Posts Tagged ‘ Numbers USA ’

Anyone who is a regular reader of this website is fully aware of the carnage wrought by our government’s negligent attitude towards enforcing this country’s immigration laws. That’s why it’s so refreshing to see a dogmatically open borders leftist rag like the Boston Globe publish an investigative piece which exposes the systemic crime-including rape,...
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There are a number of problems with Mr. Hartmann’s assertions, not the least being that approximately half of illegal aliens are not here because they overstayed their visas. Although he is correct in asserting that this group constitutes a growing portion of the illegal immigrant population living here, even if-like most things touching upon...
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Due to events beyond our control, the focus of American Rattlesnake has expanded recently to include discussion of news and information updates closer to home. We’ll continue to explore the complex, vitally important issues that comprise the national immigration debate using this platform. However, for those of you who are looking for more extensive coverage...
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Last week’s election results undoubtedly left many readers deeply disappointed, if not disaffected, including those of you who couldn’t bring yourselves to cast your ballot for Mitt Romney for any number of well documented reasons. The prospect of a president unencumbered by electoral consequences, whose administration has already shown itself to be flagrantly indifferent...
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Washington Watcher has a more detailed explanation of why Senator Marco Rubio would have been such an undesirable running-mate for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney-if the video of Mr. Rubio’s own words I posted several days ago is not sufficient. Undesirable, that is, from the perspective of those who favor patriotic immigration reform. If the Republican...
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With the release of yet another deceptively glowing government report on the number of people filing jobless claims, it’s perhaps a good time to look at the true state of our economy. Which-excepting favored political demographics-is grim indeed, even according to the vaunted Bureau of Labor Statistics. And, as we’ve noted many times in...
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I know that most of you are probably extremely frustrated by recent events, especially yesterday’s initiation of DACA, the patently illegal subversion of the constitution by this administration in pursuit of  retaining its unchecked executive power. It is an election year, after all. 
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Very rarely does the Constitution State-dark as bluest night-find itself in a position to elect a Republican to high office. However, the retirement of Christopher Dodd provides Connecticut voters with such an opportunity, if they choose to embrace it.
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It’s difficult to gauge the ultimate impact of this past week’s Supreme Court decision invalidating much of Arizona’s landmark immigration enforcement law, with the exception of Section 2(b), i.e. the clause empowering local police to ascertain someone’s immigration status if  ”reasonable suspicion” exists when he or she is detained.  Even this seeming bright spot...
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