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Q&A: How House Republicans’ Plan to Defund Obama’s Immigration Executive Action Works
Last week, the House released its bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of September as well as several amendments that seek to defund President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. There are several important questions that Congress and the American people should understand before Congress votes on this issue. What is…David Inserra -
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Immigration Group Urges Congress to Join States in Fight Against Immigration Executive Action
As 25 states sue the Obama administration over the president’s controversial executive amnesty order, an immigration group is urging Congress to join the fight on behalf of taxpayers and the Constitution. “For six years, the Obama administration has been obsessed with centralizing power but refused to use it to enforce immigration laws. Instead, they’ve focused…Kenric Ward -
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House GOP Agrees to Expansive Plan Blocking Obama’s Immigration Actions
House Republicans will vote on far-reaching legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security through September and undo President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. After considering several proposals, the agreement favored by House leaders would prevent Obama from implementing his recent executive actions to defer deportation for up to 5 million immigrants living in the…Josh Siegel -
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Virginia Attorney General Sits Out Fighting Obama Administration on Immigration Executive Action
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is sitting out the legal fight over President Obama’s controversial amnesty order, even though illegal immigration costs Virginians more than $1.8 billion a year. Indeed, while 25 other state attorneys general are suing the administration to block the path to citizenship for some 5 million illegals in this country, Virginia Attorney…Kenric Ward -
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House GOP Plots Attack on Obama Immigration Actions
House Republicans, bolstered by a bigger majority, are moving quickly to block President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Acting on the party’s promise to confront Obama on his unilateral actions to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportations, GOP leaders plan to move on legislation as early as next week. “The House will soon take…Josh Siegel -
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25 States Continue Their Battle Against Obama’s Immigration Executive Actions
U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the Southern District of Texas has scheduled a hearing for Jan. 9 on the request for an injunction filed by 25 states against President Obama’s immigration amnesty plan. In a nationally televised speech on Nov. 20, Obama announced (and began implementing) the executive actions. The original lawsuit was filed on Dec. 3,…Hans von Spakovsky -
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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