Immigration

If an illegal immigrant can openly show his face on national television and divulge many details about his life and circumstances, apparently without fear of detention or deportation, how can Americans have any confidence that the government will enforce the proposed new immigration law?At 6:43 am EDT this morning, CNN ran a segment sympathetic to illegal aliens, suggesting that the proposed…

If you believe the hype from the open-borders crowd about how illegal immigrants "are doing jobs other won't do," you would have to wonder how this ever happened (the following is from a May 11 company press release): Swift & Company Announces Return of Standard Staffing Levels at All Four Domestic Beef Processing FacilitiesPork Processing Facilities Resumed Normal Production in MarchSwift…

The Formerly Mainstream Media is favorably transfixed on the proposed immigration "reforms" being whipped through Congress -- legislation that opponents characterize as "amnesty." "Somehow," they have managed to virtually ignore immigration-related legislation that has actually become law in Oklahoma. Perhaps it's because Oklahoma's reforms have nothing to do with "amnesty," and everything to do…

See update at foot: life imitates NewsBusters. This is the first step. We can and must complete this legislation sooner rather than later. We all know that this issue can be caught up in extracurricular politics unless we move forward as quickly as possible. -- Sen. John McCain [R-AZ], May 17th.Now is probably the last window for action on comprehensive reform before presidential politics thwart…

On Friday, both CBS and ABC skewed their coverage of the Senate’s immigration bill to the left. Neither network featured a conservative talking head that opposed the legislation, instead "The Early Show" and "Good Morning America" simply referred to the "critics" who believe the bill would amount to amnesty for those who came to the country illegally. However, while both networks also interviewed…

Did you know if you support enforcement of immigration laws you're heartless and also support destroying families?That was the over-the-top sob story offered yesterday by Geraldo Rivera on his "Geraldo at Large" show where he featured a man who was about to be deported, alongside his wife and three of his children."Look at these children. Do you want to be responsible for separating these babies…

While the ABC and NBC evening newscasts led Tuesday night with President George W. Bush's veto of the Iraq funding bill with pull-out deadlines, CBS began with back-to-back stories trumpeting the cause of illegal immigrants and portraying them as the victims. “Tonight,” Katie Couric teased the CBS Evening News, “tens of thousands of protesters take to the streets of America to rally in support…