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Immigration terror.(Scan)(Brief Article)
When the House of Representatives recently put together legislation to reshape U.S. intelligence, it included a provision to make it harder for illegal aliens to get driver's licenses, to allow easier deportation of illegals, and to limit the acceptance of cards given out by foreign consulates as IDs for American security checks. Basic, commonsense no-brainers, right? Not for some politicians. As this is written, senators are pressuring Republicans in the House to remove those provisions--with strong backing from the White House.
Why would President Bush resist immigration enforcement measures like these that will obviously help protect Americans? One is hard pressed to come up with a reason other than his infamous and oft-demonstrated willingness to do anything for the Hispanic vote. Arguments about "not tacking unrelated legislation onto intelligence reform" fall flat: Tighter immigration controls were part of the 9/11 Commission recommendations, and ...
- Debate begins over tighter immigration; The Senate's foray into the issue began...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor March 3, 2006 700+ words
...would commit the Department of Defense to playing a more active role in border security and would require the Department of Homeland Security to develop a comprehensive border strategy. Both bills also require a biometric entry and exit system, including criminal...
- HOUSE OKS SPENDING BILL, TIGHTER IMMIGRATION LAWS.(MAIN)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) September 29, 1996 700+ words
Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A weary House approved a huge spending bill and tighter immigration laws on Saturday, handing victories to both Republicans and Democrats just five weeks before the election and moving Congress...
- Tighter immigration checks.(News)
- Magazine article from: Swiss News August 1, 2004 700+ words
According to a recent report, carried out at the request of Justice Minister Christoph Blocher, up to 300,000 foreigners are residing illegally in Switzerland. Some 90,000 of them are holding down jobs. In certain cases, they are being paid below-minimum wages and miss out on social welfare
- Families Fear Tighter Immigration Proposal
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times TAMARA KERRILL June 11, 1995 700+ words
Juana Medina left a small house in the Guanajuato region of Mexico with no electricity, running water, windows, or locks on her door eight years ago with a dream of a better life in the United States. Like thousands of others, she tiptoed across the border. But she became a legal resident and
- Community colleges, small schools brace for tighter immigration rules.
- Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) April 15, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Thomas Ginsberg PHILADELPHIA _ Immigration experts call it the "Mohamed Atta rule," a proposal soon to take effect to try to prevent would-be terrorists from hiding here as students. But community-based schools, ranging from the small Quaker City Aviation Institute to the Community College
- Cut UK population by a third, says poll; 70% want tighter immigration...
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 14, 2009 700+ words
Byline: Steve Doughty Social Affairs Correspondent ONE in four Britons would like to see the population reduced by up to a third to ease overcrowding. A survey has revealed deep anxiety about pressure on the environment and the impact of migrants on public services and social cohesion. Nearly seven
- Homeland Security Capital Corp. Granted One Year Deferral of Registration...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 1, 2007 700+ words
...PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Homeland Security Capital Corp. , a company...developing and consolidating homeland security-related businesses...its investments in the Homeland Security Capital for another year...
- Homeland security: A challenging environment; The meaning of homeland security,...
- Magazine article from: The Public Manager Caudle, Sharon March 22, 2003 700+ words
...with responsibility for homeland security since the September 11...busy crafting de tailed homeland security goals and objectives...organizations responsible for homeland security, and cost and performance...
Source: HighBeam Research, Immigration terror.(Scan)(Brief Article)