Asian immigrants are expected to overtake immigrants from Latin America as America’s largest immigrant group in the coming 50 years, according to new projections from the Pew Research Center.
A new survey from the Pew Research Center shows that nearly half of Americans say immigration to the U.S. should be decreased. This marks the 50th year since passage of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which has resulted in increased immigration to the U.S. and substantial demographic changes.
Pew’s projections in the coming 50 years suggest that by 2065 the U.S. will be host to 78 million immigrants and the foreign-born population will hit a record 18 percent of the U.S. population. Currently 14 percent of the U.S. is foreign-born. Additionally, the U.S. is home to one in five of the world’s immigrants and the immigrant population in the U.S. is “by far,” according to Pew, the world’s largest.
The Pope’s address to Congress should make lawmakers reconsider before insulting immigrants and cutting welfare, according to Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (R-IL).
“As the leader of the Republican Party in Congress, the Speaker must be willing to fight the Obama administration’s dangerous, immoral, and sometimes illegal, actions using every tool our Constitution provides,” Rep. Matt Salmon said. “This is what the majority of Americans want their leaders in Congress to do, and ultimately, Mr. Boehner could no longer provide the leadership necessary to do this.”
House Speaker John Boehner says he ultimately decided to announce his resignation as a step in his on-going effort to strengthen the House. After walking to the podium singing “zippity do dah,” Boehner addressed his newly-announced departure from Congress by telling reporters that his primary goal has been to protect the institution of Congress.
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In a surprise announcement Friday morning during a closed-door Republican conference meeting, John Boehner revealed his intentions to step down as speaker. In his statement, release later Friday, Boehner offered additional details about the circumstances of his early departure. “My mission every day is to fight for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government. Over the last five years, our majority has advanced conservative reforms that will help our children and their children. I am proud of what we have accomplished,” Boehner said in a statement Friday.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is using House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) resignation to slam House Republicans and their efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), the lawmaker who challenged House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) leadership in July, commended the now-outgoing leader for his service in the House and called for the GOP to hear the American people. “Speaker Boehner has served honorably during a difficult time for Republicans when the threat of a veto from the White House constantly impedes our legislative agenda,” Meadows said in a statement Friday.
House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation is an indication that the American people are being heard in the Washington, Heritage Action’s chief executive officer Michael Needham says
“Americans deserve a Congress that fights for opportunity for all and favoritism to none,” Needham said. “Too often, Speaker Boehner has stood in the way. Today’s announcement is a sign that the voice of the American people is breaking through in Washington.”
Over the weekend, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the administration is planning to admit at least 185,000 refugees over the next two years, including 10,000 Syrians in the first year. In reaction, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security reiterated their call for more Syrian refugees. While Democrats push for more Syrian refugees, Republicans are highlighting the national security risks associated with admitting thousands of individuals from terrorist hot spots — particularly when ISIS has indicated it seeks to use the refugee flow as a means of infiltrating the West.
The United States is host to 10 million more foreign-born people than all 27 countries comprising the European Union combined, according to United Nations and European Commission data produced by Republican staffers with the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest.
The Obama administration’s effort to resettle tens of thousands of people from Syria and elsewhere to the U.S. is a national security risk, presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argues.
The vast majority of Central Americans who have been interviewed for the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee/Parole program have been approved to come to the U.S., Breitbart News has learned.
With just under a million Latino U.S. citizens turning 18 each year, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is projecting that by 2016, 16.7 million Latinos will be registered to vote. On National Voter Registration Day, NCLR issued a call to eligible Latinos in the U.S. to “Defeat bigotry on the campaign trail—register and vote!”
The Obama administration is launching a pilot program to provide illegal immigrant families released in the U.S. with social workers who could help them access housing, education, medical services and legal assistance. It’s billed as a way to ensure released illegal immigrant families appear for their immigration court dates.
House Democrats are appealing to Pope Francis to promote comprehensive immigration reform during his visit in the U.S., among other causes. In a series of short videos released Tuesday, Democrats urge the pontiff to advocate for their issues during his address to Congress. In each video a variety of different lawmakers speak directly into the camera and address their statements and desires to the Pope.
As the Obama administration prepares to vastly increase refugee admissions from hot spots like Syria, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL) is raising concerns about the safety of his constituents.
The number of Latin American migrants crossing the southern border increased this August compared to last August, boosting the total migrant inflow to more than 240,000 since 2011.
Nearly half of Americans think the federal government “poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,” according to a recent Gallup poll.
The immigrant population in the U.S. hit a record high 42.4 million in July 2014, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Center for Immigration Studies.
The Obama administration’s plan to resettle nearly 200,000 refugees in the U.S. over the next two years will have real fiscal and national security implications at a time when the U.S. has taken in more migrants than any other country, according to Sen. Jeff Sessions.
The Obama administration’s assurances concerning the admission of thousands of Syrian refugees — given the national security concerns — are not enough, two Republican leaders warn.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says the U.S. should accept 65,000 more Syrian refugees, beyond the 10,000 the Obama administration has planned.
As the Obama administration moves forward with its plans to aggressively accelerate the admission of Syrian refugees, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) is looking to rein in those plans and provide Congress a voice in the matter. “This bill will rein in the Administration’s refugee resettlement plans and give Congress more control over the process by requiring the Administration to get affirmative approval from Congress through the enactment of a joint resolution before any refugees may be admitted into the United States,” McCaul said.
The United States resettles more migrants than any other country in the world and six times more migrants then all the Latin American nations combined, according to an analysis by Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest.
In a decade, the graduating high school class of 2025 is expected to be the largest and most racially diverse on record, with white students making up just half the class, according to a recent analysis.
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) says he will not be attending Pope Francis’ address to Congress next week because of the expected content of the progressive pontiff’s remarks.
More than 36,000 immigrants will become citizens over the next seven days, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Thursday.
“That’s right, apply for citizenship and you can vote for whoever you want to vote for, and you could even vote against the guy who called your whole ethnic group rapists, murderers and drug-dealers,” Gutiérrez said in a speech Thursday on the House floor. “That kind of ugly, un-American attack is moving people to apply for citizenship and moving citizens to become voters,” he added.
The U.S. must learn the costs and national security risks of the refugee resettlement program before it admits any more refugees including Syrian refugees, Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) says. In an interview with Breitbart News, Babin expressed his adamant opposition to President Obama’s recent call to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. next year.
The Obama administration is launching a new, multilingual campaign to encourage eligible immigrants to become U.S. citizens.
Department of Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson’s recent criticisms of sanctuary city policies ring hollow given the Obama administration’s actions enabling such policies, according to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA).
In a single year the real median income of native-born heads of households declined 2.3 percent while the incomes of foreign-born heads of households increased 4.3 percent, according to newly released government data.
The U.S. should accept at least 65,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2016, acceding to Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley. The former Maryland governor says President Obama’s move to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees next year is no more than “a token increase.”
Americans generally believe people fleeing war or political oppression in their home countries should be allowed to seek refuge in other countries, however few think the U.S. should accept more Syrian refugees, according to a new poll.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is pressing the Obama administration on a policy memorandum that he fears could result in the further displacement of U.S. workers.
Nearly half of Florida voters think their state’s former governor — Jeb Bush — and current Senator — Marco Rubio –should drop out of the presidential race, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. Just 40 percent of Florida voters — both Republican and Democrats — think Bush should stay in the race, and 47 percent think the former governor should stand down. Meanwhile, 42 percent said Rubio should stay in the race while 48 percent said he should end his campaign.
The same week the National Border Patrol Council head revealed that one out of every five Border Patrol arrests last year was of a criminal alien, U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas arrested a previously deported, convicted sex offender from Bolivia.
