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National Press Day Opposing Comprehensive Amnesty Bill
NumbersUSA
2013-05-20
Tags:
border, Border Patrol, economy, jobs, population, enforcement, illegal immigration, amnesty, illegal aliens, Congress

On Tuesday, May 21st, state and local groups around the country will hold a series of press conferences to highlight their opposition to S. 744, the Senate’s comprehensive amnesty bill. The goal is to call attention to the bill’s many failings and to promote an immigration-enforcement approach to reform.

An Arizona-based coalition called Remember 1986 took the lead in coordinating the press conferences. The coalition’s press conference web site page contains a list of planned events. In many instances, participants will be delivering to Senators NumbersUSA petitions that have...

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No need for speed on immigration bill
The nation should parry the advance of this monster
Dan Stein
Washington Times
2013-05-20
Tags:
immigration, illegal immigration, amnesty, national legislation

The Senate "Gang of Eight" immigration bill, S. 744, now wending its way through the Judiciary Committee, has been sold as a "pathway to citizenship" for the estimated 11 million illegal aliens. It does a lot more damage than that, and the public needs to understand what's in it.

Just a few years ago, key members of the "Gang of Eight" would have seemed content to enact the so-called Dream Act — a more modest amnesty for about 500,000 to 700,000 aliens brought here as young people. This has been replaced with a massive proposal that...

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Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
gazettetimes.com
2013-05-20
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border, Border Patrol, Mexico, crime, drugs, enforcement, Homeland Security, illegal immigration, Congress, national security

Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.

The long rows of bunk beds offer immigrants a place to rest on their long journey. But the shelter is no safe haven in a town controlled by the Gulf cartel. Armed men once showed up and took away 15 men, who were probably put to work as gunmen, lookouts or human mules hauling bales of marijuana into the United States.

As Congress takes up immigration reform, lawmakers may have to confront the...

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DHS confirms cheaper to deport every illegal alien than allowing them to stay
Dave Gibson
The Examiner.com
2013-05-17
Tags:
border, enforcement, Homeland Security, illegal aliens, taxes, national security

On December 3, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Nelson Peacock, responding to request from several U.S. Senators, including Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), wrote: “Our conservative estimate suggests that ICE would require a budget of more than $135 billion to apprehend, detain and remove the nation’s entire illegal immigrant population.”

In July 2010, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released the results of a study which examined the costs of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local levels. The study found that...

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Judge lets Ariz. immigrant license policy stand
gazettetimes.com
2013-05-17
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border, jobs, enforcement, Homeland Security, illegal immigration, deferred action, driver's license, illegal aliens, Congress, President

A judge on Thursday refused to halt Gov. Jan Brewer's order that denies driver's licenses for young immigrants in Arizona who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy.

U.S. District Judge David Campbell denied a request from immigrant rights advocates for a preliminary injunction and threw out one of their arguments, but their lawsuit remains alive as they pursue arguments that the young immigrants are suffering from unequal treatment.

Arizona's refusal to view those in President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood...

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Victory: federal Judge Upholds Arizona Governor Brewer's Order Denying Licenses to Illegal Aliens
Stand With Arizona
2013-05-16
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border, illegal immigration, amnesty, deferred action, driver's license, national legislation, President

A Federal judge on Thursday refused to halt Gov. Jan Brewer’s order that denies driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in Arizona who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under Barack Obama’s “DACA” virtual amnesty.

The decision by U.S. District Judge David Campbell rejects the argument by immigrant rights advocates who said Brewer’s policy was unconstitutional because it’s trumped by federal law – an enormous victory for Arizona and defeat for Obama, which should immediately rally other states to deny licenses as well.

Arizona’s refusal to view those in...

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Immigration Reform Bill Includes National Biometric Database
Newsmax
2013-05-12
Tags:
Homeland Security, illegal immigration, amnesty, illegal aliens, Congress, national legislation

A national biometric database of virtually every adult in the United States would be created under the comprehensive immigration reform legislation currently being debated in the Senate.

Such a database, introduced on page 178 of the 844-page bill, has privacy groups fearing that it is the first step toward a national identification system, Wired.com reports.

The reform bill would create a “photo tool” — a huge federal database — that would be administered by the Department of Homeland Security, Wired reports.

It would contain the names, ages, Social Security numbers...

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Heritage: Amnesty will Cost U.S. Taxpayers $6.3 Trillion
NumbersUSA
Chris Chmielenski
2013-05-06
Tags:
economy, jobs, population, enforcement, illegal immigration, amnesty, cost, Congress, national legislation

Earlier this today, the Heritage Foundation released its analysis on the fiscal costs to U.S. taxpayers should the Gang of Eight's amnesty bill pass in Congress. The study found that an amnesty for the nation's 11 million illegal aliens would cost taxpayers $6.3 trillion over the lifetime of the illegal aliens. The study compared dozens of ways that the government would collect taxes and fees from amnestied illegal aliens against the benefits they would receive from the federal government.

The study assigns all federal benefits to four separate categories:

Direct benefits....
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Analysis of Future Flow In Gang of Eight Plan: More than 30 Million Immigrants Granted Legal Status In 10 Years, With The Ability To Bring Their Relatives
An Additional 25 Million Will Be Granted Nonimmigrant Work Visas, Bringing Total to 57 Million
U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions - Alabama
Press Release
2013-05-03
Tags:
jobs, growth, population, visas, immigration, illegal immigration, amnesty, cost, Congress, national legislation

The Gang of Eight has stated, “this legislation does not significantly increase long-term, annual migration to the United States” and has indicated the legislation shift the United States from low-skill and chain migration to high-skill merit-based. Conspicuously, however, they have refused to provide an estimate of future flow. A conservative analysis of the legislation, with low-range estimates for the new and expanded visa programs, reveals that the proposal would dramatically increase the future flow of low-skill workers and chain migration and provide legal status and work...

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New immigration bill has more waivers and exceptions per page than Obamacare
Neil Munro
The Daily Caller
2013-05-02
Tags:
border, fraud, jobs, enforcement, E-Verify, ICE, visas, illegal immigration, national legislation, national security

“The revised [Gang of Eight] 867-page bill contains multiple changes from the first 844-page version, released April 18, but Democrats have not announced any delay to the committee review of the complex bill that begins next week. The bill includes roughly 1.14 waivers or exemptions per page. By comparison, the 2,409-page Obamacare law includes 0.78 waivers and exemptions per page… NumbersUSA has estimated that 33 million extra people would be able to apply to live in the United States because of the immigration bill, under the terms of the original draft.”

The Senate’s “Gang of...

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