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    96% of Illegal Immigrant Families With Deportation Orders ‘Can’t Be Found’

    Thousands of illegal immigrants who spilled into border states earlier this year have “disappeared” from government tracking, according to a recent investigation by a Houston TV station. 96 percent of the more than 4,100 families released on recognizance and ordered deported did not show up to court. The wave of unaccompanied children and women illegally…
    Natalie Johnson
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    Why a Federal Judge Says Obama’s Immigration Action Is Unconstitutional

    The U.S. Justice Department and the Obama administration have lost their first battle in the war over the president’s plan to provide “deferred action,” or amnesty, to almost 5 million illegal aliens. When the judge for a Pennsylvania federal district court held on Dec. 16 that President Obama’s “Executive Action is unconstitutional because it violates the…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    What Christmas Means to My Immigrant Family

    I’m not much of a sentimental guy, but I have to admit I get pretty sentimental at Christmas. It is a special time in my family, not least because of eventful Christmases that my parents, who are no longer with us, experienced in their lives. I’ve written about those Christmases on previous occasions, such as…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Reasons a Federal Court Gave for Declaring Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration Unconstitutional

    On Tuesday, in United States v. Juarez-Escobar, a federal district court in Pennsylvania held that President Obama’s Nov. 20 executive action on immigration, which affects millions of illegal aliens currently in the United States, violates the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers. This is the first time a court has ruled on the constitutional status of…
    Alden Abbott
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    Federal Judge: Obama Immigration Actions Unconstitutional

    A federal judge today ruled that President Obama’s executive actions on immigration are unconstitutional—the first time a court has weighed in since the president’s Nov. 20 announcement. “President Obama’s unilateral legislative action violates the separation of powers provided for in the Constitution as well as the Take Care Clause, and therefore, is unconstitutional,” wrote U.S….
    Josh Siegel
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    Think Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration Was Outrageous? Check Out What He’s Doing at the EPA.

    If you think President Obama’s unilateral exercise of executive powers granting near-blanket amnesty to illegal immigrants was an abuse of power, get a load of what this administration is doing over at the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan regulations are the most expansive and economically disruptive rules in four decades from…
    Stephen Moore
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    Court Ruling Challenges Obama Immigration Action

    In a ruling that could short-circuit one of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, a federal court has allowed U.S. tech workers to challenge extensions of foreign laborers’ status here. The case of Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has “major implications” for the president’s ability to expand the number…
    Kenric Ward
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    Republicans Lose Round 1 to Obama on Immigration

    Well, that didn’t take long. In the first standoff between Republican leadership and President Obama following the November elections, the GOP is showing signs it doesn’t have the fortitude to fight the good fight. There is no good reason for the House NOT to take real action now. We went from House Speaker John Boehner…
    Genevieve Wood
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    House Approves ‘Purely Symbolic’ Bill to Block Obama’s Immigration Actions

    The House of Representatives took its first action protesting President Obama’s executive action on immigration. The bill, which was called “purely symbolic” by critics, is unlikely to be considered by the Democrat-controlled Senate. The Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act, drafted by Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., passed in the House this afternoon on a mostly…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Why 17 States Have Gone to Court Over Obama’s Action on Illegal Immigration

    A third of the states have taken federal immigration enforcement agencies to court, challenging President Obama’s executive actions granting legal status to millions of illegal immigrants. Led by Texas Attorney General and Gov.-elect Greg Abbott, a coalition of 17 states filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration yesterday in U.S. District Court in Texas. Abbott,…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Conservatives Push Short-Term Funding to Block Obama on Illegal Immigrants

    Breaking with House Republican leaders, conservatives are pressing for a short-term plan to fund the government while blocking President Obama’s move to grant legal status to millions of illegal immigrants. The measure would allow the new Congress to weigh in on the president’s unilateral action and shape the spending debate. Speaking yesterday during Conversations with…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Congressman Rips Reporters as Obama’s ‘Shills’ on Immigration

    Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, today criticized members of the news media for failing to do their homework on the history of President Obama and immigration reform, urging them to “stop being shills for this president.” Addressing reporters at the monthly Capitol Hill gathering Conversations with Conservatives, Labrador began by noting that the House Judiciary Committee has passed…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration Could Cost Taxpayers $40 Billion a Year

    The Heritage Foundation is calculating that President Obama’s executive action on immigration could lead to as much as $40 billion in additional federal spending annually. Appearing on Fox News’ Special Report Tuesday, Heritage Foundation vice president Derrick Morgan explained the reasoning behind how the number was calculated: “Anybody with an average 10th grade education will probably…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    Watch Live as Conservatives React to House GOP’s Immigration Plan

    The monthly Conversations with Conservatives forum takes place today at 11 a.m., shortly after House Republicans gather for a closed-door meeting to plot their strategy for the lame-duck session of Congress. Immigration figures to be among the topics up for discussion as conservatives seek a strong response to President Obama’s recent executive order shielding an…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    The 10 Steps America Should Take on Immigration Reform

    President Obama’s executive action on immigration further damages our malfunctioning immigration system and, more importantly, threatens to upend our entire governing system. The president’s program shreds the rule of law and encourages even more illegal immigration. Moreover, Obama is abandoning his oath of office to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” Obama's own…
    David Inserra
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    Report: Yes, Congress Can Stop Obama’s Immigration Moves With ‘Power of Purse’

    Congress may use its “power of the purse” to block President Obama’s executive action on illegal immigrants, a prominent legislative and policy authority on Capitol Hill concludes. The new report from the Congressional Research Service says that the House Appropriations Committee was incorrect last week in saying the government agency most responsible for implementing Obama’s…
    Josh Siegel
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    Watch Obama Struggle to Quiet Hecklers Upset About Immigration

    President Obama yesterday struggled to quiet hecklers who claim his executive action on immigration didn’t go far enough. During a speech Tuesday at Chicago’s Copernicus Center, a group of women interrupted the president to demand that he end all deportations of illegal immigrants. >>> Voters Split Over Obama’s Action on Illegal Immigrants “Not one more….
    Gabriella Morrongiello
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    Voters Split Over Obama’s Action on Illegal Immigrants

    Americans are fairly evenly divided over President Obama’s decision to go around Congress and grant legal status to up to 5 million illegal immigrants, a new poll finds, but show less sympathy for those here illegally. The Quinnipiac University Poll found that 45 percent agreed with Obama taking executive action to change the immigration system…
    Josh Siegel
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    9 Out of 10 Hispanics Support Obama’s Immigration Move, Poll Finds. Or Do They Really?

    A national poll of Hispanic voters found that 89 percent support President Obama’s decision to go around Congress and grant legal status to up to 5 million illegal immigrants. Conducted Nov. 20 to 22 by Latino Decisions, the poll also found that 80 percent of the 405 Hispanic voters surveyed oppose congressional Republicans’ plans to defund…
    Josh Siegel
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    5 Ways Congress Can Push Back on Obama’s Executive Actions on Immigration

    Congress doesn’t have to take this sitting down. Last week, President Obama announced executive actions on immigration that would defer deportation for millions of illegal immigrants.   Members of Congress should rightfully be concerned that the president is usurping their legislative power and, at a minimum, not faithfully executing the law. There are a variety of…
    Daren Bakst
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