Illegal Alien Arrested for Tibbets Murder

An illegal alien from Mexico has been arrested for the murder of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student whose disappearance last month drew national attention.  Iowa GOP Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst issued the following statement: "Too many Iowans have been lost at the hands of criminals who broke our immigration laws. We cannot afford to allow these crimes to continue."  

Trump Attacks ‘Abolish ICE’

President Trump took at the movement to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency that does interior enforcement of immigration law. Prompting this movement is the president's policy of having ICE enforce the law more aggressively than in the past. "Tragically," the president charged, "the brave men and women of ICE have recently been subjected to a nationwide campaign of smears, insults and attacks by politicians shamelessly catering to the extreme elements in our society."

ACLU Sues Administration on Asylum

The radical-left American Civil Liberties has sued the Trump Administration for its "expedited removal" asylum policy. The administration affirms the traditional standards of asylum, admission on the basis of a "credible fear" of persecution on the basis of race, religion, nationality, social group, or political opinion. The ACLU wants asylum include people seeking to flee high crime rates and domestic violence. Critics maintain that this expansion would dilute the concept and meaning of asylum. 

Viewers Support Ingraham

Left-wing critics vehemently attacked Fox News host Laura Ingram for her recent statement that most Americans don't like the "massive demographic changes" forced on them by mass immigration. Some of the critics labeled her a "Nazi" and "absolute evil."  Evidently viewers don't agree.  In the week following her statement, drew a larger audience for her time slot than both CNN and MSNBC. 

Sessions to DOJ: Cut SPLC Ties

The Justice Department sometimes works with the radical left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an organization that generally labels support for immigration restriction as "hate." Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the time has come for this collusion to stop. He  noted that the SPLC uses hate designations "as a weapon [to] bully and intimidate" individuals and groups it doesn't like. " Critics have described the SPLC as a neo-communist organization. 

Yoder Invites Mass Migration

Peter Kirsanow, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, strongly criticized the amendment to the 2019 spending bill authored by Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS). Yoder's amendment would reverse the asylum reforms of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and reinstitute the Obama Administration policy of releasing illegal aliens with their promises to show up for asylum hearings. Kirsanow affirmed that the amendment would encourage "massive waves" of foreigners to enter the United States and thereby depress wages of poor American workers. 

Taxpayers Mostly Fund Refugee ‘Volags’

The U.S. refugee resettlement involves "charitable" organizations called "volags" (voluntary agencies). A study by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) notes that these organizations have a vested financial interest in increasing refugee resettlement. Despite their name, most of their funding is not voluntary. Very large shares of their funding comes from American taxpayers.     The study notes that "These volags are funded, for the most part, by the U.S. government. Government funding ranges from a low of 58.5 percent to a high of 97.3 percent.  .  .  . Yearly compensations for the heads of these organizations range from a low of $132,000 to a high of $671,749."

Ingraham: Immigration Erases America

Fox News Host Laura Ingraham stated that "In some parts of the country it does seem that the America we know and love doesn't exist anymore. Massive demographic changes have been foisted upon the American people. And they're changes that none of us ever voted for and most of us don't like. Now much of this is related to both illegal and, in some cases, legal immigration.  .  .  ."

Trump Plans ‘Public Charge’ Enforcement

Under the law prospective immigrants who are likely to become "public charges" (i.e.,  dependent on public assistance) can be denied admission, and those who are admitted and later become public charges can be deported. It is a law, however, which is rarely enforced. The Trump Administration is making plans to change this situation.  A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security stated: "The administration is committed to enforcing existing immigration law, which is clearly intended to protect the American taxpayer by ensuring that foreign nationals seeking to enter or remain in the U.S are self-sufficient. Any proposed changes would ensure that the government takes the responsibility of being good stewards of taxpayer funds seriously and adjudicates immigration benefit requests in accordance with the law."

Most Refugees Not in Danger

The Center for Immigration Studies cites data from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) showing that "For most refugees, resettlement is not a matter of life an death." Of the refugees it submitted for resettlement in 2017, only 1.1 percent were in "emergency" status and only 6.4 percent were in "urgent" status. The remaining 92.5 were classified as "normal" status, which the UNHCR defines as "[circumstances] where there are no immediate medical, social, or security concerns which would merit expedited processing."