Immigration News

McClatchy DC reports that the Trump Administration may accept the DACA amnesty for illegal aliens in exchange for concessions in other areas of immigration policy including reductions in legal immigration, mandatory E-Verify, and funding for a border wall.

An article in The Hill states that the Trump Administration should place as much emphasis on the E-Verify program as it does with building a wall on the Mexican border. E-Verify enables employers to check federal data bases to determine whether new hires are authorized to work in the U.S. The program is now voluntary for employers. If it were made mandatory, this article points out, it would be a highly effective tool against illegal immigration by eliminating the "magnet" of jobs for illegal aliens.

The American Bar Association House of Delegates passed a resolution saying that illegal aliens should be able to take the bar exam and practice law. Many commentators noted the irony of lawbreakers being lawyers 

The United States is seeking significant changes in the NAFTA treaty. U.S. Trade Rep. Lighthizer said that President Trump "is not interested in a mere tweaking of a few provisions and an updating of a few chapters. We believe NAFTA has fundamentally failed many, many Americans and needs major improvement." Many believe that NAFTA has encouraged illegal immigration from Mexico.

President Trump says accelerating the United States’ economic growth is one of his administration’s most cherished goals. . . . He embraced a legislative...

Kansas Secretary of State of State Kris Kobach, a long-time supporter of immigration reform, has endorsed the RISE Act, which would cut legal immigration in half. Legal immigration now runs at the highest sustained level in our country's history.  About the prospects of this legislation passing, Kobach stated, "I think it has a shot. It wouldn't say a long shot, but the odds are against it right now unless the red state Republicans can feel the heat from their base.

Conservative commentator Ken Blackwell stated, "President Donald Trump issued an executive order to stop subsidizing cities that obstruct immigration law. Chicago filed suit in response. Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to continue collecting federal dollars while ignoring federal policy." "Chicago is a 'sanctuary city.' That sounds nice, kind of like Oscar Schindler protecting Jews from the Nazis. It actually means protecting illegal aliens who commit crimes from being punished and deported. When President Donald Trump took office, some 300 jurisdictions, including 106 cities, actively interfered with federal law enforcement."

A columnist writing in the San Diego Times asked why California has the highest poverty rate of any state in the union. Twenty percent of the state's residents are below the poverty level, and another twenty percent live in "near poverty." This is interesting because California is the state with the largest number and percentage of immigrants. Immigration advocates constantly maintain that mass immigration always brings prosperity. A study by the Heritage Foundation found that our present immigration system "imports poverty."

A Politico/Morning Consult Poll found that majorities of American voters support key provisions of the RAISE Act. Forty-eight percent endorse its key proposal to...

In her column Wednesday, Ann Coulter discusses the RAISE Act bill and the corporate media's failure to cover it: The media have chosen not to cover...