How far would you go to capture a known terrorist? To apprehend an escaped killer? To detain a man who raped a child? To catch a woman who, through fraudulent business practice wrecked a major financial institution, causing millions to become near destitute over night? If someone asked you to strap on a firearm and [...]
After all of the ginned-up outrage President Obama, his fellow Democrats, and their media allies have sprayed all over the place over their completely unsupported accusations of foreign money and activities assisting efforts against them, you’d have to be forgiven for assuming they’re against such foreign intrusion into our electoral process. Apparently not, as this [...]
Just wanted to raise a couple of items of note this morning. First, I’m attending a wedding later today so blogging will be light. Hopefully I can comment tomorrow on a couple of other items, namely: A Wisconsin judge has ruled that WI’s ban on concealed carry is unconstitutional. Interesting. I’m looking for the ruling [...]
…that Congress wants every citizen to prove that they are insured, but not that they are citizens. (Hat tip to my niece and her husband for this one.)
While the racism cards have been flying over the matter of so-called illegal immigration (emphasis on the illegal, light on the immigration) a more serious component of the issue has arisen, that of the concept of birthright citizenship. Under the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, [...]
A program run by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency within the Department of Homeland Security that trains local law enforcement to begin immigrations proceedings against criminals captured in their localities is called the Section 287(g) program, a reference to its number in the legal code. Under 287(g) a suspect arrested for a [...]
I noticed on the news earlier that the federal government was preparing to file a lawsuit against Arizona over their immigration law that has garnered so much attention. Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air has the scoop and notes the thrust of the federal argument: The Department of Justice will file a lawsuit this week, [...]
Not that Obama and his Congressional team will care what Americans think, but here’s the latest on what part of the “comprehensive” immigration reform Americans want: 59% say that the top priority is to secure the border. A majority of American voters think the federal government should secure the country’s borders first, before Congress works [...]
Back in March 2005 I wrote a post that spoke of the kind of “comprehensive immigration reform” I’d support and given the President’s recent speech I’d say the topic is about to heat up again. So, in the interest of updating any new readers and reminding my longer-duration ones, I’m re-posting this entry in its [...]
Another challenge to Arizona’s enforcement law has been laid down, this time directly addressing the notion that immigrations law and enforcement are duties that fall to the federal government and not the states. In their 44 page filing, the plaintiffs call the law an “unprecedented attempt by a single state to regulate immigration” and “a [...]
