ObAmnesty less flexible for military, includes some IRCA rejects

Medallion marking the spot where the US and Mexico borders meet. [Customs and Border Patrol photo by James R. Tourtellotte]President Barack Obama’s blueprint for “deferred action”—de facto amnesty—is posted at the Dept. of Homeland Security.

However, ObAmnesty appears to be less flexible for the military and could include some families who chose not to apply for citizenship under the 1986 Amnesty.

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Mexico’s criminal aliens a costly, harmful problem in US

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) asked the US Government Accountability Office to detail the impact of criminal aliens on the U.S. The results are very troubling and they suggest that if amnesty or a DREAM Act was passed, the agency responsible for implementing the legislation would not be able to handle it.

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TSA body scanners, pat downs make strange world stranger

If you’re not upset about seeing video of a little boy undergoing a pat down courtesy of the Transportation Security Administration, you’d be right at home living in Cuba. Would those scanners and pat downs have prevented acts of terrorism like those we’ve already dealt with? Does America feel strange to you these days?

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Sen. Grassley still waiting on answers about ‘systemic problems’ with fraud, visas in immigration

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has fired off a series of letters to top government officials about possible fraud in visa applications and applications for benefits.

In a press release Oct. 15, Grassley said he asked the Secretary of the US Dept. of Homeland Security and the Inspector General at DHS “to address evidence from statements made by immigration officers that senior US Citizenship and Immigration Services leaders are putting pressure on employees to approve more visa applications, even if the applications might be fraudulent or the applicant is ineligible.”

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Sen. Grassley wants answers from USCIS about immigration benefits fraud

Progressives and right wingers often cloud the issue of immigration by painting a simple picture. Progressives push the idea of a simple migrant worker in search of the American dream. Right wingers push the idea of terrorists sneaking across the border to do us harm. Fact is there’s some truth in both straw men, but what most overlook is an issue high on a fiscal conservative’s list of concerns. Money.

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JP Morgan Chase lockbox services get $89 million from US as jobs shipped overseas

Would it be a surprise to learn a bailout bank that received more than $94 billion in taxpayer funds that haven’t yet been paid back in total also received more than $89 million for a service related to immigration? And despite those windfalls, would it surprise you to learn the bank shipped jobs overseas?

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