HOME :: PUBLICATIONS :: Latest News from the Immigration Front, by IMMIGRATION NEWS UPDATE

Latest News from the Immigration Front

by IMMIGRATION NEWS UPDATE February 18, 2012
DHS Budget:
National Journal: Homeland Security Spending Request Holds Level In a fiscal 2013 budget the Obama administration says commits to border and aviation security, prepares for disaster relief, and boosts cybersecurity, the White House requested $39.5 billion for the Homeland Security Department next year, just a 0.5 percent decrease from current spending.
Southern California Public Radio: DHS Budget Proposes Discontinuing 287(g) in Some Jurisdictions A fiscal year 2013 budget brief released by Homeland Security today has some details on the Obama administration’s immigration enforcement priorities, and one of the losers is the federal-local partnership known as 287(g).
President Obama’s FY ’13 Budget Proposal: DHS Budget (Page 117 of the pdf document)
State and Local Update:
Bloomberg Government: Kan. House Panel Opens Hearings on Immigration (Bloomberg Government subscription required) The Federal and State Affairs Committee scheduled two days of testimony on a bill drafted by a coalition that includes agriculture groups and the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, and their measure also drew support from immigrant rights advocates. They said the proposal represents a realistic approach to dealing with an estimated 45,000 illegal immigrant workers in Kansas.
Hattiesburg American: Tentative Deal Reached in Lawsuit Over Illegal Workers A Mississippi company that was the target of the largest U.S. workplace raid on illegal immigrants has reached a tentative settlement agreement in a discrimination lawsuit by four black women who claimed the company gave preferential treatment to Latinos, federal court records said.
Border Security:
Bloomberg Government: Giffords Anti-Drug Trafficking Bill Becomes Law (Bloomberg Government subscription required) Anti-drug trafficking legislation sponsored by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the U.S. House and U.S. Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Dean Heller (R-NV) in the U.S. Senate was signed into law today by President Obama. The Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act was cosponsored in the Senate by Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
Hearings and Events:
Judiciary Committee
Wednesday February 15th
Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement
"Safeguarding the Integrity of the Immigration Benefits Adjudication Process"
2141 RHOB 2 p.m.


blog comments powered by Disqus

Busted: IRS chief admits it was his ‘incredibly bad idea' to plant question that led to IRS ‘apology'

May 21, 2013  11:22 AM

Yep, that happened. Outgoing acting IRS chief Steven Miller was busted by Sen. Chuck Grassley while testifying before the Senate Finance Committee. That planted question that prompted the IRS’ Lois “Math is Hard” Lerner to admit the agency targeted conservatives was all Miller’s brilliant idea. Miller now says he came up with idea to plant […]

Sen. Tom Coburn reportedly will seek spending offsets for Oklahoma relief money

May 20, 2013  09:47 PM

.@meredithshiner Really, Meredith? That's real classy.— Jason B. Whitman (@JasonBWhitman) May 21, 2013 @JasonBWhitman @meredithshiner Not to mention petty, no, moronic.— Scott Jones (@NScottJtx) May 21, 2013 Don’t forget Vanity Fair contributor Kurt Eichenwald. He’s worried about the answer too. And again, I ask the question: Will tea partiers call for offsets to pay for […]

Karma, again: Liberals already tying Oklahoma relief efforts to Superstorm Sandy aid vote

May 20, 2013  07:34 PM

Residents of Oklahoma are all too familiar with tornado season, but there’s a new cycle that’s popped up in association with natural disasters; every major storm in a conservative area is now followed by claims of “karma”-driven payback linked to the House’s Sandy relief aid vote soon after the new year. It happened after tornadoes hit Georgia […]

Scandals, schmandals: @WhiteHouse claims Obama is ‘all smiles'

May 20, 2013  06:22 PM

Or ever. When Jay Carney said this afternoon that senior White House staffers kept bad news from the president, maybe he was telling the truth! We kid, of course, but that would certainly explain this offering from the White House Twitter account, sent out during Carney’s disastrous press briefing: All smiles in the Oval Office. […]

Frightening: Content from DOJ's warrant application to spy on James Rosen [pics]

May 20, 2013  05:22 PM

The news that Fox News reporter James Rosen was the victim of a Justice Department spying campaign is disturbing enough. But take a look at the DOJ’s search warrant application, in which it laid out its case for tracking Rosen’s movements and sifting through his personal emails, and the story takes an even more sinister turn. […]

FSM Archives

  FSM Archive   Search Must Reads
More in PUBLICATIONS ( 1 OF 25 ARTICLES )