Here's a question: how many border agents does it take to the protect the border?
The real-life answer is that we'll never find out because apparently, a significant number of them have been known to fall asleep on the job.
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Aug 1, 2011
Farmers across the country are rallying to fight a Republican-sponsored bill that would force them and all other employers to verify the legal immigration status of their workers, a move some say could imperil not only future harvests but also the agricultural community's traditional support for conservative candidates....
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Yesterday, Rep. Lamar Smith held a hearing on the Hinder the Administration's Legalization Temptation (HALT) Act. This is the legislation designed to bully Obama into not using his discretion to prevent deportations. Smith wanted Senator David Vitter as his expert witness on prosecutorial discretion. That backfired.
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Tomorrow, Lamar Smith will hold a hearing on the HALT Act, legislation designed to bully President Obama. The HALT Act would prevent the use of discretion by the President in immigration cases. Smith's expert witness is Senator David Vitter, who knows a thing or two about prosecutorial discretion.
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Jul 25, 2011
How bitterly partisan is Washington? Take a look at the Hinder the Administration's Legalization Temptation Act, the HALT Act. The legislation, introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, would strip the Obama administration of prosecutorial discretion in the deportation of illegal immigrants.
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Jul 22, 2011
Another front is opening in the divisive U.S. battle on illegal immigration over whether employers should be required to use a controversial Internet-based system to verify worker eligibility.Introduced 15 years ago, E-Verify is operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration.
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Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) has really thin skin. He just can't help himself and has to respond to any article that mentions him and/or immigration policy. These are not baseless allegations. Even well-known news columnist, Ruben Navarrette, called him out on it, writing that Lamar Smith "creates his...
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Jul 20, 2011
When you know a bill was cynically crafted: If it limits the current president's "discretion" but lifts the restriction for the next president. This describes Rep. Lamar Smith's Hinder the Administration's Legalization Temptation (HALT) Act.
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Jul 19, 2011
Although the debate over U.S. immigration policy is often cast as a conflict between U.S. citizens and undocumented immigrants, the reality is much more complicated. Undocumented immigrants often have U.S. citizen spouses, children, and parents.
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There is something fundamentally wrong with our political system when politicians attack the very existence of a class of people. I am talking about real people being beaten down by right wing extremists because they or their ancestors came from somewhere else.
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