26
Jun
Jun
Amnesty Bill
If you wish to follow the amnesty bill, hop over to michellemalkin.com. She is live-blogging the progress of this disgraceful bill as she did before.
Archive for the 'Immigration' Category
08
Jun
Jun
How the Immigration Bill Died
Right Wing News has an excellent post about how the Amnesty Immigration Bill died yesterday. After the 2nd cloture vote failure at noon on Thursday, Harry Reid could not get unanimous consent to call up amendments to the bill because Jim DeMint refused to give his consent. This was extremely problematic for Reid because he [...]
07
Jun
Jun
Immigration Bill
If this immigration bill is passed, I do not think the GOP will survive the fallout from it. I think the Republican Party will be hurt at least until 2010, if not longer. Look at what we are seeing so far. 1. RNC Donations Down 40% Faced with an estimated 40 percent fall-off in small-donor [...]
07
Jun
Jun
Mr. Bush, Put Up That Wall
Terry Frank has posted an article a friend of her’s, Dennis Powers, has written. Here is a small excerpt. “Mr. Bush, Put Up That Wall” Americans loved Reagan’s famous Berlin speech admonishing Russian President Gorbachev to tear down the wall that separated the city and also the metaphorical wall of Communism that separated peoples and [...]
17
Apr
Apr
Virgina Tech Shootings – The Fallout
UPDATE: Please see my follow-up post with new thoughts on this. I have adjusted my position as my original statements were too harsh and incorrect.First of all let me express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of those that were brutally murdered today. My prayers are with you. New information continues to come [...]
26
Jan
Jan
Gingrich Backs English Push as Official Language
Newt Gingrich is backing a push for English as the official language for government business. As I stated a few days ago, support for this is growing. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich yesterday announced his support for legislation that would make English the nation’s official language in order to combat what he calls “an unprecedented [...]
26
Jan
Jan
Illegal Immigrants Afraid to Go to Work
The Fayetteville Observer is reporting that illegal immigrants at the Smithfield Packing Co. are afraid to go to work after 21 illegal immigrants were arrested on Wednesday. “There are hundreds of immigrant families who will have to decide, ‘Do I show up to work (Friday) and risk being arrested by immigration?’” said Eduardo Pena, a [...]
24
Jan
Jan
761 Illegal Immigrants Arrested
The LA Daily News is reporting that federal officials arrested 761 illegal immigrants over the past week. However, it appears that these people were arrested for breaking other laws; not just for being here illegally.
22
Jan
Jan
Support Grows for English
According to this Washington Times article, there is growing support to make English the official language. This would not affect private businesses, but all government business would be done in English. I think this is great, as those who wish to be citizens of this country or use government services should have to know this [...]
18
Jan
Jan
Jail for Protecting Our Borders??
Fox News is reporting that two border patrol agents that shot and killed a Mexican drug runner turned themselves in for their jail terms today. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean began serving 11- and 12-year prison sentences, respectively, for the February 2005 non-fatal shooting of Osvaldo Aldrete Davila. But read what they are “guilty [...]