| Contra Costa Times -- Walnut Creek, Calif -- February 8, 2012 |
| Roy Beck -- NumbersUSA -- December 8, 2011 |
| Mark Krikorian -- USA Today -- September 27, 2011 |
| Fox News Latino -- September 9, 2011 |
| Daily Kos -- September 5, 2011 |
| The Winston-Salem (NC) Journal -- September 5, 2011 |
| WorldNetDaily.com -- September 5, 2011 Want to know what the U.S .would look like under Barack Obama's amnesty for illegals? Look no further than the president's own family, warn officials for the Washington watchdog organization Judicial Watch. -- "President Obama's 'Uncle Omar' is the face of what is wrong with the Obama administration's lawless and dangerous approach to illegal immigration... |
| Jon Feere -- Center for Immigration Studies -- September 1, 2011 Since the Obama administration remains quiet about the details of its non-legislative amnesty, the public's best sources of information are draft memos leaked over the past year as the administration contemplated the best method for "sidestepping" the legislative process. A previous blog post covered a draft memo from DHS which called the measure a "non-legislative amnesty" that is "controversial, not to mention expensive." |
| Jon Feere -- Center for Immigration Studies -- September 1, 2011 |
| D.A. King -- Macon (Ga.) Telegraph -- September 1, 2011 |
| The Hill -- Washington -- August 31, 2011 |
| EFE -- Madrid -- August 31, 2011 With a call to "be patient and be careful," U.S. Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez and pro-[illegal alien] groups announced Tuesday a national information campaign about the significance of the [DHS's] new deportations policy. -- The first forum will be held Sept. 10 at Chicago's Benito Juarez High School, where the Illinois Democrat will be able to provide the first-hand information... |
| Washington Times -- August 30, 2011 One congressman wants to know if President Obama's half-uncle will be granted "amnesty" under new rules the Obama administration announced earlier this month designed to let lower-priority illegal immigrants remain in the country. -- Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican who has fought for an immigration crackdown, said Onyango Obama, a relative of the president, "will have an advantage..." |
| D.A. King -- Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal -- August 29, 2011 |
| Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner -- August 29, 2011 |
| Moorpark (Calif.) Patch -- August 29, 2011 Last week, President Barack Obama announced a change in immigration policy wherein illegal [aliens] who do not have criminal records may be allowed to stay in the United States and apply for work permits. This week, Rep. Elton Gallegly, Moorpark's congressional representative, voiced his objections to the change in a letter to the president... |
| Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner -- August 29, 2011 President Barack Obama's recent executive order for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to curtail deportations for thousands of illegal aliens pleases Latino voters, but only if his minions follow through with his wishes, according to a police commander, whose mayor opposes immigration enforcement, and who requested anonymity... |
| Vin Suprynowicz -- Las Vegas Review Journal -- August 28, 2011 ...So what did the White House most recently announce? On Aug. 18, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Munoz blogged that the [DHS] will review its entire deportation caseload -- that's 300,000 cases -- to "clear out low-priority" cases." Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., likened the Obama policy to the stalled Dream Act, that being the up-to-age-35 amnesty that's opposed by most Americans and can't pass Congress... |
| Tom Tancredo -- WorldNetDaily.com -- August 27, 2011 |
| Federale -- VDare.com -- August 27, 2011 |
| Nashville Tennessean -- August 27, 2011 The federal government says it will better prioritize immigration cases to deport only the worst of the worst criminals, sparing children and young adults who have been in the country for years. -- But Tennessee's immigration authorities may have not gotten the memo. -- Last week, Janet Napolitano, head of the U.S. [DHS], ordered a full review of 360,000 current immigration cases... |
| Tom Tancredo -- WorldNetDaily.com -- August 26, 2011 |
| National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers -- August 26, 2011 The administration announced last week that it would implement a new policy that will permit hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to remain in the United States despite being in deportation proceedings already. This policy is clearly designed to sidestep congressional authority to regulate immigration. It should cause great concern amongst Americans who demand a secure border... |
| Fox Business -- August 26, 2011 Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu talks about Barack Hussein Obama's un-American and infuriating back-door amnesty for brazen invaders. |
| Matthew Vadum -- Front Page Magazine -- August 24, 2011 |
| Mark KrikorianCenter for Immigration Studies -- August 24, 2011 |
| Jim Kouri, CPP -- Family Security Matters -- August 24, 2011 ...Rep. [Pete] King, who is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee accused Obama of cherry picking which laws to enforce and which ones to ignore. -- "This new non-enforcement policy announced by the Obama Administration Thursday is a blatant attempt to grant amnesty to potentially millions of illegal aliens in this country, and is totally unacceptable..." |
| John Feere -- Center for Immigration Studies -- August 23, 2011 Temple U. law professor (and CIS Fellow) Jan Ting -- one of the few in his field to recognize the problems created by Obama's administrative amnesty -- has authored a new op-ed in which he writes: ....The administration is thus implementing by executive order a policy it could not get Congress to adopt or even consider: amnesty for the millions of foreigners who entered the U.S. illegally... |
| James Carafano, PhD -- Family Security Matters -- August 23, 2011 |
| NewsMax.com -- August 22, 2011 |
| NewsMax.com -- August 22, 2011 New rules designed to prevent the deportation of illegal [aliens] who keep to the law once they are here will supersede court orders, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith contends. -- Even when a judge has ordered an alien to leave the country, the government can overturn it, the Texas Republican said during a radio interview... [See Tyrant Watch] |
| Tea Party Immigration Coalition -- August 22, 2011 Coalition decries Obama Regime administrative amnesty scheme Thursday, August 18th the Obama Administration announced on the White House Blog that "Under the President's direction..." The Department of Homeland Security would suspend deportation proceedings against illegal aliens and, "There are more than 10 million people who are in the U.S. illegally; it's clear that we can't deport such a large number." |
| Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner -- August 22, 2011 President Barack Obama's opponents -- especially those working for the Border Patrol and in law enforcement -- claim the recent change in immigration policy is meant to seal his Latino voting base, especially those who are suspected of being legal or illegal aliens who are fraudulently voting in U.S. elections. -- "This... [is] more of the 'wait until they kill, rape, beat or molest someone here in America, then we'll deport them' logic..." |
| KTAR -- Phoenix -- August 21, 2011 Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, a leader in the fight against illegal immigration, calls the Obama Administration's new deportation policy "de facto amnesty." -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Thursday that the department will focus on deporting illegal [aliens] who are criminals or pose a threat to national security or public safety... |
| The Hill -- Washington -- August 21, 2011 President Obama's move to halt deportations for thousands of illegal [aliens] will resonate with Latino voters only to the extent that he backs it up, immigration reform advocates warned this week. -- The advocates have been disappointed in Obama for not fighting harder for the immigration reforms he'd promised on the campaign trail --- dismay the president eased this week... |
| End of The American Dream -- August 21, 2011 |
| Christian Science Monitor -- August 19, 2011 |
| Mike Sunnucks -- Phoenix Business Journal -- August 19, 2011 |
| Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner -- August 19, 2011 |
| Dave Gibson -- The Examiner -- August 19, 2011 |
| David North -- Center for Immigration Studies -- August 19, 2011 |
| Mark Krikorian -- Center for Immigration Studies -- August 19, 2011 |
| Rick Oltman of The Immigration Tea Party -- The Examiner -- August 19, 2011 In the most anti-American act of his administration that showed complete contempt for America and Americans, President Barack Hussein Obama amnestied over 30 million illegal aliens on Thursday. There was no legislation, no debate and no consideration for American citizens... [More from Rick Oltman] [Obama needs to be stopped by the Congress ASAP. Take action NOW!] |
| KGO-TV -- San Francisco -- August 19, 2011 The Obama administration announced a major change in policy for thousands of illegal [aliens] going through deportation proceedings. They now may be able to stay in the country. --- "This is probably the most anti-American policy that the Obama administration has set to date," said Rick Oltman from the Tea Party Immigration Coalition. -- He predicts the new policy will bring in a flood of new illegal immigrants into the country... [See Amnesty Watch] |
| American Patrol Report Feature -- August 19, 2011 Come One, Come All -- Obama Amnesty Will Pull Aliens North Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer called the Obama administration's new policy that will allow many illegal immigrants who don't have criminal records the chance to stay in the United States "backdoor amnesty." -- In a statement, the Republican governor slammed the planned case-by-case reviews of the approximately 300,000 illegal immigrants who are currently facing possible expulsion... |
| Stephen Dinan -- Washington Times -- August 18, 2011 |
| America's Voice (Open Borders Zealots) -- August 18, 2011 sc Earlier this month, there were news stories circulating on the interwebs about an announcement Senator Durbin had made in a meeting with the Chicago Tribune's editorial board. "I believe that if students are eligible for the DREAM Act, they should not be the target of deportations".... [] [See Obama Watch and Big Sis Watch] |
| Wall Street Journal -- July 26, 2011 President Obama spoke briefly on Monday with a woman who is becoming a symbol of the effort to stop deportations of young illegal [aliens]. -- Mercedes Gonzalez said in an interview that the president told her: "Everything is going to be fine. You're going to be OK." She said she didn't believe that Mr. Obama had any particular knowledge of her case when he made his comment... [See La Raza Watch] |
| Brownsville Herald -- July 26, 2011 A renewed push for a failed immigration bill has drawn local support, though advocates admit it has little chance to pass congressional hurdles before 2012. -- Late last month, a Senate subcommittee held Congress' first-ever hearing on the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, Act, which would grant a pathway to citizenship for [illegal aliens] brought to the U.S. as children... |
| Associated Press -- July 25, 2011 President Barack Obama called on Hispanic activists Monday to build a movement outside Washington to push for overhauling immigration, saying he can't do it by himself and Republicans aren't playing along. -- He said he remains committed to his unfulfilled promise to rewrite the nation's immigration laws to offer a pathway to citizenship for 11 million [illegal aliens]... |
| Hot Air -- July 25, 2011 Who needs Congressional authority when you can govern by executive fiat? -- "A new enforcement memo handed down by the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week has some accusing the White House of running around Congress to implement the DREAM Act [amnesty] -- and consequent amnesty for some illegal [aliens] -- by executive fiat... " [See Obama Watch & Morton Watch] |
| Robert Robb -- Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- July 21, 2011 The country appears headed toward another bitter immigration debate. This time, the Obama administration is mostly to blame. -- President Barack Obama has made the following pitch for comprehensive immigration reform: I've done what I've been asked to do on enforcement. Now, it's time for Republicans to give on legalization... |