Category: Illegal immigration

Consider what he said in Miami, now that the city has given up its sanctuary jurisdiction status (Miami Herald) Attorney General Jeff Sessions came to Miami on Wednesday to deliver a stark warning on the dangers of “criminal aliens” and praised the county’s mayor for being the first big-city leader to abandon “sanctuary” protections and […]

If you remember back to the debate over Arizona’s SB1070, a law that allowed law enforcement to enforce federal law as written, California, California law makers, and California papers took the stance that immigration was the purview of the federal government, and that states couldn’t change that in the least. Today, though, as we discuss […]

Sounds like a plan (News Tribune) A task force created to focus on the needs of immigrants and refugees in Tacoma has recommended that the City Council spend $440,000 per year to establish a legal-defense fund for Tacoma residents detained at the Northwest Detention Center on the Tideflats. The money would pay for two attorneys […]

Seriously, Trump, like any Republican, cannot catch a break. He’s damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. The so-called impartial media will always find something to complain about, versus when they’d always find something to squee about when it came to Obama, Hillary, and other Democrats Trump is deporting fewer immigrants than Obama, including […]

Heartache in Illegal Immigration World as Immigration and Customs Enforcement is allowed to do the job they were tasked to do by Congressional legislation Immigration Raids Are Sweeping Up More People Who Weren’t Targets More undocumented immigrants are being swept up in immigration raids targeting their friends, neighbors and coworkers. Under the Trump Administration’s new […]

Texas recently pass a law that cracks down on sanctuary cities and the people in charge who refuse to cooperate with federal agencies on illegal immigration. Now it’s Wisconsin’s turn (WeAreGreenBay.com) The Wisconsin Assembly is pushing two bills that affect immigrants in the state. Assembly Bill 190 requires police to hold people suspected of a […]

Under the Obama administration, illegal immigration was allowed to flourish. But Donald Trump campaigned on changing that, promising to crack down on illegal immigration and he’s kept his word so far. And so far, his crack down is already seeing results. One of the industries most affected by illegal immigration is construction. With deportation increasing, […]

Supporters of illegal aliens tend to refer to them as “undocumented immigrants”. Perhaps we should refer to the as “trespassing immigrants,” because, if they were trespassing on the property of illegal alien supporters, they’d call the cops and have them removed. Regardless, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who oversaw a 14 year old boy shot dead […]

Saturday, we learned that California is considering suing the Department Of Justice over threats that the DOJ will take away federal grants to fight crime from sanctuary jurisdictions, in order for California jurisdictions, and essentially California itself, to continue to purposefully avoid enforcing federal law on illegal aliens. Now (Chicago Tribune) Mayor Rahm Emanuel is […]

There’s a very easy solution to this problem: cooperate with federal officials, who are tasked with enforcing immigration law by the Constitution and duly passed immigration law at the federal level. Instead, the municipalities, counties, and state itself wants to be a sanctuary area for people who are unlawfully present in the United States California […]

Remember this? To the editor: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and County Supervisor Hilda Solis in December announced the creation of a $10-million legal aid fund to “hire lawyers to defend local immigrants without legal status.” (“A $10-million fund will help immigrants fight deportations. But should it help those with violent criminal convictions?” April 17) My street hasn’t […]

Violating federal laws by coming to the United States illegally has consequences, much like trespassing does He went to ICE to tell agents he had gotten into college. Now he and his brother have been deported. Two brothers from Gaithersburg were deported to their native El Salvador on Wednesday in what their attorney says was […]

There has been much speculation about whether or not Donald Trump’s promised border wall will ever get built. But a new update from House Speaker Paul Ryan should have wall advocates more excited. In a video, Ryan visits the southern border and announces that it’s time to build the wall. Ryan traveled to Texas, where […]

That’s a great question. Elizabeth Keyes gave it a shot, and proves once again that some people are seriously disingenuous on the subject (PRI) The challenge: Bring immigration law to life for a room of fidgety fifth-graders. Specifically, I need to bring it to life for fifth-graders who have already heard from a dozen other […]