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Lou Dobbs Already Flip-Flopping on ‘Amnesty’?

By | 11.25.09 | 12:17 pm

After years of slamming anyone who proposed any sort of “amnesty” for “illegal aliens,” former CNN host Lou Dobbs has apparently changed his tune. On Friday, he told the Spanish-language TV station: “We need the ability to legalize illegal immigrants under certain conditions.”

An RNC Purity Test?

By | 11.23.09 | 1:09 pm

Reid Wilson has the first look at a resolution being pushed by Republican National Committee member Jim Bopp, author of the infamous “socialist” resolution, that would aim to prevent future NY-23 disasters by requiring that candidates agree to at least seven of 10 issue promises in order to receive More…

New Report Finds Legalization of Immigrants Substantially Improves Economic Status

By | 11.05.09 | 5:47 pm

A new report prepared for the Immigration Policy Center finds that illegal immigrants who gained legal status in the 1980s via the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) went on to earn substantial gains in their socioeconomic status. The report suggests that, contrary to the idea that legalizing More…

Here They Come: Tea Parties Against ‘Amnesty’

By | 10.28.09 | 10:58 am

The immigration restrictionist group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) said it’s flooding Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, and planning another round of Tea Parties, to motivate what they hope will be a huge backlash against any attempt to legalize any undocumented immigrants in the United States. The group More…

Poll: Mexicans More Likely to Come to U.S. if Granted Amnesty

By | 10.14.09 | 4:59 pm

The polling wars on immigration reform have officially begun. Today, the Center for Immigration Studies, which aims to restrict immigration to the United States and deport those who are here illegally, sent around the findings of a recent Zogby poll which finds that — surprise! — a majority More…

Rep. Steve King – The President ‘Threw the First Punch’ Against Joe Wilson

By | 09.16.09 | 8:35 am

At last night’s reception for the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” campaign, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) gave a spirited tribute to Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.). Wilson, said King, was an “officer and a gentleman,” and if “amnesty” is stripped from the health care More…

CATO Institute Finds $180 Billion Benefit to Legalizing Illegal Immigrants

By | 08.14.09 | 3:31 pm

A new study from the libertarian CATO Institute concludes that legalizing the more than eight million undocumented workers in the United States would have significant economic benefits for the country, while simply enhancing border enforcement and applying restrictive immigration laws would actually hurt the U.S. economically.

Obama: Immigration Reform Not Happening Until Next Year

By | 08.10.09 | 5:25 pm

A comprehensive immigration reform bill might be drafted by the end of this year, but President Obama said in Mexico today that he would not expect anything to pass until 2010, according to The Hill.

Immigration reform has never been at the top of the president’s More…

Obama Prays for Immigration Reform

By | 06.19.09 | 12:00 pm

Addressing a National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast sponsored by Esperanza, a Hispanic religious coalition, President Obama this morning won applause for reiterating his commitment to immigration reform.

Quoting scripture, invoking the “love thy neighbor” religious command and noting the nomination of the first Hispanic to be a justice on the Supreme More…

Napolitano Ducks on Immigrant Legalization

By | 05.06.09 | 12:23 pm

At the Senate Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing this morning, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano carefully skirted repeated questions about her views of whether longtime undocumented immigrants living in the United States ought to get a chance at legalization.

Although Napolitano did say she supports the DREAM Act — which would More…