Neither the 14th Amendment’s text, nor its history, nor the way it has been construed by the Supreme Court, requires the United States to grant birthright citizenship to illegal immigrants.
National Review, August 24, 2015Santa Maria, California—site of the brutal rape and murder of an Air Force veteran—is a case study of what happens when the federal government won’t enforce immigration laws or drug laws.
The Weekly Standard, August 11, 2015
According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, illegal immigrants were responsible for almost three-eighths (37 percent) of all federal sentences in 2014 and almost three-quarters (74 percent) of all federal drug sentences, up from 56 percent in 2013.
Washington Examiner, July 8, 2015“Illegal immigration is a subsidy” for the well-off, who can get cheaper services than they could “if the country had a strictly legal labor market and lower levels of overall immigration,” but it’s bad for American workers and often for the illegal immigrants themselves.”
National Review, May 12, 2015
Many conservatives are starting to argue for pro-Main Street immigration policies.
National Review, April 30, 2015
There is no dispute that immigration increases the size of the economy; the question is whether it increases the economic well-being of the typical American.
The Weekly Standard, April 27, 2015
With immigrants’ percentage of the U.S. population approaching an all-time high, and with little thought being given to whether such largely unchecked immigration benefits Main Street, there is a clear opening for a presidential candidate who is willing to buck the liberal-corporate consensus.
The Weekly Standard, April 17, 2015
President Obama once again acts unilaterally to help global corporations and hurt American workers.
Washington Examiner, March 25, 2015
There is an inviting opportunity for a GOP presidential candidate to stand with Main Street, and against Beltway orthodoxy, on immigration.
Dallas Morning News, February 25, 2015
A recent Gallup poll finds that just 7 percent of Americans want to see immigration levels increased—highlighting the wide gulf on this issue between President Obama (and many Republicans) and Main Street Americans.
Washington Examiner, January 29, 2015
Even in a poll in which President Obama gets a 50 percent approval rating, 56 percent of those same respondents are in favor of Republicans blocking his lawless amnesty when told how many people it involves.
Hot Air, January 19, 2015
Experience suggests that increased immigration has hurt middle-class workers, even as it has provided economic benefits to the well-to-do.
Atlantic, January 5, 2015President Obama “is preparing to assume for himself, and himself alone, the absolute power to decide who can enter our country, who can work in our country, and who can live in our country—by the millions—regardless of what the law says, what the citizenry says, and what the Constitution says.”
September 18, 2014Elected representatives should be more concerned with the American people’s desire to get a good job and provide for their families than with Mark Zuckerberg’s and other powerful CEO’s desire for cheap labor.
September 10, 2014A detailed new immigration poll finds strong opposition to President Obama’s handling of the issue, strong opposition to the Gang of Eight’s goals, and strong support for a three-pronged approach of funding enforcement, sending back recent arrivals, and reining in Obama’s lawlessness.
The Weekly Standard, August 20, 2014