talk-radio and the blogs. John McCain was a leading voice in favor of passage in the Senate. Since that defeat, John McCain has claimed that he has "gotten the message" that the country does not want the McCain version of "comprehensive reform" and he has avoided the issue in most campaign appearances. But Juan McCain still lurks inside of John McCain. Read the rest at Publius' Forum. Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034779/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:21:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts The Hunt for American al Qaeda The United States is turning up the heat in the hunt for the California boy turned al Qaeda operative, Adam Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan. If caught and convicted, Gadahn could face the death penalty. The State Department along with the Department of Diplomatic Security announced the beginning of a publicity campaign in Afghanistan urging locals to provide any information on Gadahn's whereabouts, with a reward if the information leads to his capture. Radio advertisements with information concerning the $1 million reward have... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 19:04:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029603/posts Dozens of Fox Valley Hispanics will get the chance to talk with Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party's nominee for president, later this month. And they'll get to do it for free. McCain will be in Chicago on June 18 for a fundraiser at the Drake Hotel, but he'll stick around that night to hold a town hall meeting with Illinois Hispanics. » Click to enlarge image John McCain to speak in Chicago More than 100 are expected to attend, according to the meeting's organizers, Julie Brady and Gabriela Wyatt. Brady, of St. Charles, is the deputy co-chairman of McCain's... The Beacon News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029603/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:40:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023181/posts After adjusting his immigration stance when his comprehensive immigration bill died last summer, John McCain, now with the Republican nomination in hand, has once again ruffled conservaive feathers on the immigration issue by returning to the position that almost stopped his campaign dead in its tracks. Last week McCain joined California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in supporting a "comprehensive" immigration plan. "Sen. Kennedy and I tried very hard to get a comprehensive immigration plan through Congress. We must make it a top agenda item," McCain said. But the Arizona senator's staunch defense of such a comprehensive package at the expense of... The Philadelphia Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023181/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 21:05:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960495/posts Takeway exchange from John McCain's Meet The Press appearance today. TIM RUSSERT: If the Senate passed your bill, S-1433, the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill, would you as president sign it? JOHN MCCAIN: Yeah, but the lesson is that it isn't going to come, it isn't going to come. The lesson is that they want the borders secured first. View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960495/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:55:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960476/posts This would suggest McCain hasn't learned any lessons from the spring other than Americans aren't where he is — though they should be and he'd sign his bill from the spring so many of us opposed if he were president and it passed: RUSSERT: "If the Senate passed your bill, S.1433, the McCain/Kennedy immigration bill, would you as president sign it? SEN. MCCAIN: "Yeah. But look, the lesson is, it isn't – one, it isn't going to come. It isn't going to come." National Review Corner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960476/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:54:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897544/posts White House press secretary Tony Snow, during his last day on the job yesterday, lamented the state of modern political discourse and said President Bush is right about immigration and that his defeated plan will one day be the law. The washington times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897544/posts#comment Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:07:48 GMT