A pair of Republican senators want to know how many illegal immigrants have been granted Social Security Numbers and whether amnestied illegal immigrants have applied for and received benefits under either the Social Security Disability Insurance program or the Supplemental Security Income program.
In response to a lawsuit filed against President Obama’s executive amnesty by Texas and 25 others states, California leads a contingency of 14 mostly Democratic states pushing forward the Obama plan to grant freedom from deportation for three years—or maybe longer—to five million illegal aliens.
Fourteen, largely blue, states are calling on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court’s ruling and allow President Obama’s executive amnesty to go forward.
The Obama administration is appealing to a higher court in an attempt to get its executive amnesty program started again.
Legal immigrants are waiting in line behind illegal immigrants under President Obama’s executive amnesty, a new report shows.
A Congressional memo confirms that amnesty beneficiaries would not only be able to claim Social Security benefits but would be able to receive credit for work they did before their status was adjusted. That is: illegal work.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says he will introduce legislation to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining tax credits for illegal work once they have been granted Social Security numbers under President Obama’s executive amnesty Tuesday.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol officers—along with their families—are living in fear and uncertainty every day under President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Monday night.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The judge who blocked President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration has ordered the Justice Department to answer allegations the government misled him about part of the plan.
Kenneth Palinkas, President of the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council, which represents employees at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said that people applying under executive immigration programs are “not going to be properly vetted” on Monday’s “Your World with
House Speaker John Boehner insists he’s sticking with the Republican party even though he’s repeatedly turned to Democrats to pass bills conservatives oppose.
Columnist and author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican,” Ann Coulter criticized Democrats for “always calling for dialogue” but boycotting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “Did you see the Democrats’ reactions
A new bombshell report from Politico found that House Speaker John Boehner had several days of secret negotiations with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the recently emboldened former Speaker, leading up to his decision to flip-flop and fund President Obama’s executive amnesty—including a pre-hashed out deal to use the hoopla around Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Tuesday address to Congress over Iran’s nuclear ambitions as political cover to sneak in the extraordinarily controversial vote. Even with the bombshell report, however, Boehner’s office continues to deny any deal took place.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion for discovery on Thursday to investigate whether the Obama Administration misrepresented actions taken under President Obama’s executive orders granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick quickly issued statements of support of the call for an investigation. The issue revolves around admissions by the Administration that tens of thousands of work permits have already been issued to illegal immigrants, a direct contradiction to facts presented in federal court.
A new report says illegal immigrants could claim about $1.7 billion in benefits under President Obama’s executive amnesty.
The Obama administration wants U.S. Federal Judge Andrew Hanen to reverse his prior decision and allow President Obama’s executive amnesty to go forward by Monday. If not, the administration says it will go to a higher court.
Columnist and author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican,” Ann Coulter said that on the president’s executive action on immigration, “the Democrats want it for the votes, the Republican businesses want it for the cheap labor” on
After his weekend appearance on Fox News, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is explaining his stance on immigration policy.
In Monday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) questioned U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials about whether the agency was taking funds from fees paid by legal immigrants and diverting them to pay for President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty program. Cruz also asked about how USCIS officials were complying with the recent temporary injunction issued by a federal district court judge in Texas, which was supposed to block the Obama administration from implementing the program.
DHS Sec. Jeh Johnson is thanking Congress for delivering on his request to fully fund his department, and President Obama’s legally questionable executive amnesty.
The government can move quickly when it wants to, apparently. The Obama administration admits it approved 100,000 applications under President Obama’s executive amnesty expansion before a federal court put the program on hold. All the approvals were granted between November, 2014 and February of this year.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) argued that the Senate should be allowed to vote on any Iran deal agreed to by the administration and declared “it’s going to have to be a good deal or no deal” on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on the
House Speaker John Boehner is losing influence in his conference, and relied on Democrat votes to pass a DHS funding bill on Tuesday.
Democrats are a minority in both Houses of Congress, but you wouldn’t know it. They’re crowing about forcing the House to accept a Senate-passed DHS spending bill that contains funding for President Obama’s executive amnesty.
The House passed a Senate-passed DHS spending bill on Tuesday with Democratic votes. It’s seen as a vote of no-confidence in Speaker John Boehner’s leadership.
The House passed full funding of DHS through September 30 — leaving President Obama’s executive amnesty untouched. The vote was 257-167 and the measure passed with majority Democratic votes. Seventy-five Republicans voted to pass the clean bill, 167 voted against passage.
Amid news that House Republican leadership intends to allow a vote on a so-called “clean” Department of Homeland Security funding bill, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) expressed dismay that Congress has surrendered its status as a co-equal branch and allowed President Obama’s executive amnesty to go ahead unchecked.
In a potential battle of the PACs, the Club for Growth PAC has a message for House Republicans who might be targeted by the American Action Network: “if the Speaker of the House attacks you for standing up for economic freedom and limited government, the Club for Growth PAC will have your back.”
After the Israeli Prime Minister speaks, the Speaker plans to cave on executive amnesty.
Now that the Senate has essentially rejected the House’s move to a conference committee, eyes once again return to the House and how House Republicans will respond.
The former chiefs of staff to House Speaker John Boehner and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus are part of a concerted effort to target House conservatives with advertisements aimed at pressuring them to cave to President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty and fund it in its entirety through the end of the fiscal year.
With a cave on executive amnesty looking likely, it remains to be seen whether Speaker John Boehner can deflect blame.
Rep. Steve King says the House must act to preempt a little-known procedural rule that could allow a Democratic House Member to force a vote on the Senate’s clean Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.
President Obama’s executive amnesty would to more than allow illegals to stay. It would allow many to claim a big payday from the government. The acting head of the IRS is confirming that illegals given amnesty would be eligible to claim tax credits for up to three prior tax years for work they did illegally.
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) said that House Republicans “are forbidding Secretary of Homeland Security Johnson from having an organized approach to fighting terrorism” on Monday’s broadcast of “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart,” despite her earlier praise of Senate Democrats for
On Sunday’s “State of the Union” on CNN, host Dana Bash asked Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) why he doesn’t “know the political reality” on the funding battle over the president’s executive action on immigration. The interview began with Bash asking
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) called for Senate Republicans to abolish the filibuster on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC. Host Chuck Todd asked McCarthy, “one way that this could change is, since Republicans do have the majority, is
Columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to the House’s failure to pass a short-term DHS funding bill that did not touch the president’s executive action on immigration by saying Republicans “can’t execute a surrender” on Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News
Representative and DCCC Chairman Steve Israel (D-NY) attacked Republicans for trying to “play games with homeland security,” after he voted against a resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security on Friday’s “Situation Room” on CNN. “We’re not trying to
House members voted down a stop-gap funding bill on Friday, leaving funding for DHS unclear as a midnight deadline looms.