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The further left a radical politician wants to go, the more likely he is to wrap his agenda in a mainstream Republican brand. In his interview with Bill O’Reilly, Obama compared himself to Nixon (not for the reason most Republicans would expect) and in his State of the City address, Bill de Blasio compared himself to Fiorello H. La Guardia; a former Republican mayor of New York City. The constant mentions of La Guardia, a universally popular figure, were a poor mask for a radical address filled with ugly divisive rhetoric, class warfare and schemes that will bankrupt the city....

TUCSON — “My record is 30 minutes,” Magistrate Judge Bernardo P. Velasco of Federal District Court here said one afternoon, describing the speed with which he had sealed the fates of a batch of 70 migrants caught sneaking into the country. Each of the accused had 25 seconds, give or take, to hear the charges against him, enter a plea and receive a sentence. This is a part of the battle against illegal immigration that many Americans have never heard of. Known as Operation Streamline, it is the core of a federal program that operates in three border states, using...

Following through on a campaign pledge, Mayor de Blasio said Monday that he’ll push to create municipal ID cards so illegal immigrants don’t have to “live their lives in the shadows.” While the cards would be available to all New Yorkers, they would be aimed at undocumented immigrants who don’t have access to bank accounts, library cards and even memberships at Costco because they can’t produce official photo ID. The cards could be used to secure apartment leases and MTA senior passes. But they couldn’t be used for government benefits not otherwise available. “To all of my fellow New Yorkers who...

The European Union is fuming and contemplating retaliation against the nation of Switzerland in the wake of majority vote by Swiss citizens limiting immigration, one of political correctness's core sacraments. Switzerland uses direct referenda to decide issues that in other countries are left to legislative bodies, and so yesterday the entire nation voted on a proposal to drastically limit immigration from EU countries, and by a narrow majority (50.3%), the measure passed. Jonathan Fowler of AFP writes: The European Union warned it will review ties with Switzerland after the non-member Alpine country voted Sunday to restrict EU immigration in...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. immigration reforms could be passed now but enacted after President Barack Obama leaves office if Republicans fear he will not enforce the new rules, a key Democratic senator said Sunday, offering a way to achieve one of Obama's main policy objectives. Last week, Republican House Speaker John Boehner expressed doubts Obama's long-sought overhaul of immigration laws would be passed this year and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said there was little interest in the issue with congressional elections looming in November. Boehner said one of the biggest obstacles to immigration reform in the House was a...

With almost all votes counted, a Swiss referendum on whether to bring back strict immigration quotas appears to have passed by a narrow margin. About 50.5% voted in favour of measures which would end the Swiss-EU free movement of people agreement. Fiercely independent Switzerland is not a member of the EU, but has adopted large sections of EU policy. The vote comes amid increasing debate across Europe about migration and the impact of free movement of people. Switzerland's economy is booming at the moment, and unemployment is low, but many Swiss worry about immigration. A quarter of the eight million-strong...

GENEVA (AP) — Voters in Switzerland on Sunday narrowly backed a plan to limit immigration, in a blow for the government after it had warned that the measure could harm the Swiss economy and relations with the European Union. Swiss public television SRF reported that some 50.3 percent of voters backed a proposal by the nationalist People's Party to introduce quotas for all types of immigrants. About 49.7 percent voted against the plan. The difference between the two sides was fewer than 30,000 votes, with a turnout of about 56 percent. The decision means that the Swiss government will need...

by John Urban | Top Right News America's new DHS Secretary has made it clear he takes his job as lightly as did his predecessor. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, the nation’s top immigration law enforcer - who had zero law enforcement experience prior to this top job, said on Friday that the "estimated 11.5 million" illegal aliens in the United States are “not going away.” “They’re here, and they’re not going away,” Johnson - who oversees ICE, the agency responsible for prosecuting and deporting those aliens. said at the Woodrow Wilson Center in remarks billed by the Obama administration...

(CNSNews.com) – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, the nation’s top immigration law enforcer, said on Friday that the estimated 11.5 million illegal aliens in the United States are “not going away.” “They’re here, and they’re not going away,” Johnson said at the Woodrow Wilson Center in remarks billed by the Obama administration as his “first major speech.”

Fly Away: Illegal aliens taking U.S. jobs sent tens of billions out of the country, draining the U.S. economy.- by Gina Cassini | Top Right NewsAdvocates for immigration amnesty keep telling us that illegal aliens contribute massively to the economy. That's true -- for the MEXICAN economy. The fact is that the overwhelming amount of the wages earned by illegal aliens is not spent in this country, but simply sent back home. Mexico received $21.59 billion in remittances from emigrants in 2013, the Bank of Mexico said. Nearly 74 million transactions were registered in 2013, with the average remittance totaling $292,...

Coke Ad It’s hard for many conservatives to think of commercial advertising as “culture.” Commercial pitches for products just don’t seem to fit into the same part of our brains with the Iliad, Monet, Aaron Copeland and Friedrich Hayek – but if you’re in the political arena fighting for American exceptionalism it should. Social conservatives have long-decried the crass, over-sexual content of much TV and print advertising, but in today’s political environment it may not be the scantily clad “spokes models” selling the product, but the message in the jingle that should get the attention of conservatives. Last weekend’s Super...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up poor in New York City, described Monday how she navigated new worlds of Ivy League universities and the nation’s highest court. Sotomayor told students at Yale University that she has a competitive drive to improve herself and isn’t afraid to ask questions.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that he does not see any way the Democratic-controlled Senate and GOP-led House will agree on immigration reform legislation this year. ADVERTISEMENT McConnell’s comments, which came after he met with the Senate GOP conference over lunch, poured cold water over the growing buzz there could be an immigration deal this year. McConnell said a deal’s unlikely given what he called the “irresolvable” differences between the Senate and House. “I think we have sort of an irresolvable conflict here,” he told reporters. “The Senate insists on comprehensive [legislation]. The House says it won’t...

The Republican immigration plan we are to believe has always been in place for about a year contains this sentence, “There will be no special path to citizenship for individuals who broke our nation’s immigration laws – that would be unfair to those immigrants who have played by the rules and harmful to promoting the rule of law.” Their one page position paper on “immigration reform” which was put together a long time ago, so we have been told, was never going to grant amnesty, so we have been told. The Republican leaders are now trying to sell us the...

Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, New Hampshire and Virginia have bills under consideration that would extend the in-state benefit, said Tanya Broder, a senior attorney with the National Immigration Law Center.

House Speaker John Boehner’s outline for a prospective immigration reform bill received an encouraging “thumbs up” of approval from Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY). “With the Republicans agreeing on a broad-based amnesty we have a good foundation for the type of reform we need.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) was more cautious in her assessment. “I don’t want to say what John has done isn’t a worthy effort,” she declared. “However, legalizing these immigrants without giving them a fast-track to citizenship is unacceptable. They’ve been mowing our lawns and making our beds for under-the-table wages for too long. It’s time...

Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. I say NO. The illegal mothers are not subject to the jurisdiction of the...

President Obama on Friday said that he believed immigration reform could pass in 2014, but cautioned that he would consider executive actions if House Republicans fail to act. “There are still some differences, and obviously, the devil is in the details. But it is my firm belief that we can get immigration reform done this year,” said Obama in a Google+ Hangout in which he took questions from the public. “Obviously, if at some point we see that it's not getting done, I'm going to look at options to make sure that we have a rational, smart system of immigration,”...

By way of introduction – let’s just say I’m one of Millions of formally loyal supporters of the GOP. We are the people who donate small amounts and volunteer to make phone calls and knock on doors and do a myriad of others things we don’t like to do just to support the Republican party. We are the ordinary folks you ignore or openly insult – the people you are taking for granted. We’re also the folks who are standing by dumbfounded as you’re doing the Democratic socialist’s bidding of creating a whole new underclass of Dem voters granting amnesty...

GOP Chairman Reince Priebus told a Baltimore-based radio program, The Derek Hunter Show on WBAL, on Thursday that he would oppose any immigration reform legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens unlawfully residing in the country. “I do not support a pathway to citizenship. I support border security, enforcement and legal immigration reform,” Priebus said. ”Just because someone says ‘something big’ has to happen on immigration reform, doesn’t mean that they’re calling for amnesty. Any programs of amnesty I’m opposed to.”