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January 31, 2012 Today on ImmigrationReform.com - Obama Demonstrates Lack of Knowledge About H-1B Program Last night, President Obama answered some pre-screened questions during a Google+ online town hall. In trying to answer a question by the spouse of an unemployed tech worker, it became increasingly apparent about his lack of knowledge concerning our H-1B visa program. Check out this blog by FAIR's Director of Research Eric Ruark who provides a good analysis about the President's exchange with the questioner at www.immigrationreform.com.
Napolitano Touts DREAM Act Amnesty in Speech "Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the United States' immigration laws were outdated and in need of overhaul. In her second annual Address on the State of the Nation's Homeland Security, Napolitano said they're "sorely outdated and in need of revision,'" Fox News Latino writes. "Asked by an audience member at the National Press Club what she sees as most in need of change, Napolitano said she couldn't narrow it down. But she specifically criticized Congress for failing to pass the so-called DREAM Act last year."
Kansas Defends Food Stamp Change to Count Illegal Income "Gov. Sam Brownback's administration on Monday fended off suggestions that it is trying to ferret out undocumented immigrants with a new Kansas policy that cuts food stamp benefits for anyone in the country illegally. Appearing before the House Appropriations Committee, a top official at the state social services agency said the new food stamp policy is only intended to level the playing field between U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants," the Topeka Star writes. "The old formula gave households with illegal immigrants on average the ability to earn $900 more a month than U.S. citizens and still receive food stamps."
Asked About H-1B, Obama Says Tech Workers Shouldn't Be Unemployed "During his Google+ hangout Pres. Obama tells a woman that her husband shouldn't be unemployed from the growth he has seen in the economy. Obama said he finds it "interesting" because he is getting "the word" that someone in her husband's job field "should be able to find something right away." Obama offered to do something if she would just send him her husband's resume," Real Clear Politics writes.
TPS Coming for Syrians? On Wednesday, January 25th, United for a Free Syria (UFS), in close coordination with a broad coalition . . . has formally requested that the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to Syrian nationals presently in the United States," notes a press release from the group.
Congress Takes Action on Border Tunnels "The Senate passed a measure by unanimous consent Monday evening that would give new tools to law enforcement to combat construction of and activities involving cross-border tunnels," Congressional Quarterly reported. "The bill (S 1236) would expand on current law to make the use, construction or financing of a border tunnel a conspiracy offense. It would consider illegal tunneling as an offense that would be eligible for the authorized use of wiretaps, and it would allow law enforcement to seize assets in border tunnel cases."
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