Americans Support Deporting Illegal Aliens

FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26, 2013

• Another Poll Shows Americans Support Deporting Illegal Aliens
• AFL-CIO and Chamber Announce Negotiating Principles
• DACA Beneficiaries Near 200,000
• Arizona GOP Congressmen Reject Amnesty Proposal
• Virginia Legislature Passes Bills to Strengthen Integrity of Elections
• Rep. Murphy Seeks Answers Regarding Obama Amnesty Plan
• Employers Give E-Verify High Marks
• Obama Continues to Dismantle Immigration Enforcement

Another Poll Shows Americans Support Deporting Illegal Aliens A new national poll finds that a majority of Americans believe that most or all of the 11-12 million illegal aliens in the country should be deported. By an overwhelming 53 to 36 percent margin, the Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,443 Americans (over the age of 18) released last Wednesday reiterates the FAIR/Pulse Opinion poll that found likely voters supported enforcement over amnesty (52 to 36 percent). Click here to read the full article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AFL-CIO and Chamber Announce Negotiating Principles Last week AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue announced they had agreed on several principles they say will guide their on-going negotiations over a guest worker program. This guest worker program is to be included in the Senate guest worker amnesty bill, the text of which is expected in the next several weeks. Click here to read the article.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DACA Beneficiaries Near 200,000 According to the latest round of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) statistics released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) last week, the Administration has granted deferred action to 199,460 illegal aliens as of February 14, 2013. Click here to read the full article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arizona GOP Congressmen Reject Amnesty Proposal Last Tuesday, Arizona's Republican delegation to the House of Representatives sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) expressing their opposition to amnesty, according to inside-the-beltway publication Politico. Click here to read the full article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Legislature Passes Bills to Strengthen Integrity of Elections Last week, the Virginia Legislature passed two bills to strengthen integrity of elections in the state. Both bills were sponsored by Senator Obenshain (R-Harrison). Click here to read the full article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. Murphy Seeks Answers Regarding Obama Amnesty Plan Earlier this month, true immigration reformer Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius seeking answers on the healthcare costs of granting amnesty to the country's 11-12 million illegal aliens under President Obama's latest comprehensive immigration reform proposal. Click here to read the full article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employers Give E-Verify High Marks Employers using the E-Verify program gave it high marks according the results of a recent government survey. E-Verify is a voluntary online system that allows employers to quickly check the work authorization status of their hires by checking Homeland Security and Social Security Administration databases. Click here to read the full article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obama Continues to Dismantle Immigration Enforcement Since taking office in 2009, President Obama has systematically gutted effective immigration enforcement policies. His Administration has moved aggressively against state and local governments that attempt to enforce immigration laws, and has stretched the concept of "prosecutorial discretion" to a point where it has rendered many immigration laws meaningless. Click here to read the full article.