A story in the Los Angeles Times reports that a sophisticated airborne radar system being used along the border has found that more individuals trying to cross the border illegally elude Border Patrol agents than what has been traditionally thought. According to the story, between Oct. 1, 2012 and Jan. 17, 2013, the radar helped Border Patrol detain 1,874 people, but another 1,962 people were able to elude capture.
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Cosponsor the New IDEA Act (H.R. 1292)
It is disappointing that so many employers are willing to hire illegal aliens instead of unemployed Americans or legal immigrants. The New IDEA Act, H.R. 1292, would put a stop to this. Please cosponsor this common-sense legislation today!
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Most don’t believe border security is in the works
I find it disturbing that according to Rasmussen, only 9% of Americans believe it is very likely
that the government would actually secure the border and prevent illegal immigration
if Congress passes comprehensive immigration reform legislation. It is equally disturbing that Chris Crane, the head of ICE’s union, said that the border could never be secured if Congress passes immigration reform before ensuring that the border is secured. We urge you to postpone passage of an amnesty for illegal aliens so that the border can be secured once and for all.
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People not in labor force soar to 90 million
Things just keep getting worse for the American worker, and by implication US economy, where as we have shown many times before, it pays just as well to sit back and collect disability and various welfare and entitlement checks, than to work.
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Delayed hit: U.S. job creation plunges
Job creation slowed to a crawl during March, with the U.S. economy creating just 88,000 positions though the unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent.
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The Idiot Elite: Rep. Diana Degette
For this idiot-who-would-lead-us, gun magazines are the same as gun clips, which are the same as bullets, and thus can be used up so eventually there won’t be any.
The Idiot Elite: Rep. Diana Degette