Sep 15, 2011
The Republican Party is characterized by—according to its platform—rejecting excessive government regulation and defending unrestricted freedom for businesses. However, when it comes to the immigration issue, many Republicans become the most loyal defenders of government intervention and bureaucratic regulation.
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If you're running for president, how do you convince supporters you are tough enough on immigration? Get the endorsement of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America whose uncompromising stand on illegal immigration is a point of pride.
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Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) has made passage of E-Verify a top priority for the House Republican caucus. Smith has called E-Verify "a successful tool," but he is asking his colleagues to overlook one key fact: E-Verify doesn't work.
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Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) has made passage of E-Verify a top priority for the House Republican caucus. Smith has called E-Verify "a successful tool," but he is asking his colleagues to overlook one key fact: E-Verify doesn't work.
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E-Verify, the top priority of Rep. Lamar Smith and the House Republican Caucus, would cause the loss of 800,000 American jobs and burden small businesses. That's bad enough. But, there's another problem: E-Verify doesn�t work. The system fails over half the time.
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Republican contender Michele Bachmann (R-MN) apparently longs for the good old days of the 1920s -- and their rampant racial and ethnic paranoia. At the presidential debate held Monday, she said:The immigration system in the United States worked very, very well up until the mid-1960s...
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Rep. Lamar Smith, the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, is also the self-appointed jobs czar for the GOP. He's holding a mark-up of his two-part jobs package this Thursday, September 15th. Yesterday we explained why Smith's mandatory E-Verify bill kills jobs for Americans and is opposed...
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Despite all the problems with E-Verify, Rep. Lamar Smith is charging forward with his mandatory bill -- and adding a cheap guest worker plan to the mix in a blatant attempt to buy off the industry. Instead of putting American workers first, Smith's plan promotes a race to the...
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A fact-sheet highlighting the various dangers posed by passing mandatory E-Verify.
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At the presidential debate held Monday, Republican contender Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said, "The immigration system in the United States worked very, very well up until the mid-1960s when liberal members of Congress changed the immigration laws. What works is to have people come into the United States with...
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