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Good find by BuzzFeed, where Ted Cruz tells a questioner that the difference between he and Trump on illegal immigration is that, while they both will deport illegals, Trump will let them back into the country and he will not: The Texas senator, who is leading the field of Republican presidential candidates in Iowa according to the latest polls, was asked by a man in the state if, like Trump, he believed that all undocumented immigrants should be deported.Cruz replied, "Absolutely yes.""And in fact, look, there's a difference," said Cruz. "He's advocated allowing folks to come back in and become...

Bernie Sanders allegedly told a group of Latino activists and politicians in Chicago on Christmas Eve in a closed meeting that as president he would do an end-run around Congress and grant amnesty and then a path to citizenship to millions of illegal aliens in the U.S. In 2013, Senator Sanders voted for the comprehensive immigration reform bill that passed the U.S. Senate but was unable to clear the House. Sanders, an independent socialist from Vermont, is running for president as a Democrat and reportedly trails front-runner Hillary Clinton among Hispanic voters based on polling data. Apparently the premise among...

Yesterday marked the first day of Kwanzaa and - never one to miss a non-Western holiday - Big Guy weighed in: President Obama extended his "warmest wishes" to families across the U.S. celebrating Kwanzaa, a holiday which honors African-American culture. – Washington Post A culture, I would point out, that non-African Americans are not welcome to celebrate because that would be cultural appropriation which is somehow offensive. Odd, as Kwanzaa itself is a cultural appropriation of 3 other holiday traditions: Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hannukah.So African Americans are welcome to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hannukah if they wish. Butt non-African Americans...

The Roman philosopher and statesman Cicero insisted that gratitude was "the parent of all the other virtues." Cicero did not define gratitude as Mafia-like loyalty or mutual back-scratching. He was not referring to a pop socialism where all supposedly owe their successes to the government. Instead, gratitude is proof of humility and offers perspective. It is an appreciation for others, often now dead, who have helped to make us what we are. Without it, we are narcissists and self-absorbed amnesiacs. Unfortunately, our modern "me" generation has forgotten gratitude and replaced it with the art of victimization. Contemporary Americans prefer blaming...

Mexico's Foreign Secretary Claudia Ruiz Massieu said the U.S. should “embrace migration as an opportunity,” arguing that migrants are wrongly being portrayed as “security concerns.” “These narratives are simply unsustainable and these narratives sell among some audiences due to misinformation about the impact of migration,” Ruiz Massieu said at a Migration Policy Institute event. She also said it is often easier for people to focus on the costs of migration rather than the “countless contributions” immigrants make to their “countries of destination” such as the United States. “Now imagine this figure: $11.8 billion. This is the amount of dollars that...

There is a new kind of technology out there -- the automatic plate reader. Installed in a police car, it can currently auto-scan an average of 700 license plates-per-hour. That will continue to improve. And it red-flags every dirty plate in sight. Ohio already uses it, but Ohio [for example] customized its system to ignore petty crimes. That is how powerful it is -- APR must be programmed to ignore the 'small stuff'. Even if a criminal switches plates, technology could easily fix that problem, such as a scanning bar and ID tag on the dashboard. They would need to...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote: “Let’s not mince words, Donald Trump is a bigot and a racist.” I cited a long list of incidents in which he targeted women, Latinos, African Americans, Muslims, Asians and the disabled. Here’s what I heard back from Trump’s defenders: “Let’s not mince words,” somebody tweeted under the name Helios Megistos. “Milbank is an anti-white parasite and a bigoted kike supremacist.” “[Trump] may well be a bigot and a racist,” one Michael Banfield wrote me via email. “But one thing is certain: The only thing missing from your photo is a [vulgar word...

The Obama administration cannot be sure of the whereabouts of thousands of foreigners in the U.S. who had their visas revoked over terror concerns and other reasons, a State Department official acknowledged Thursday. The admission, made at a House oversight hearing examining immigrant vetting in the wake of major terror attacks, drew a sharp rebuke from the committee chairman. “You don’t have a clue do you?” Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, told Michele Thoren Bond, assistant secretary for the Bureau of Consular Affairs. Bond initially said the U.S. has revoked more than 122,000 visas since 2001, including 9,500 because of the...

So, the people look around and say "who is there for us? Who will speak to our fears? Who will bring justice to those who have attacked us?" Nature abhors a vacuum. And so along came a man named Trump, who speaks to those fears. Righteousness, the fulfillment of all legal and moral obligations; not an abstract notion but rather consists in doing what is just and right in all relationships; “…keep justice and do righteousness at all times” (Ps. 106:3). Righteous action results in social stability and ultimately in peace: And the work of righteousness shall be peace (Isa....

Published on Dec 16, 2015 BACKGROUND: In the dead of night after 2am this morning, Congressional leadership unveiled a more than 2,000 page 'omnibus' year-end funding bill which would, among other things: fully-fund the President's refugee expansion; fully-fund sanctuary cities; fully-fund the resettlement of illegal aliens youth and their families crossing the border; lock-in tax credits for illegal aliens; and quadruple the highly controversial H-2B foreign worker visa being used to replace Americans as truck drivers, construction workers, theme park employees, and in blue collar jobs across the nation. Sessions, the Chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee, issued a statement about...

Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) clashed with Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) over immigration reform during Tuesday's GOP presidential debate, comparing his rival's past position as one supporting "amnesty."CNNCruz could be seen on camera laughing after CNN debate moderator Dana Bash noted that Rubio has claimed on the campaign trail that his immigration plan is not much different than his."He has attempted to muddy the waters," Cruz said, claiming that Rubio chose to "stand with Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer and support a massive amnesty plan."Cruz argued others, himself included, "chose to stand with Jeff Sessions and Steve King and the American people...

GOP candidates debate for first time since terror attacks.

A Guatemalan man was arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child under the age of 16 several times in Woodbury, New Jersey in 2014 and 2015. The abuse was first reported to a Woodbury school teacher and an investigation was launched, according to officials. Juan Campos-Morales, 33, was then arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a child. He is being held in the Salem County Jail on default of $250,000 bail. Federal immigration authorities say Campos-Morales is a Guatemalan native who they believe was living in the United States illegally.

ELLIS COUNTY (CBS11) - Undocumented minors are finding temporary shelter in Ellis County. About 50 teens arrived Friday afternoon, the first of hundreds expected to stay at the Lakeview Camp and Conference Center over the next three weeks. Organizers say the teens were checked in, assigned rooms and given dinner. "They have an indoor pool up in there. It's awesome! It's a really great place. It's actually perfect for them. It's just not perfect for us," said Scott Bailey, who lives about three miles from the property....

Based on the surprising discovery of one Border Patrol officer, it's safe to say human smugglers are getting more cunning by the day. Breitbart Texas reports that Agent Hector Garza, president of the National Border Patrol Council, Local 2455, became suspicious of a Chevy Tahoe that was traveling north of Laredo, Texas—roughly 70 miles into the Lone Star State. The vehicle was painted to look like a Border Patrol SUV. After pulling the car over, the driver was arrested and the agent discovered 12 illegal aliens in the back. Garza said the 12 illegal aliens stuffed in a Tahoe shows...

Here’s an interesting factoid: as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer the middle class is simply going “pouf.” That’s right, the middle class is disappearing down the rabbit hole that is Obama’s Amerika. The nation's middle class, long a pillar of the U.S. economy and foundation of the American dream, has shrunk to the point where it no longer constitutes the majority of the adult population, according to a new major study. LA Times Well how did that happen? Let’s see; First you begin by passing new rules and regulations (e.g. ObamaKare and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street...

I just finished reading Eli Stokols and Marc Caputo dispiriting report about the Jeb Bush campaign and how many staffers and top level donors – even those still committed to the former Florida governor – recognize the campaign is in a death spiral. I genuinely don’t want to believe that. Counterintuitively, I still believe there is a possibility Bush can pull out of this tailspin. And even if he doesn’t, there’s really no shame in remaining committed to a man who did great things for Florida and is, especially since the terrorist attacks in Paris, the most sober-minded presidential candidate....

No-go zones — elitist media and politicians claim they don’t exist. But they’d better tell that to Da’esh (ISIS), which, in a recently uncovered manifesto, brags that it has been using Western refugee programs to sneak terrorists into Europe with the aim of creating no-go zones. Perhaps even better described as Sharia-dominant mini-caliphates, Da’esh’s intent is to use the areas as bases from which to launch attacks such as the November 13 Paris massacre and the jihadist killings in San Bernardino yesterday

Five young Middle Eastern men were apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol this week in an Arizona town situated about 30 miles from the Mexican border, law enforcement and other sources told Judicial Watch. Border Patrol agents spotted the men crossing a ranch property in the vicinity of Amado, which is located about 35 miles south of Tucson and has a population of 275. Two of the Middle Eastern men were carrying stainless steel cylinders in backpacks, JW's sources say, alarming Border Patrol officials enough to call the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for backup. A multitude of federal agents...