The State Department and DHS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has raided and searched a Saudi diplomatic compound owned by the Saudi Military for possible human trafficking. Two women say they were brought to the U.S. legally but have been virtual slaves inside the compound since. The “diplomats” have full diplomatic immunity. What is...
Yesterday, I posted a video snippet of Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) from a speech before an Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, indicating he said he was for a “pathway to citizenship.” It was actually Fox News’ Martha MacCallum who used the “pathway to citizenship” words. Today I found the speech transcript. While he does not...
Did you know that we have a set percentage of illegal aliens that we must keep behind bars? We do and that number is 34,000, by law, regardless of sequestration and ordered to be reduced to 25 percent by TODAY. The Department of Homeland Security has reduced the number to 31,000 with more coming...
Since 2009 the Department of Homeland Security has allowed your electronic devices to be seized and/or searched if you are traveling near or across our borders – a “suspicionless search-and-seizure policy.” Taxpayers paid for a “Civil Liberties Impact” study, which found that requiring authorities to have “reasonable suspicion” of your device was unreasonable. In...
Last week, Senator Jeff Sessions called for the resignation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton, saying there is no way to have “comprehensive immigration reform” with Morton at the top. About a year ago, 7000 ICE agents had a vote of ‘no confidence’ in Morton citing his demands that unreasonable “prosecutorial discretion”...
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton to resign, saying there can be no comprehensive immigration reform as long as he’s the person in charge. In 2010, 7000 ICE agents stepped forward and cast a vote of ‘No Confidence’ in John Morton. In September 2012 75,000...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have 75,000 signatures on a petition to protest the Obama administration’s policy of “prosecutorial discretion,” meaning if you are in the U.S. illegally, you can stay if you meet Obama’s “Presidential Priority” requirements, ad further meaning you will be released back into the population of citizens. Agents who...
Grumpy Opinions has this story today of ten Immigration and Customs (ICE) Agents suing Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano and ICE Director John Morton. Morton and his assistant, Phyllis Coven received a vote of ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ by 7,000 agents (that’s SEVEN THOUSAND) in June 2010. We have some in our Government to whom their...
The House Judiciary Committee, along with “two major law enforcement unions” (yes, unions) will hold a press conference to discuss a “secret internal U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) memo,” – the short story of which reveals a plan to catch and release illegal immigrants, with agents determining who to prosecute and who to...
Below is the transcript of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent in the matter of Arizona v. United States (Arizona’s SB 1070). The short story is that the U.S. Supreme Court today struck down three provisions of Arizona’s law (which mirrors existing federal law) in a vote of 5-3, with Chief Justice John...
