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November 16, 2009



Napolitano Trial Balloon Shows What Hasn't Changed in Immigration Debate

"It's been only two years since Congress rejected efforts to enact "comprehensive" reform: beefed-up security and workplace enforcement, a new guest worker program and some mechanism to allow undocumented workers to emerge from the shadows," says Todd J. Gillman with the Dallas Morning News. "The argument for moving ahead with those other elements hinges largely on whether security benchmarks have been met. Napolitano insisted they have."

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Tea Party Protestors Target Illegal Immigration

"There was no tea but plenty of cold water Sunday afternoon as TEA Party protesters braved a steady rain to march silently through downtown Decatur to protest illegal immigration," the Herald-Review reported. "Robert Moon, a regional coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, a national body that assists local organizers, says America must not put up with illegal immigrants who compete for jobs and resources with citizens and legal immigrants."

The Christian Science Monitor also reports on the rallies, held across the country this weekend.

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Massachusetts Set to Debate In-State Tuition

Three years after lawmakers rejected attempts to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, amnesty supporters are again preparing to push a bill to do just that. Despite state budget shortfalls and cuts at universities and colleges nationwide, tuition supporters refuse to address the fiscal issues involved in letting illegal immigrants qualify for tuition breaks.

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DHS Considers Fee Increase

Citizenship and Immigration Services is considering fee increases to make up for budget shortfalls this year and next, the Houston Chronicle reports. The agency draws funding from fees, making it partially dependent on mass immigration. In theory, the drop in immigrant benefit applications would mean a pullback in staffing, but that is not mentioned in the article. Instead, the agency expects to get more money from Congress to continue operations, including gearing up (again) for a mass amnesty program.

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