Archive for the 'Legislation' Category

Day Laborer Center must check workers’ immigration status

August 17th, 2007

This should be the benchmark for every day laborer center in the nation. After all, if they don’t check, they could be facilitating the commission of a crime. HERNDON, Va. (AP) – A crackdown on providing services to illegal immigrants in Herndon will likely mean big changes for the town’s day-labor center. The Herndon Town [...]

Employers brace for immigration rules

August 14th, 2007

Well well, what do you know, the government is finally going to enforce the law! Or at least they say that’s what they will do. Employers across the country may have to fire workers with questionable Social Security numbers to avoid getting snagged in a Bush administration crackdown on illegal immigrants. The Department of Homeland [...]

Tancredo Blasts Dems for Funding Illegal Alien Healthcare

August 14th, 2007

Congressman Tancredo is one of the few who “gets it” on illegal aliens and the damage they do to our country. Here he points out how Democrats in Congress are willing to spend your money to support the illegals. Congressman says Democrats do not represent America’s working families U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) today criticized [...]

McCain changes course on immigration

August 14th, 2007

Apparently he’s getting desperate since his campaign is faltering, so now he tries this. Republican presidential hopeful John McCain on Thursday backed a scaled-down proposal that imposes strict rules to end illegal immigration but doesn’t include a path to citizenship. The move away from a comprehensive measure is an about-face for the Arizona senator, who [...]

Lou Dobbs describes the latest amnesty bill

June 21st, 2007

From June 11, here is a video from Lou Dobbs Tonight that discusses legislation that (some of) our elected representatives are trying to sneak past us. Take a few deep, calming breaths and then read about some provisions of the latest amnesty bill: Illegals get legal status after 24 hours even without a complete background [...]

Colorado Governor signs tough immigration law

August 2nd, 2006

More and more states are enacting these laws against illegal aliens. This is said to be the toughest law in the country so far. Governor Bill Owens signed it on Monday, July 31. From the Rocky Mountain News: Colorado’s new landmark anti-illegal-immigration law cuts a wide swath through local and state government and will require [...]

Small Town Defenders

July 26th, 2006

Wouldn’t it be great if every city and town in the nation enacted laws like Mayor Barletta’s? Check out www.smalltowndefenders.com and submit the law to your own City Council for implementation. Welcome to Small Town Defenders! I’m Lou Barletta, the proud Mayor of the City of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Recently, our City has greatly suffered from [...]

States target employers of illegals

July 13th, 2006

Americans are anxious to see some progress in the area of illegal immigration. Since the US isn’t doing much, the states are getting desperate and trying to get the problem under control. While the US House holds on-the-road hearings on reforming federal immigration laws, states and localities have already passed a raft of statutes that [...]

Illegal Immigration Bills Passed in Colorado

July 13th, 2006

The Associated Press says these bills were passed by a State Legislature controlled by Democrats. And when Democrats start denying entitlement programs to people, you know it’s crunch time. State lawmakers approved a measure late Monday that would force a million people receiving state or federal aid to verify their citizenship, part of a package [...]

House Wants to Deny Aid to Sanctuary Cities

July 13th, 2006

The United States House of Representatives has been doing excellent work recently. The Washington Post describes their latest sortie in the battle against illegal aliens. I’m so proud of those guys! WASHINGTON — Cities and states that aid illegal immigrants without reporting them to the authorities risk losing millions of dollars in homeland security and [...]