Tag Archives: Borders

Secure Borders First

The hype behind so-called Comprehensive Immigration Reform continues to mount.  Much of it is fueled by speculation about what eight Senators – four Democrats and four Republicans – are cooking up behind closed doors.

A chilling insight was afforded over the weekend, however, by one of those Democratic Senators, Chuck Schumer of New York.  He declared that the group’s priority would be legalization first, border security second.  In other words, the millions of aliens already unlawfully here would be put on the “path to citizenship” immediately — and long before the path for more to come to America illegally is shut down.

Given this prospect, there has reportedly been of late a 500 percent increase in unlawful border crossings.  We must have secure borders before more incentives are offered to come to this country.

Marco’s Test

Senator Marco Rubio is a rising star in Republican circles.  That’s due, in part, to this first-generation American’s unabashed love of this country and all that it has made possible for his Cuban immigrant parents and for their son.

Mr. Rubio’s background prompted him to join seven other Senators from both parties in crafting so-called “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” legislation.  They have done so in secret.  And the Senate’s Democratic leadership seems determined to try to ram through whatever deal is conjured up by this “Gang of Eight” and to use Senator Rubio to deflect Republican criticism.

In an early test of his character and leadership, Marco Rubio has committed himself to an open process of debate and amendment.  He’ll be pressed to abandon this sensible stance, and must not do so.

3 Years to North Korean Nuclear Missile Capability

With Roger Noriega, Stephen Hunter, Claudia Rosett, and Gordon Chang.

ROGER NORIEGA, from the American Enterprise Institute, explains the effects that upcoming immigrant legislation will have, interprets Venezuelan vice president Maduro’s assassination claims, and critiques current negotiations between Colombian authorities and  narco-terrorists.

STEPHEN HUNTER, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the upcoming The Third Bullet, offers exclusive insight into the creation of the JFK assassination conspiracy theory in his new book, and condemns the politicians that “pirouette on the political platform” raised from the tragedy of the Sandy Hook shootings.

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CLAUDIA ROSETT, the journalist-in-residence at Foundation for Defense of Democracy, analyzes the still resounding lack of clarity that Hillary Clinton’s Senate hearing left for the American people, and the “pass the buck” mentality that has prevailed in the administration through the whole affair.

GORDON CHANG, columnist at forbes.com, exposes the inclement threat that North Korea’s rapidly advancing missile program will have on the US and her allies, and reports on the UN conference that has led to China demanding more than $100 billion a year from the US to clean up their pollution.