Don’t ignore immigration officers

According to news accounts, the President has once again invited illegal immigrants to the State of the Union — and yet the President still refuses to meet with ICE officers. We have a President who will provide those illegally in the US with the seat of honor at one of the most important events of the year, but ICE officers who serve under him are unwelcome in the White House. This is symptomatic of the President’s continued demonstration of contempt for immigration officers and his blatant disregard for Congressionally-enacted law. ICE officers are forced every day to release violent offenders back into the streets; we are prohibited from enforcing immigration violations and document fraud and from cracking down on illegal employment; we are prohibited from enforcing public charge law to protect taxpayers; and we are forced to catch-and-release illegal aliens who are not ‘priorities’ even when officers’ believe there is a threat to public safety.

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Dueling headlines: School safety edition

Houston schools cancel NRA safety program after discovering NRA connection

School principal (not principle) Carlotta Brown appeared with an NRA spokesman to express her delight with the NRA’s long-standing Eddie the Eagle firearms safety presentation. Shortly thereafter, she cancelled it because she had learned that the presentation was crafted by the NRA!
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That explains it

Bullet train bid rules altered (4/19/2013)

Changes allowed Tutor Perini to rank as the top firm despite a low technical score.

State high-speed rail officials acknowledged Thursday that they changed their rules for selecting a builder for the bullet train’s first phase in the Central Valley, a shift that subsequently made it possible for a consortium led by Sylmar-based Tutor Perini to be ranked as the top candidate despite receiving the lowest technical rating.

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