The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency of the Department of Homeland Security tried to pressure undocumented alien informants to provide intel on terrorism. If they didn’t they’d be deported. Now ICE is following through on its demands, and the government frenzy to manufacture terrorist threat appears to be out of control.
ICE Uses Threats of Deportation to Produce Terrorism “Intel” |
| By: Jeff Kaye Thursday February 18, 2010 6:00 am |
Be Careful What You Wish For, Mr. Tancredo |
| By: Eli Friday February 5, 2010 6:01 pm |
Some possible sample questions for Tom Tancredo’s Civics Literacy Test to decide who gets to vote.
Why Congressman Patrick Murphy Should Reject the BRIDGE to Nowhere |
| By: FrankSharry Thursday February 4, 2010 1:00 pm |
America’s Voice has taken ads out against Representative Patrick Murphy for his support of the “Bridge Resolution” — a resolution that focuses on enforcement and provides no real answers to our immigration crisis, making it the “Bridge to Nowhere.”
Lucy Tees Up Football Again: Will Immigration Rights Advocates Accept Promise in Exchange for Health Care Vote? |
| By: David Dayen Monday January 4, 2010 6:30 pm |
It’s reported that immigrants rights advocates and their allies in Congress will not block health care legislation that could include harsh anti-immigrant provisions, so long as they extract a promise on comprehensive immigration reform
Tags: Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Health care, Immigration
Movie Night: Papers the Movie: Stories of Undocumented Youth |
| By: Lisa Derrick Monday January 4, 2010 5:00 pm |
Papers the Movie: Stories of Undocumented Youth delivers the poignant stories of five undocumented students whose life in the United States is colored daily by their lack “papers.” Without proof of their immigrant status, it is against the law for them to drive or work, and it is difficult or impossible for them to get into college.
Tags: The Dream Act, Undocumented, Youth
1 Down, 34 to Go: Legal Immigrant Waiting Period Stripped from Senate Health Bill |
| By: David Dayen Wednesday December 23, 2009 7:45 am |
Under current law, legal immigrants are subject to a 5-year waiting period before accessing programs like Medicaid. The Senate bill did not alter this feature of our health care system. But Robert Menendez has exacted a concession from Harry Reid on the issue.
Tags: CHC, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Health care, illegal immigration, Immigration, Medicaid, Robert Menendez
Late Night: Disappointed Nativist Extremists Suspend “Lou Dobbs for President” Campaign |
| By: Blue Texan Thursday December 3, 2009 8:00 pm |
Last week, it came out that Lou Dobbs had gone soft and come out in favor of SHAMNESTY!
Lou Dobbs Now Favors Amnesty for Immigrants, Effectively Destroys Political Future |
| By: Blue Texan Wednesday November 25, 2009 10:30 am |
“When this president and open-borders, illegal-alien-amnesty advocates say, ‘You can’t deport them,’ my answer is, ‘You wanna bet?’ Because this is the United States.”
Lou Dobbs on 60 Minutes, 2007
The only chance Lou had in politics was to keep blaming those sneaky Mexicans for everything from terrorism to leprosy, in order to cobble together enough [...]
Rep. Gutierrez: “Impossible” to Vote for Health Care If Immigrants Can’t Buy Insurance |
| By: David Dayen Tuesday November 24, 2009 2:59 pm |
The debate over health care just added a new wrinkle. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), a key ally of Barack Obama’s from Illinois, said today that he would find it “extremely difficult if not impossible” to vote for a health care bill that included the restrictive and discriminatory measure on undocumented immigrants that appears in [...]
Tags: Health care, Immigration, Luis Gutierrez
Marco Rubio Strongly Opposed to Amnesty for Immigrants Who Are Not His Parents |
| By: Blue Texan Tuesday November 10, 2009 10:45 am |
The Club for Growth/Teabagger candidate for Senate in Florida, who’s challenging the NRSC’s Charlie Crist in a primary, apparently thinks we should forcibly deport 14 million people from the country.
Tags: amnesty, Charlie Crist, Club For Growth, Florida, Marco Rubio, teabaggers







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