Months of inaction led 20 Republicans to take a stand on immigration
They played basketball with his kids. They were the pride of the immigrant families upon which the Central Valley's agricultural economy relies.
Category Archives: Immigration Reform
Protests over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in three northeastern states
ITANAGAR/KOHIMA/AIZAWL: Lending support to the voices of dissent over the Citizenship Bill, 2016, hundreds of student activists staged demonstrations on Monday across three northeast states. The apex bodies of students' unions in Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, and Nagaland organised sit-ins this morning in their respective state capitals, demanding immediate scrapping of the proposed legislation.
Are human-smuggling cartels at the US border earning $500…
"To be clear - human smuggling operations are lining the pockets of transnational criminals. They are not humanitarian endeavors.
ICE v. immigrants: What Lebanon police do
Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello and Police Chief Todd Breiner explained their policies on cooperating with ICE and the detention of immigrants. ICE v.
EDITORIAL: Young voters want more from politicians
Few express this more eloquently than Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, a writer for The Weekly Standard. Author of "The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials are Leading America," Anderson discussed the issue with a panel Friday at The Weekly Standard Broadmoor Summit.
On the media, the FBI and other ‘animals’
Anyone expecting President Donald Trump supporters to soften up on their allegiance to the president heading into the November midterm elections is sadly mistaken. This past week, Democrats, the FBI and the liberal elite media gave Team Trump strong reasons to remain solidly behind the Republican commander-in-chief and his "drain the swamp" cause.
Creating an invisible fence
The United States is being invaded. Not by little men from outer space but by foreign nationals from around the world.
Illiberalism is rising. Here’s how we can turn that tide and renew our democracy.
"'I didn't leave the Democratic Party,' Ronald Reagan famously quipped. 'The Democratic Party left me.'
Immigration a fraught issue for GOP as midterms approach
Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, smiles before the vote on the House farm bill which failed to pass, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 18, 2018. The Freedom Caucus opposed the measure, seeking leverage to obtain a vote on a hard-line immigration plan.
Scaramucci at his side, Grimm sounds in general election mode
But Grimm, who got a boost from Anthony Scaramucci, the short-lived communications director for President Donald Trump, at a fundraiser on Saturday, also sounds like he has his sights set on the general election to come. And in that battle, Grimm is setting himself up as the person who can stop the 11th Congressional District from being swamped by a "radical left agenda" pursued by Democrats.
Arizona ‘Dreamers’ struggle after losing cheaper tuition
Arizona State University student David Montenegro stands along a pedestrian walkway at ASU Thursday, May 10, 2018, in Tempe, Ariz.
Immigration policy continues to evade Republican’s attempt at unity …
GOP leaders thought they had found a way to make the party's warring conservative and moderate wings happy on an issue that has bedeviled them for years Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, smiles before the vote on the House farm bill which failed to pass, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 18, 2018. The Freedom Caucus opposed the measure, seeking leverage to obtain a vote on a hard-line immigration plan.
Another defeat for Trump in Congress as GOP infighting scuttles farm bill
Conservatives refused to support the measure unless House leaders agreed to hold a vote immediately on a separate immigration bill.
Does The Left Really Think Trump Is Worse Than MS-13?
This time, prominent media figures are going out of their way to defend the humanity of MS-13 thugs. Excuse me, "members."
In blow to Speaker Ryan, conservatives torpedo farm bill and put immigration front and center
In a major blow to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Republican leaders failed to garner enough votes for a sweeping GOP farm bill amid a revolt from hardline conservatives who opposed the bill over an unrelated immigration fight. Friday's 198-to-213 vote was an embarrassing defeat for Ryan, R-Wis., who had championed the farm bill as a major step toward welfare reform but saw that GOP priority squelched by members of his own Republican conference.
House rejects farm bill as conservatives revolt
In a 198-213 vote, GOP conservatives essentially joined Democrats in rejecting the measure, which would have introduced tougher work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] that were a priority for Speaker Paul Davis Ryan Lighthizer says NAFTA countries are 'nowhere' near reaching a deal Dem introduces bill to prohibit lawmakers from sleeping in their offices Trump hears 'covfefe' as White House aides weigh in on 'Yanny' and 'Laurel' MORE The whip count remained in question in the hours leading up to the dramatic vote, despite GOP leaders expressing confidence just minutes before hand that they would have enough support to pass the bill.
John Katko among 20 GOP rebels trying to force House immigration vote
U.S. Rep. John Katko has joined a group of 20 Republican moderates openly rebelling against party leaders by trying to force a vote on a series of immigration bills. Katko, R-Camillus, signed a petition that could force an open-ended debate and votes on four bills aimed at preserving an Obama-era program that allowed young, undocumented immigrants to remain in the country without fear of deportation.
Conservative revolt over immigration sinks House farm bill
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 18, 2018, as the conservative House Freedom Caucus threatens to hold up a final vote on the farm bill. Passage of the farm bill is a priority for GOP leaders, who are eager to pitch to voters its tougher work requirements for food stamps, a party priority that polls well with voters.
‘Animals’? Trump says he’ll keep using term for gang members
President Donald Trump is hammering California for its sanctuary policies in his latest push to resist the "resistance" to his presidency. WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is defending his use of the word "animals" to describe some immigrants who enter the country illegally, saying he would continue to use the term to refer to violent gang members despite a sharp rebuke from Democratic leaders.
President Trump Says He Was Referring to Gang Members When He Called Some Immigrants ‘Animals’
President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his use of the word "animals" to describe some immigrants who enter the country illegally, saying he would continue to use the term to refer to violent gang members in spite of a sharp rebuke from Democratic leaders. Answering a reporter's question during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump said his comment a day earlier had clearly been directed at members of the MS-13 gang.