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Following Obama’s speech on Thursday evening — during which he announced that he will unilaterally protect some 5 million illegal aliens from deportation — Central American media outlets ran front-page articles describing the president’s order. Nearly every top online newspaper in Central

Bristol County, MA Sheriff Thomas Hodgson (R) reported that President Obama’s executive action on immigration will “make it impossible for us to be able to notify ICE when we have people that ought to be detained and deported” on Saturday’s

What can a chronicler of barbarian invasions, writing in the 18th century, explain to Americans in the 21st century?What lessons can we learn today from the fall of an ancient empire? Plenty. Many. Indeed, as immigration is a hot issue

On Friday, HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher argued that Republican outrage over President Obama’s executive action on immigration was unwarranted because Obama “reached out” to the GOP. “He [Obama] purposely reached out to the Republicans in his executive order.

President Obama’s executive action on immigration will have a “dramatic impact” on Border Patrol agents, the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) told Breitbart Texas.  Shawn Moran, Vice President of the NBPC, told Breitbart Texas, “This issue will obviously have a dramatic

Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) argued that the Republican Party will win elections if it focuses on appealing working class voters on Friday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” “The bread and butter of what makes my state work and I think makes this

Friday on Newsmax TV’s “America’s Forum,” former Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson said President Barack Obama’s executive order amnesty is part of his “nefarious agenda,” that will cause illegal immigrants to flood the welfare roles and create a new wave

When an American president threatens to govern by Executive Order, he has really declared he will govern by arbitrary power: his will instead of the will of the people. We are witnesses to the subversion of popular government when the

Arizona State Representative Steve Montenegro (R) who is a legal immigrant from El Salvador, argued that President Obama’s executive order on immigration was ” a slap in the face to immigrants” on Thursday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel.

Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) declared President Obama’s executive order on immigration “offensive” to the Constitution, African-Americans, and Hispanics on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “[The executive order] is such an offense to the Constitution, and by the way,

The Fox News Channel’s “O’Reilly Factor” anchor Bill O’Reilly said that President Obama’s executive order was “compassionate” but “may not be a just move” in an interview with illegal immigrant and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas on Thursday. O’Reilly started by

Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that President Obama’s executive order on immigration was telling legal immigrants that they were “chumps” on Thursday’s “O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel. “I think on the policy, it is very clear that he is

Former Border Patrol National Deputy Chief Ronald Coburn declared that the President Obama’s executive order on immigration will put Border Patrol agents “at much greater danger” and that the president is “ready to go off the cliff” on Thursday’s “The

White House Political Director David Simas argued that President Barack Obama was right in 2011 when he said that he could not suspend deportations through an executive order, but is also within his power to implement immigration reform via an

Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) responded to her party’s electoral defeat by claiming that Republicans won where “there’s not a large amount of immigrant people” on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “@This Hour.”  When Sanchez was asked whether the president should still

AUSTIN, Texas — “It’s a very real possibility” that the state of Texas would file a lawsuit to block President Barack Obama’s plan to enact sweeping immigration reforms by executive order, said Texas Governor Rick Perry in a speech at

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi argues President Barack Obama has ample authority to take executive actions as many presidents before him have done, including President Abraham Lincoln.  “Does the public know the Emancipation Proclamation was an executive

President Obama’s announcement tonight may bring a “constitutional crisis,” in the words of Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID), but Republicans in Congress haven’t the damndest idea what they’ll do about it. As they departed the House floor, many en route to

The internet has long been fascinated by the idea of President Obama as a king or an emperor based on his aggressive use of executive power.  It’s a common criticism for American presidents; cartoonists once portrayed Andrew Jackson as a king, and

AUSTIN, Texas — The State of Texas is set to pull back the Texas National Guard from the Mexican border with claims of replacing them with state troopers and technology. Contrary to widespread belief, Texas leaders did not did not deploy

National Journal Senior Political Columnist and Editorial Director Ron Fournier said that the president’s planned executive order on immigration could cause the 2016 election to be like the 2014 election with low turnout among Hispanics on Wednesday’s “On the Record” on

Columnist Charles Krauthammer said that President Obama’s planned executive order on immigration is comparable to the actions of a leader of a banana republic on Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “The only rationale Obama is citing in

Columnist George Will argued that President Obama’s planned executive order on immigration was “institutional vandalism” on Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “I think this is institutional vandalism that we’re seeing here. after 9/11, the FBI and other

Representative Steve King (R-IA) said that no options will be taken off the table in the GOP’s effort to block an executive order on immigration by President Obama on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead.” “The first thing we need

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is using President Barack Obama’s own words to argue against executive action on immigration. Boehner spokesman Matt Wolking on Wednesday laid out 22 instances when Obama said he could not create or ignore immigration law

Conservatives say that Republican leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, will be “complicit” in President Barack Obama’s planned executive amnesty if they don’t pull out all the stops to block him. They warn

Emperor Barack Obama will crown himself on Thursday, Nov. 20 by revealing to the nation his plan to grant “amnesty” to millions of illegal aliens by an executive order delaying their prosecution indefinitely. The title “emperor” is one he himself

WASHINGTON, D.C.—If President Obama moves forward with his executive actions on immigration he would be “squandering” one of the best prospects for bipartisan immigration reform, according to Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX). “There is an opportunity for the president

Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “America’s Forum,” Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) said President Barack Obama’s executive order amnesty plan puts the needs of those from other countries before citizens’ needs and is a cynical attempt to increase the Democratic Party’s voting

1. 2011 Univision town hall: “There are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system that for me to simply, through executive order, ignore those congressional

Tuesday, the soon-to-be Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) urged President Barack Obama to “go big, as big as he can” with his planned executive action on immigration while GOP leaders are asking the president to wait and allow time

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has signed an authorization to mobilize an estimated 2,100 Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers from 12 states to fight the lethal Ebola virus in West Africa.   The U.S. Army has identified 16 Reserve and National

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in his state on Monday. The order was posted as St. Louis residents wait anxiously on the decision of the county’s grand jury as to whether or

President Obama is expected to issue an executive order to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation as soon as this week. The move will frustrate and anger Republicans—some of whom argue that such an action would not only be

In a 2011 town hall with Univision, President Barack Obama said “it was not the case” that he could suspend deportations unilaterally and argued that he could not extend temporary protected status to illegal immigrants looking for economic opportunity. When