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House “Secure our Borders First Act” on Immigration Is Bad From the Start
by Alex Gonzalez – On Friday, the House Judiciary Committee passed an immigration bill, the“Secure our Borders First Act”, to “secure the border” and build “interior” enforcement agencies. In essence,...
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Dave Leach, Christian conservative activist El Enfoque CafeConLecheRepublicans.com 137 E. Leach Des Moines IA 50315 To Beth Levine, beth_levine@judiciary-rep.senate.gov,...
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E-Verify’s Slippery Slope
By Alex Nowrasteh – Federal programs are notorious for mission creep. Small programs intended to address specific concerns typically grow far beyond their original bounds. Social Security numbers are a...
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2015 first Senate immigration hearing highlights
Senator Ted Cruz – was for immigration reform before he was against it. The Senate Judiciary Committee held its first immigration hearing March 17. Here are some highlights of the conversation, from...
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Ronald Reagan and his take on immigration amnesty
Ronald Reagan on immigration “amnesty.” Amnesty is defined as forgiveness, a very Christian concept, but the term has been tainted in the extreme rhetoric that is the immigration debate today. Ronald...
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Ben Carson: economists no help understanding the economy
By Dave Leach – This morning I finally had an opportunity to ask Dr. Ben Carson, presidential candidate, “When we need to understand the economic impact of immigration, do you think we would be better...
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Meet Rubio over lunch FREE
“No, I didn’t know that”, Senator Marco Rubio answered me July 8 at a Westside Conservatives meeting. He referred to the first fact on the card I showed him, pictured below. He seemed intrigued. I had...
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Rand Paul: a letter to his staff
A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to slip Senator Rand Paul a copy of my Bible study on immigration, at a conference for pastors. But since then I have been unable to get a response from him...
View ArticleCosts to citizens of ending birthright citizenship – Birthright Idiotship
Should babies of “illegal aliens” born here be counted as citizens? And while we’re checking, does the Constitution answer this: may we enslave “illegals”? The answer depends on the meaning of...
View ArticleSteve King dialog
No one I know of is a more “immigration reductionist” (the preferred term of NumbersUSA) than Iowa Congressman Steve King, and no one I know of is more “expansionist” – wanting to repeal numerical...
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Governor Bobby Jindal said he would judge a future House speaker by looking him in the eye and asking if he will fight for Republicans like Nancy Pelosi fights for Democrats. I looked him in the eye to...
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E-Verify’s fatal problems
Undocumented Economists say we need E-Verify to stop the huge cost of “amnesty”. In fact, Without E-Verify, there probably is no other strategy for reducing our undocumented immigrant population. But...
View ArticleAppeal to Cruz
Appeal to Cruz To: two staffers for Senator Ted Cruz’ run for President Thank you for offering to get a response from Cruz or someone who can speak for him. I am by no means being patronizing when I...
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Enforcement Didn’t End Unlawful Immigration in 1950s, More Visas Did
By Alex Nowrasteh – In last night’s Republican Presidential debate, Donald Trump argued that President Eisenhower immigration enforcement plan called Operation Wetback (Trump didn’t use that horrendous...
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Syrian Refugees Don’t Pose a Serious Security Threat
Syrian refugees at the Atmeh refugee camp By Alex Nowrasteh – Of the 859,629 refugees admitted from 2001 onwards, only three have been convicted of planning terrorist attacks on targets outside of the...
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Sanctuary City v. Priority Enforcement Program: Pure Politics?
by Alex Gonzalez – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says that the will “use fast-track procedures to crack down on “sanctuary” policies for undocumented immigrants if a special session were to be called.”...
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Worse than Obama?
It is hard to imagine any greater threat to our nation than Obama’s 8 years, until you consider that had Republicans been in charge, we would be under E-Verify and Real ID by now. By Dave Leach. Posted...
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The Refugee Crisis: Why America Is Different
As someone interested in immigration from a conservative, American perspective, the recent refugee crisis in Europe is of major fascination to me. For starters the genuine human tragedy is palpable....
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DACA in Court: the threat, the opportunity
Needed: Dreamers to ask lawyers; lawyers to join a unique Amicus Two days ago the Supreme Court agreed to decide a case that will determine whether millions who were brought to the U.S. by their...
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The Refugee Crisis & Why America is Different: Part II
This post was originally hosted at Musings On the Right. In the last essay, I wrote about the value of cultural assimilation, as well as the role that culture plays in both negative and positive...
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