legal immigration

Last week, we lost the brilliant conservative satirist P.J. O’Rourke. It would impossible to catalogue all of the political truths the “Parliament of Whores” author was able to turn into epigrams, but I was reminded of one particular quote where he drove home the fact that comity among our two major parties isn’t a good thing in and of itself: . . . Read more about Report: Bipartisan Effort to Undercut American Workers Underway

Warning: the following may sound too autobiographical, and too dark, for some readers but it relates to our migration and social insurance policies.

A note from Medicare arrived in the mail the other day.

It told me that the government had just spent $162,000 or so on replacing my heart pacemaker; its battery was on the verge of dying. Surgery was involved, apparently expensive surgery. . . . Read more about A Note from Medicare Suggests We Should Subsidize Alien Emigration

Two vital Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports were not given to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs (HSGAC) despite being required by law to do so, according to two Republican senators. . . . Read more about Senators Ask Why Mayorkas’ DHS Withheld Visa Overstays, Afghan Evacuee Vetting Reports

Preliminary U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by the Washington Post shows November was another busy month of Border Patrol as the large wave of people attempting to illegally enter the U.S. via the southern border continues unabated. . . . Read more about CBP's November Border Apprehension Numbers Increase 140 Percent from Last Year

Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has ditched another Trump-era security policy dedicated to screening new refugees who hope to move to the United States. The measure abandoned by the Biden Administration mandated interviews for spouses and children of refugees who want to immigrate to the U.S. . . . Read more about DHS Eases Screening of Spouses and Children of Refugees to Save Time

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a self-described Socialist, has remained silent as corporate special interests seek to dramatically shift the nation’s legal immigration system for their benefit. . . . Read more about Bernie Sanders Silent as Corporations Look to Explicitly Grow Profit Margins via Limitless Immigration

As Oregon prepares to take in approximately 1,200 Afghan refugees in the next 12 months, state lawmakers are asking the Legislature’s emergency board for an additional $18 million to expand services and capacity. . . . Read more about Oregon lawmakers seek extra $18 million for refugee resettlement

According to a senior Biden Administration official, some Afghan nationals are being allowed to enter the United States without visas. . . . Read more about DHS Official: Afghans Without Visas Being Brought to U.S.

The State Department announced on Thursday that evacuees are not required to get a COVID-19 test to travel from Afghanistan out of the country. . . . Read more about Afghanistan Evacuees Don’t Need Negative COVID-19 Tests: State Dept

Blake Masters, chief operating officer at Thiel Capital and newest GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, offers a fresh agenda that sets him apart from the national party: He wants to slashlegal immigration. . . . Read more about Ariz. GOP Senate Candidate Blake Masters Appears To Be Running As An Immigration Patriot