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The House will vote on whether to file a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court to condemn President Obama's executive decree of amnesty for illegal aliens. The Court is expected to rule on the decree sometime this spring or summer. Speaking in favor of the brief, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) stated, “This executive amnesty is a direct attack on the Congress's Article I powers under the Constitution. The president is not permitted to write law. Only Congress is. The House will make that very clear.”

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske said that Border Patrol agents who object to the Obama Administration's lax enforcement policies should "look for another job." His statement was directed toward the Border Patrol union chief who criticized the administration's "catch-and-release" policy for handling illegal aliens.

Illegal immigration comprised of unaccompanied minors and family units is increasing across the Mexican border. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that his state will take action to deal with this situation by extending deployment of the Texas National Guard along the border and initiating other measures by state law enforcement. Said Abbot, “This action would not be necessary if the federal government fulfilled its obligation to secure our nation’s border.”

A report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reveals that employment of working-age native-born Americans has significantly declined since 2007, while employment of immigrants has significantly risen. The report states, "[T]here were . . . 1.3 million fewer working-age (16 to 65) natives holding a job in the fourth quarter of 2015 than in the same quarter of 2007. In contrast, over the same time period the number of immigrants working is up by 1.8 million." Many of these Americans have given up looking for work, CIS notes, but they are not officially counted as unemployed.

Sen. Jeff Session (R-AL) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) have introduced legislation to end loopholes which prevent deportation of unaccompanied illegal alien minors from countries not bordering the U.S. Said Sessions, who chairs the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, “The American people want and deserve a lawful immigration system, but instead we have a system that is manipulated at every turn, resulting in a virtual collapse of enforcement. Not surprisingly, in recent months the number of purported unaccompanied alien children crossing our southern border has more than doubled. Our nation’s schools, hospitals, and social services are facing massive, unsustainable strain.”

In fiscal 2015 Immigration and Customs Enforcement identified 152,393 illegal aliens in detention as criminal threats. Nevertheless, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, almost 60 percent of that total were not processed for deportation. The Obama Administration claims that deporting criminal threats is its top priority in immigration law enforcement.

A South Carolina citizen has filed a lawsuit against South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for promoting refugee resettlement in the state. Also included as defendants are the State Department of Social Services, and two church-based organizations involved in resettlement.

In a comment evidently directed a Donald Trump, Pope Francis stated that "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not of building bridges, is not Christian." The pope made no mention of building bridges of understanding to Americans who view an uncontrolled border as a threat to their nation's sovereignty. The Bible states that God divided the nations and set boundaries among them. (Deut. 32:8) (Acts 17-26)

Hungary's prime minister, Victor Orban, continues to sound alarm against the tide of immigration to Europe. He affirmed the right of European nations to protect their ethnic and Christian roots.