Archive for June, 2011

Bring Secure Communities Back To The Empire State

I just received an e-mail from the president of NY ICE which provides some good suggestions for voicing your displeasure with Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent decision to gut Secure Communities in order to pander to illegal aliens and their advocates within New York State. Her press release is reproduced in full below.
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Secure Communities Under Attack

Secure Communities Under Attack

The assault against Secure Communities continues apace, as we learned yesterday from the Los Angeles Times. In a lopsided vote, the Los Angeles City Council decided to make participation in this successful immigration enforcement program purely voluntary; an idea that DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has already scotched, at least rhetorically.
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E-Verify Vote Today (North Carolina)

I just received an e-mail from Americans for Legal Immigration PAC that informed me of an important vote the North Carolina General Assembly will take up in a just a few hours. As I’ve alluded to recently on this site, the recent affirmation of Arizona’s E-Verify law by the Supreme Court has spurred numerous...
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Operation Gunrunner (Update)

Operation Gunrunner (Update)

I’ll address some important Supreme Court decisions handed down today in future posts, but for today I’d like to highlight an extremely important letter sent to President Obama by a bipartisan group within Congress. In a strongly-worded message to the President, the 31 congressmen demand that the Department of Justice answer some vital questions...
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Alabama Steps Up To The Plate

Alabama Steps Up To The Plate

Good news comes to us by way of Numbers USA, which gives us a brief recap of what’s been happening in Alabama, which has just enacted a tough new immigration enforcement measure. It looks like the recent Chamber of Commerce vs. Whiting decision affirming Arizona’s E-Verify law has encouraged other states to take proactive...
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Immigration’s Human Toll

Immigration’s Human Toll

In a story that expands upon the problems I highlighted a few days ago in my Governor Cuomo post, we now have learned that an illegal alien who had been previously deported twice is responsible for yet another needless death. As I’ve discussed extensively on this site in the past, the human cost of our government’s open...
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Is Citizenship A Birthright?

I’m glad you asked. Let’s see, shall we?     
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Catch-22

Catch-22

In news that should come as no surprise to people who are acquainted with our current governor’s history of making decisions that result in disastrous consequences for the American public, Andrew Cuomo has decided to withdraw from Secure Communities.
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Policy Priorities

Policy Priorities

  I’ve been remiss in addressing this subject, but I think that the recent Supreme Court decision mandating the eventual release of thousands of prisoners currently incarcerated in California’s penal system is worth commenting upon for several reasons.
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