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Don’t count Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus among those who believe comprehensive immigration reform is dead this Congress. Despite exasperation among reform advocates that the House has refused to vote on any major immigration bill — particularly the Senate-passed legislation — Priebus said that his “gut” feeling is that the House will indeed pass an immigration overhaul in the next 14 months. “Something significant is going to happen because obviously mass deportation is not an option. I don’t think doing nothing is an option. And I believe most people would agree that something significant needs to take place. Now...

The Adult ESL program (the English as a Second Language system) has already been described as "cobbled together with toothpicks and Band-Aids," and presently "stretched to the breaking point." Add in millions upon millions of new illegals into the system and I imagine it would blow apart. What plan do Sens. Rubio, Flake, Graham, McConnell and even McCain have for English to be taught to 15 million plus illegal aliens? Who would decide what constitutes minimum ESL proficiency? Big question... And who would decide how much time will be given to meet the required minimum ESL proficiency? Where will the...

MIAMI, Fla. - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) warned Friday that it would be "incredibly stupid' for the Republican Party to overlook Hispanic voters, who make up the fastest growing part of the electorate. Exit polls show Hispanic voters favored Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin in the 2010 election. "If you believe in the conservative philosophy as I do, it would be incredibly stupid over the long haul to ignore the burgeoning Hispanic vote," he told the crowd of about 300 people. "They will be the swing voters as they are today in the swing states. If you want...

WASHINGTON, April 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty-eight illegal alien workers recently arrested during an ICE worksite enforcement effort at the Yamato Engine Specialist plant in Bellingham, Wash., have just been released and granted work authorization. This event -- the most revealing in a recent series of actions signaling a major shift in policy -- now confirms that the Obama Administration has abandoned meaningful immigration enforcement in the workplace. Instead of expanding immigration enforcement at the workplace against all those who have broken U.S. laws, this administration has indicated it will focus its efforts only against the employers. The Bellingham illegal alien...