Four Republican senators are pushing ahead with plans to limit automatic citizenship for children born in the USA to illegal immigrants. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., introduced legislation today to end what he calls "birth tourism."
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Usually when we write about Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce and Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, it's because they're engaging in some kind of rhetorical or legislative attack on immigrants. Not this time.
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NumbersUSA, an advocacy group dedicated solely to reducing all immigration in the United States, has a soul-searching question for the Republican presidential hopefuls: Where's the love? At a conservative conference last week organized by immigration hardliner Rep. Steve King (R), NumbersUSA was shocked to discover that the all...
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Following in the footsteps of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Virgil Peck, and the Three Amigos on Immigration (Reps. Smith (R-TX), Gallegly (R-CA), and King (R-IA)), all of whom have been using their elected positions to hate on immigrants, Shirley Matson, a tax assessor in Nevada, found herself in the...
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As it turns out, it wasn't over. Last week, America's Voice collected almost 4,800 signatures to investigate Kansas Rep. Virgil Peck's comments about shooting undocumented immigrants from helicopters.
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About two dozen white supremacists took to the streets in Claremont on Saturday to protest what they view as an unbridled flow of illegal immigration into the region, including the small college town. Their demonstration along Foothill Boulevard was interrupted by a counter-protest of more than 200 immigrant...
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This week, we reported how Kansas State Representative Virgil Peck suggested shooting immigrants from helicopters as a way to control the border.
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Via Adam Serwer at the American Prospect, we learn that Mark Krikorian's organization has jumped on the "Terror Baby" bandwagon – with a "laughably debunkable" report.
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Some days, these stories just write themselves. Kansas legislator Virgil Peck, R-Tyro, suggested yesterday during a House Appropriations Committee meeting that illegal immigrants should be hunted down and shot.
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A legislator said Monday it might be a good idea to control illegal immigration the way the feral hog population has been controlled: with gunmen shooting from helicopters. Rep. Virgil Peck, R-Tyro, said he was just joking, but that his comment did reflect frustration with the problem of...
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