Category Archives: Illegal Immigration

Senators Closing In On Super Duper Mega-Awesome Bipartisan Border Security Compromise

….that’s all really a load of mule fritters, but the Associated Press writers make it seem like they’re closing in on one of the most historic pieces of legislation ever! (WRAL) White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend […]

House Approves Enforcement Based Illegal Immigration Plan

While passage of an, for all intense purposes, amnesty bill with barely any border or other security (it’s a plan that requires creating a plan) will pass the Senate, with 4-6 Republicans voting for this mess, the Republican controlled House may take a different approach, and pass piecemeal legislation to deal with immigration and security […]

Ted Cruz Files Amendment Requiring ID, Citizenship To Register To Vote

Is it any wonder Ted Cruz is so darned popular with Conservatives? He stands up for, in this case, law and order (via Phineas on Twitter (make sure you follow him) (Daily Caller) Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will propose an amendment to the comprehensive immigration reform bill that would allow states to require ID before […]

SCOTUS Takes Down Arizona Voting Law

Only 2 Justices stood with the writings in the Constitution (US News) The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law that requires people to submit proof of citizenship when they register to vote. The vote was 7-2. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, said that a 1993 federal law known as the […]

Menendez: GOP Path To White House Requires Amnesty Bill

Just what we need, electoral advice from a Democrat (Politico) Sen. Robert Menendez says Republicans need to accept a pathway to citizenship in immigration reform, or they’ll never take back the White House. Discussing the debate over border security measures in the bill, the New Jersey Democrat who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee decried […]

Washington Post: If You Don’t Support Amnesty, It’s Cause You’re Scared

And probably a raaaaacist, too boot. So says Robert Kagen of the left leaning Brookings Institute Immigration reform can prove U.S. strength and security The debate over immigration will tell us a lot about the state of the national psyche. How do Americans feel about themselves and their nation? Are they confident or insecure? Do […]

Rubio: We Need The Illegals Legalized In Order To Pay For Border Security

Byron York noted that Rubio stated that he should have been more artful in his comments to Univision, where he stated that the illegals would be legalized before any sort of border security. I wonder how he’ll walk this one back, via Byron (Washington Examiner) Why is it necessary to legalize the roughly 11 million […]

Rubio Works To Stop Illegals From Getting Federal Benefits…Wait, What?

How many times have you heard Marco Rubio’s commercial where he proclaims “And then they don’t qualify for any federal benefits. This is an important point. No federal benefits, no food stamps, no welfare, no Obamacare”? And said this in interviews. And written it. But, now he’s trying to get it in place? Because there […]

Marco Rubio: Illegal Alien Legalization Before Border Security

Remember how Rubio continues to yammer on about border security, making it the focal piece of his shamnesty push to conservatives and Republicans, as you hear his commercial on the radio (they haven’t played it on TV for awhile) for the umpteenth time? How you’ll read about him trying to make the border provisions better? […]

Sad: Kelly Ayotte Goes Full GOP Squish On Immigration

She stood tough on the 2nd Amendment, but, is giving us the same complete pantload of mule fritters arguments we get from Rubio, McCain, Graham, and other squishes Everybody agrees that America’s immigration system is broken, threatening our security and holding back our economy. The combination of porous borders and lax enforcement has made us […]

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