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Today on ImmigrationReform.com - Surge in Foreign Students
In a blog written for ImmigrationReform.com, FAIR's Director of Special Projects Jack Martin takes a look at the surge in foreign students attending our universities and asks what happens to these students after they graduate. Check out his full blog at www.immigrationreform.com.
"In a recent interview, President Barack Obama said he can't just 'wave away the laws that Congress put in place' and that 'the president doesn't have the authority to simply ignore Congress and say, 'We're not going to enforce the laws that you've passed,'" writes Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) in RollCall.
"But that is exactly what the president has done -- ignored our immigration laws. Throughout the three years of his administration, Obama has waived applying several of our immigration rules and has refused to enforce other immigration laws."
Illegal Immigrant Sentenced to 20 Years for Killing Nun
"The man convicted in the deadly Bristow, Va., accident that killed a nun was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.
Police said Carlos Martinelly-Montano, in the United States illegally, was drunk when he slammed his car into another car in 2010. The crash killed Sister Denise Mosier and injured two other nuns. He was convicted of felony murder in October," MSNBC writes. "Martinelly-Montano has twice before been convicted of drunken driving, and was awaiting a deportation hearing at the time of the accident."
AZ Farm Bureau Head Says He Will Never "Source" American Workers
"[M]y industry and others need legal access to labor pools that are seasonal, short- and long-term. These pools will not be sourced from this country. This is an essential fact," says Kevin Rogers of the Arizona Farm Bureau. "You can tell me to pay more, to use convicts, to hire more students and you can tell me technology will solve my problems."
"Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas has called for a moratorium on refugee resettlement until the "city can catch its breath" after about 300 refugees a year have been resettled in the city over the last few years. Gatsas supported HB 1405 Thursday, saying the city needs time to allow the refugees currently in the community to settle into the system, get jobs and become productive citizens. Gatsas said communication with the resettlement agencies, the state and the federal government has been poor," the Union-Leader says.