I happened to catch this on TV the other night. Powers is pure emotion on this issue. I’ve featured her talking about it before, here, but if anything I think she’s gotten more feverish about it: Powers is no dummy; … Continue reading →
Katrina was, after all, a natural disasster. No, it’s closer to being Obama’s Mariel boatlift. And even then it’s not the same. The difference between the border crisis and the Mariel boatlift is that Carter’s policies were not responsible for … Continue reading →
For the last couple of weeks, President Obama has been doing virtually nothing about the border crisis and giving out mixed signals about his intentions. The mixed signals are themselves intentional, meant to throw a few fish to each side … Continue reading →
This is the way it works: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status is something that we attorneys on the border have been getting CLE training in for a while, but largely it has not been well known outside of CPS attorney work. … Continue reading →
Want to see how stupendously, destructively, and deliberately messed-up our immigration system is? And don’t forget that the background to the following information is that for years the federal government, which is in charge of enforcement, has refused to effectively … Continue reading →
In another ruling today, SCOTUS held 5-4 that public sector unions cannot compel dues from non-members who are not “full-fledged” public service workers. More here: Union leaders had feared that the justices might strike down those state laws [requiring public … Continue reading →
My new article is up at PJ: What do we owe the enormous numbers of children who have crossed our borders illegally in the last couple of months from various countries in Central America? We certainly owe it to them … Continue reading →
Yes, indeed, that’ll do it: Vice President Joe Biden will visit Guatemala this week to discuss a recent rash of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S. Southern border from three Central American nations. Senior administration officials said Biden would meet with … Continue reading →
Early in his first administration Obama showed us who he was, and most people probably don’t remember when and how. The subject was the attempt by Honduras’ President Zeleya to seize more power, and the battle against him. I was … Continue reading →
In a segment I just heard on Fox’s Kelly File about the current immigration crisis, Dennis Michael Lynch predicted that things are due to get a lot worse soon, because entire villages in Central America are practically being emptied out … Continue reading →
While we were busy talking about plenty of other things (whack-a-mole, anyone?), the illegal immigration situation in this country seem to have gone from dreadful to utter chaos, with no end in sight. This is absolutely disturbing on so many … Continue reading →
…so you don’t have to. And believe me, after you’ve read his article, you won’t want to. It’s a brilliant article about a wretched place. Here’s an excerpt: In the United States, we have a minimum wage; Cuba has a … Continue reading →