Poll: Amnesty Will Increase Illegal Immigration
Over half of Mexican nationals polled in a recent survey by Zogby International say that amnesty would create a massive influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico. With Mexico being the major source...
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As Predicted, Obama Weak on Immigration Enforcement
As reported Friday in “Administration’s ‘Silent Raids’ Lead to Firings, Not Deportations,” and previously predicted on The Foundry, the Obama Administration’s year-old worksite audit policy is...
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Border Security as a Political Football
Photo credit: Newscom In the increasingly politicized environment surrounding President Obama’s attempt to pass comprehensive immigration reform, border security again became the focus. In an attempt...
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Morning Bell: Heritage Experts Analyze the State of the Union
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious agenda last night. Here are some highlights of our experts’ analysis of his claims, his plans, and his promises....
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Visa Reform: Long Wait Times Make Travel Difficult
Anne Chadwick Williams/ZUMA Press/Newscom Attaining a visa to the United States is an incredibly lengthy and difficult process. To combat this, last week, Congressman Joseph Heck (R–NV) introduced the...
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“Gang of Eight” Out of Touch on Border Security
EdStock/iStock Photo On Wednesday, four Senators leading in the push for comprehensive immigration reform headed down to Nogales, Arizona, to check out U.S. border security in action. From the...
View ArticleRead the Bill: Senate Gang of Eight Releases Immigration Legislation
Early this morning a group of eight U.S. senators filed comprehensive immigration reform legislation that totals 844 pages and addresses a range of policy issues. Heritage scholars are already at work...
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Immigration Bill Is a Trojan Horse for Spending
WARNER BROTHERS / Album/Newscom The contentious immigration bill (S. 744) put together by the Senate Gang of Eight is a spending Trojan Horse with several provisions that simply declare open season on...
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Morning Bell: Top 5 Problems with the “Comprehensive” Immigration Bill
Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Newscom The good news is Congress cares about trying to fix our flawed immigration system and broken borders. The bad news is they want to do it with a solution that looks a lot like...
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How Heritage Is Studying the Costs of Immigration
Heritage’s Robert Rector. In discussing comprehensive immigration reform in recent days, some commentators have discussed The Heritage Foundation’s previous and anticipated work looking at the costs of...
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Morning Bell: Don’t Fall Into the Boston Immigration Trap
FBI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom As the country continues to reel over the attacks in Boston last week, some in Washington quickly looked for ways to use the attacks to justify their political goals on...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Immigration Bill Doesn’t Secure the Border
Must Washington fix our broken southern border? You bet. Will the comprehensive immigration reform bill help? You bet it won’t. The number one flaw of the bill is it starts by giving amnesty to the...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Remember the Economy? It’s Still Bad
According to a poll earlier this year, voters have a higher opinion of cockroaches than Congressmen. President Obama’s personal popularity remains solid, but his job approval rating is going down. Why...
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Immigration: Senate’s Amnesty Would Cost Trillions
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Newscom In 2007, The Heritage Foundation estimated that amnesty would cost the U.S. taxpayer trillions of dollars over the lifetimes of the immigrants who are legalized. We will soon...
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Amnesty Insanity: Doing the Same Thing and Expecting a Better Result
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Newscom While debating the amnesty provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, then-Senator Alan Simpson (R–WY) stated on the floor of the Senate that “this...
View ArticleBrandUSA: Senate Immigration Bill Extends Wasteful, Flawed Program
On Thursday, the Senate will vote on S. 744, a highly flawed comprehensive immigration “reform” bill. As is often the case with comprehensive bills, S. 744 is full of handouts, pork, and...
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DREAM Act Hearings: Five Questions for Congress
Newscom The House of Representatives will hold a hearing tomorrow on the issue of granting legal status to around 2.8 million illegal immigrants within the U.S. who were brought here as children. The...
View ArticleWhite House Report Ignores That We Need a Better Economy, Not Amnesty
The White House yesterday released a report with state-by-state projected impacts from “commonsense immigration reform” that is “like the Senate bill.” It is the latest in a series of reports from...
View ArticleAsian Immigration Outpacing Immigration from Latin America
Asian immigration may soon exceed Latin American immigration, according to a recently released report from The Heritage Foundation. Immigration from China and India alone are more than total...
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Agriculture Isn’t About to Leave U.S. Over Lack of Immigration Reform
Pete Souza The Obama Administration is getting desperate as it clamors for reasons to push comprehensive immigration reform. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack claims that...
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Why the Hispanic Media Are Biased and What to Do About It
Photo credit: C.W. Griffin/Miami Herald/MCT/Newscom In one of the most interesting exchanges leading up to the 2012 presidential election, an anchor made a name for himself by challenging President...
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