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executive amnesty

27 articles 2014–2015

WH: Executive Amnesty Raises U.S. Wages 65 Cents a Day

Jeryl Bier · January 27, 2015

The White House launched a new campaign this week to build support for President Obama's executive action on immigration. Although the campaign is to feature state-by-state advantages weekly over the new few months, one of the purported nationwide benefits of the president's actions is what amounts…

Will Impending Spending Deal Solve Immigration?

Michael Warren · December 8, 2014

Congress is closing in on a final spending deal in the last week of the lame duck session, Politico reports. Negotiations between the Republican House and the Democratic Senate on appropriations are nearly complete, and the impending deal would be, according to senior congressional reporter David…

Scammers Take Advantage of Executive Amnesty

Daniel Halper · December 1, 2014

Scammers are taking advantage of President Obama's executive amnesty order. Which is why "advocates and immigration lawyers are doing whatever they can to raise awareness of what the policies mean so scammers don't cost those undocumented immigrants both money and their chances at reprieve,"…

Collision Ahead

Michael Warren · November 24, 2014

Move over, Barack Obama. The Republicans are now the party of hope—at least when it comes to Obama’s expected executive order on immigration.

Homeland Security Chief Heads to Southern Border

Jeryl Bier · November 21, 2014

Director of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will head for the Texas-Mexico border town of McAllen, Texas Friday in the wake of President Obama's announcement regarding his immigration executive order. Johnson will be meeting with DHS employees for "workforce engagements," presumably to discuss and/or…

Cruz Quotes Cicero

Daniel Halper · November 20, 2014

Texas senator Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor to speak out against President Obama's executive amnesty. He did so today by quoting at length from Cicero: