NumbersUsa Fri, SEP 8th 2017 @ 11:49 am EDT Rep. Lamar Smith reintroduced today the Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 3711. The bill would require all employers to use E-Verify within two years, fulfilling NumbersUSA’s top enforcement priority. “Nearly 20 million Americans are unemployed or underemployed,” Rep. Smith said in a statement. “Meanwhile, seven million people are working in the […]
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The case of a Louisiana employer highlights problems with the H-2B program, and guestworker schemes in general. The Department of Justice recently ordered Barrios Street Realty Company of Lockport, La., to provide the final payment in a $108,000 settlement to a group of American workers who were discriminated against in favor of H-2B workers. According to […]
On Tuesday, the Center for Immigration Studies held a panel discussion on the immigration court backlog. While that panel (and the accompanying report) painted a fairly bleak picture of the overwhelming number of cases that the nation’s 334 immigration judges (IJs) have on their dockets, a review of the findings of that panel (and […]
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The Afghan Donut Speech
by Linda Goudsmit August 22, 2017 President Trump faced the nation last night and delivered an impassioned three-part speech on American involvement in Afghanistan. The first part eloquently addressed the military from the perspective of a grateful nation. President Trump thanked the military and complimented their extraordinary service and sacrifice. President Trump promised the […]
By Joe Guzzardi When the subject is immigration, everyone has an opinion. Illegal immigration is, in most eyes, bad because it violates U.S. law, threatens sovereignty, and displaces American workers. Others think illegal immigration is good because they believe that the people coming are looking for a better life and willing to do jobs Americans […]
Some lessons, even though they involve national security, are never learned. In Europe and America, open borders have facilitated terrorism. Failed immigration policies have invited terrorists to set up shop on both sides of the Atlantic, and carry out their murderous plots. The 9/11 attacks provide the most dramatic example of the United States’ immigration […]
By Dan Cadman on August 7, 2017 According to the Arizona Republic, Sen. John McCain is talking immigration reform, apparently as in “comprehensive” immigration reform, a la the failed Gang of Eight Senate bill. They quote him: “Immigration reform is one of the issues I’d like to see resolved. I’ve got to talk to him (Schumer) […]
JUSTICE NEWS Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 25, 2017 Philadelphia Woman Pleads Guilty to Charges of Causing False Statements to the Federal Election Commission A Philadelphia woman pleaded guilty to a criminal information unsealed today charging her with causing false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in […]
The Department of Justice today posted a solicitation for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Programs (“Byrne JAG”). Recipients for FY 2017 will be notified of new conditions of their grants that will increase information sharing between federal, state, and local law enforcement, ensuring that federal immigration authorities have the information they need […]
In the tragic deaths of ten migrants found crammed into a sweltering 18-wheeler outside a San Antonio Walmart, there’s more blame to go around than can be written about in a 600-word opinion column. But let’s start with the most culpable, the Washington, D.C. and Mexican governments. For decades, Congress has ignored the […]
Lizbeth Mateo is an illegal alien who spends her days defending illegal aliens. Mateo describes her goal as “preparing legal strategies to help undocumented immigrants stay in the country.” Or as The New York Times headline describes her: “A Defendant of the Constitution with no Legal Right to Live Here.” California Senate President Kevin de León, an illegal […]
Former CIA Director John Brennan says that if Trump tries to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, executive branch officials should refuse to follow the president’s orders. That’s some trio! John Brennan was behind the sanitizing of Barack Obama’s passport files during the 2008 campaign. James Clapper perjured himself in front of the Congress when he […]