Immigration News

Billionaires Rupert Murdoch and former New York Mayor Michel Bloomberg have endorsed the amnesty legislation proposed by Sen.James Lankford (R-OK) and Sen. Thom Tillis...

Chain migration is the policy that pushes mass immigration. Under it, family connections rather than skills are the basis for most immigrants coming to the United States. An immigrant who comes to the U.S. can petition to bring in his extended family members who in turn can bring in their extended family -- and on and on in a seemingly unending chain. A study by the Center for Immigration Studies found that each legal immigrant, on average, sponsors three additional immigrants. Mexican immigrants, on average, sponsor six. If Congress passes an amnesty for illegal aliens in the DACA category, they will be able to initiate chains of immigration. Passage of the RAISE Act, sponsored by Sen Tom Cotton (R-AR), would mitigate this reward for their lawbreaking by sharply cutting the migration chains.  

President Trump's Domestic Policy Council has drafted a pro-American immigration reform strategy, but it is already being undermined by cheap labor Republicans -- some...

President Trump has decided to limit admissions of refugees to the U.S. next year to no more than 45,000. This will be the lowest level of refugee admissions since 1980. Immigration reformers say that this reduction is long overdue. Among other reasons, it is much more cost effective to resettle refugees in countries near their homelands than bringing them to the United States.   

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the Trump Administration demanding speedy passage of amnesty for the 800,000 illegal aliens in the DACA category. The letter makes no mention of reform to prevent those amnestied aliens from bringing in chains of their relatives. Nor does it endorse measures to prevent illegal immigration in the future. The Chamber commonly lobbies on behalf of businesses seeking cheap labor.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions criticized Portland, Oregon, and other sanctuary cities for "believing they are above the law." By their refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities to remove illegal alien criminals, said Sessions, police in these cities "may be forced to release pedophiles, rapists, murderers, drug dealers and arsonists back into communities where they had no right to be in the first place. He added that "They should, according to law and common sense, be processed and deported." The attorney general also defended the Trump Administration's proposal to cut selected federal grants to sanctuary cities.

The California Legislature has proclaimed California a sanctuary state for illegal aliens. With passage of legislation entitled the "California Values Act," the Legislature declared that state and local law enforcement agencies in the state cannot, in most instances, cooperate with the federal government to enforce immigration laws. California Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign the measure into law. A supporter of the legislation, Democratic Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula declared that "This bill today helps some of believe that California is a safe place for immigrants, that we are a Golden State." Arambula is the grandson of illegal aliens who settled in California.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) says there can be no deal on passing the DACA amnesty for illegal aliens without concessions which protect American workers. Specifically, he said, this means ending chain migration which allows immigrants to bring in family members who in turn bring in their family members--and on and on. This policy fuels mass immigration, which in turn floods U.S. labor markets. Cotton said that President Trump agrees with this view and will not accept a deal unless it protects "the interest of American workers." 

Taxpayers will face a huge bill if President Trump signs legislation to extend legal status to so-called "Dreamers," illegal aliens who arrived as children...

Should Congress give legal status to 800,000 "Dreamer" illegal aliens, it could create a flood of 4 to 6 million chain migrant relatives coming...