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DHS Extends Employment Authorization to Spouses of H1-B Visa Holders
The Obama administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending eligibility for employment authorization to some dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants who are seeking employment-based lawful permanent resident (LPR)...
As Democrat Filibuster of DHS Bill Holds, McConnell Urges Plan B
For the fourth time on February 23, a filibuster by Senate Democrats to block a vote on a House-passed Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which denies funding for...
Lindsey Graham Asks GOP to Mend Fences With Obama and Fund DHS
Senator Lindsey Graham said if Republicans de-fund the Department of Homeland Security it would be the “worst thing to do” and would only “add gasoline to the fire.” ...
Obama Immigration Amnesty Action Is on Hold as Appeals Are Planned
Though President Obama said at a February 17 press conference that he disagreed with U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen’s ruling the previous day that temporarily blocked his plans...
Cruz Says Obama Administration Is “Counterfeiting Immigration Documents”
Senator Ted Cruz said the Obama administration has gone beyond using “prosecutorial discretion” to enforce immigration law, and is “counterfeiting immigration documents.” ...
Illegal Immigrants Eligible for Earned Income Tax Credit, Other Benefits
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, during a House Oversight Committee hearing last week, stated that illegal immigrants granted work permits under the Obama administration’s amnesty orders will qualify for the...
Federal Judge Stops Obama Executive Action Amnesty
U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Brownsville issued an order of temporary injunction on February 16 that...
Boehner Says House Has Done Its Job — DHS Funding Up to Senate
In an interview taped on February 13 with Chris Wallace, anchor of Fox News Sunday, Speaker of the House John Boehner said he cannot promise the American people that...
Cost of Illegal Immigrant Students Hits School Budgets
The cost of educating the tens of thousands of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) who poured across our borders in the spring and summer of 2014 is having a continued...
Poll Shows More Americans Dissatisfied With Abortion Laws
Gallup’s annual Mood of the Nation poll conducted from January 5-8 indicated that only 34 percent of respondents are satisfied with “the nation’s policies regarding the abortion issue,” while...
McConnell Says House Must Amend DHS Funding Bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on February 10 that because the House-passed legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security is “stuck” in the Senate, the only...
Obama Administration Sets Up Complaint Hotline for Illegal Immigrants
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has established a hotline so that illegal aliens who think that their apprehension and pending deportation may not be in compliance with the...
Jeh Johnson Urges Congress to Relent on DHS Funding Dispute
During a February 8 interview with anchorwoman Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson warned that approximately 30,000 DHS employees would be...
Almost Two-thirds of Journalists Think Government Spies on Them
Almost two-thirds of investigative journalists (64 percent) polled in a recent survey said they believe that the U.S. government has probably collected data about their phone calls, e-mails, or...
Republicans Oppose Cruz Quest to Block Loretta Lynch Confirmation
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a steadfast opponent of the Obama administration’s use of executive actions to grant amnesty to illegal aliens, is facing opposition from members of his own...