Bill being introduced to stop Obama's de facto amnesty

Bill being introduced to stop Obama's de facto amnesty...Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) is sponsoring legislation which would block the Obama administration's ability to delay or defer the deportations of "millions of deportable illegal and criminal aliens." --The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is bringing forth the bill in response to the ICE memo quietly issued on June 17, announcing that immigration officials no longer have to deport illegal aliens...Smith’s bill is expected to be introduced on the House floor very soon.

http://www.examiner.com/immigration-reform-in-national/bill-being-introduced-to-stop-obama-s-de-facto-amnesty?CID=examiner_alerts_article

The E-Verify bill

The E-Verify bill...The House of Representatives has introduced H.R. 2164 The Legal Workforce Act. Rep. Lamar Smith R-TX is the sponsor. This bill would mandate nationwide use of E-Verify for employers, phased in over time with exemptions for different categories of employers...

http://www.examiner.com/immigration-in-san-francisco/the-e-verify-bill

House Republicans are targeting an Obama administration effort to give immigration officials more leeway when it comes to deciding who to deport

House Republicans are targeting an Obama administration effort to give immigration officials more leeway when it comes to deciding who to deport from the U.S....Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee introduces the HALT Act, would strip the Obama administration's power to defer deportation of immigration violators, grant work authorization or grant temporary protected status to immigrants who are fleeing a disaster... The bill has little chance of becoming law. Even if the bill passed the House, it probably would not pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-lamar-smith-halt-20110624,0,3535524.story

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta likes E-Verify, BUT opposes proposed E-Verify bill by Lamar Smith(R-TX), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta likes E-Verify, BUT opposes proposed E-Verify bill by Lamar Smith(R-TX), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee...Barletta likes E-Verify as a tool for discouraging people to enter or remain in the U.S. without authorization.
He, however, dislikes the bill, which he said pre-empts states and municipalities like Hazleton from requiring their employers to use E-Verify. If the bill becomes law, businesses that hire illegal aliens only could lose licenses after a federal finding is reached, a requirement that Barletta believes would effectively block enforcement.

http://standardspeaker.com/news/barletta-likes-e-verify-opposes-e-verify-bill-1.1164555

Arizona law is best on immigration...Legal Arizona Workers Act

Arizona law is best on immigration...Legal Arizona Workers Act...establishes a state’s right to enforce laws against employers of illegal aliens...The plaintiff against AZ was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has opposed every attempt at immigration enforcement at the state and national level for decades. The chamber lobbied against the act while it was in the legislature. Then they teamed up with the ACLU to sue us. Now, the chamber is supporting an ostensibly anti-illegal immigration bill, called the Legal Workforce Act in Washington,(H.R.2164) , which Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced..the bill was crafted with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other cheap labor lobbyists, who made it difficult to enforce. It exempts many illegal agricultural workers; has a two year phase-in period for most employers, and makes it difficult to check existing employees’ legal status... Gutting local enforcement in exchange for watered down federal enforcement placed in the hands of the Obama administration can only be described as “the bad.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57249.html

ICE has released over 8,000 criminal aliens into U.S. since 2009

ICE has released over 8,000 criminal aliens into U.S. since 2009
The ICE agency, which is responsible for enforcing U.S. immigration laws inside the country, has released more than 8,000 illegal aliens convicted of crimes onto the streets of the U.S. since fiscal 2009, according to ICE data released by House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R.-Texas)...

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ice-releases-thousands-criminal-immigran-0

House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) Acts to 'Keep Our Communities Safe'

House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) Acts to 'Keep Our Communities Safe'...Every year, ICE releases about 4,000 criminal aliens back into U.S. communities because their home countries will not accept them for deportation, and because the Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot be detained indefinitely. This group includes murderers, rapists, cop killers, child predators, and gang members who are then free to continue their life of crime here, and they get a work permit in case their crime doesn't pay enough. Yesterday, the House immigration subcommittee held a hearing on this problem and on a new bill to address it

http://cis.org/vaughan/keep-our-communities-safe-hearing

Congressional hearing after FOX Undercover report on illegal aliens

Congressional hearing after FOX Undercover report on illegal aliens...Congress Trying To Close Immigration Loophole...investigative team discovered the federal government releasing illegal aliens with violent criminal records, even though it wants to deport them

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/undercover/congressional-hearing-after-fox-undercover-report-on-illegal-immigrants-20110524

Who’s really twisting the truth on border security

Who’s really twisting the truth on border security...Rep. Lamar Smitha(R-TX)chairman of the House Judiciary Committee... the nonpartisan(GAO) and the B.P. Agents on the ground know the truth: The border is NOT secure. The Obama administration pretend the border is more secure than ever because apprehensions are down. But apprehensions are down for two reasons: Our sluggish economy and the limited ability of the BP to apprehend illegal aliens...BP Agents on the ground will tell you that there are three successful illegal crossings for every one stopped.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/whos-really-twisting-the-truth-on-border-security/2011/05/16/AFjQN55G_story.html

GOP lawmaker/chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Lamar Smith rips Napolitano's new border index

GOP lawmaker/chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Lamar Smith rips Napolitano's new border index...Says administration not providing correct data about current security (YOU MEAN YOU KNOW THEY ARE LYING TOO?) new plan by the DHS to develop a “border security index” to measure enforcement progress along the Southwest border “nothing short of inflated facts and figures to give them an excuse to say the border is secure.”..said the Obama administration had “cooked the books” on border security for the past two years and he didn’t expect the results of the proposed new index to be any different..“No matter what kind of index the administration produces, they cannot change the facts and the truth. The reality is that there are massive holes in security along the southern border and the Obama administration has ignored this growing problem for the past two years,”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/5/gop-lawmaker-rips-new-border-index/

Federal Government Has "No Interest" In Enforcing Immigration Laws by Rep. Lamar Smith

Federal Government Has "No Interest" In Enforcing Immigration Laws by Rep. Lamar Smith..The Left throws laurels at the feet of illegal aliens who "come out of the shadows" and openly declare their crimes before mass audiences in our state capitals. They are considered heroes for breaking the law. We are portrayed as the bad guys..It is time we faced the fact that we are in a situation where one side of the political spectrum has violated their side of the national contract. We are expected to meekly obey the law, submit to federal court decisions, and pay taxes ... while the other side isn't required to do so..How long are we going to put up with this?

http://www.westernyouth.org/articles/lamar-smith-s-op-ed/

U.S. Attorney General: Utah change immigration law or else

U.S. Attorney General: Utah change immigration law or else... Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and was pressed by Chairman Lamar Smith, who accused the Justice Department of political favoritism for going after Arizona’s immigration law aggressively but not Utah’s..The attorney general noted that Utah’s guest worker law, HB116, would not kick in without a change in federal law until 2013..“And if it is not changed to our satisfaction by 2013, we will take all the necessary steps,” he said, alluding to a lawsuit.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/51742137-90/law-utah-guest-worker.html.csp

Utah: RINO Gov. Herbert fires back at critics of Utah's guest worker scheme

Utah: RINO Gov. Herbert fires back at critics of Utah's guest worker scheme
...In another statement released in response to Rep. Lamar Smith's letter to Holder, [Utah Gov. Gary] Herbert said: "Typical Washington-attempt to deflect criticism that comes from Washington's abject failure to address immigration, then sue a state over something that won't even take effect for two years, rather than use those two years to do something positive." (POSITIVE?)

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2011/04/21/house-gop-leaders-blast-utahs-immigration-law-utah-gov-tells-fix-immigration/

Lamar Smith Calls Utah Amnesty “Illegal”

Lamar Smith Calls Utah Amnesty “Illegal”...Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith Calls Utah Amnesty “Illegal”...In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) has branded Utah’s guest worker amnesty “illegal” and expressed dismay at Attorney General Holder’s apparent refusal to enforce the law in Utah when he has been so quick to oppose Arizona’s interior enforcement laws.

http://oneoldvet.com/?p=27924#more-27924

10 Patriotic Lawmakers Added to Amnesty Group’s “Hall of Shame Fame”

10 Patriotic Lawmakers Added to Amnesty Group’s “Hall of Shame Fame”...In its biannual “Hall of Shame” list, obtained first by The Hill, the PAC took aim at Steve King, eight other Republicans and lone Democrat Rep. Heath Shuler (N.C.) for “spreading misinformation, preying on fear and blocking the reform America wants and needs.”PAC also names GOP Reps. Lamar Smith (Texas), Ed Royce (Calif.), Pete King (N.Y.), Michele Bachmann (Minn.), Brian Bilbray (Calif.), Candice Miller (Mich.) and Ben Quayle (Ariz.), as well as Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.).

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/156707-handful-of-gop-lawmakers-make-immigration-reform-groups-hall-of-shame-

Birthright Citzenship/Anchor Babies and the 14th Amendment: Amendment was for former slaves, not illegals

Birthright Citzenship/Anchor Babies and the 14th Amendment: Amendment was for former slaves, not illegals...Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, Chairman, House Judiciary Committee

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/14/amendment-was-for-former-slaves-not-illegals/

Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee..Give immigration enforcement a try

Rep. Lamar Smith, TX Republican, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee..Give immigration enforcement a try.. When laws are administered, jobs open for unemployed Americans.Critics of immigration enforcement often claim our immigration system is broken and that enforcement of immigration laws will not solve this problem. But this argument is flawed because we have never tried to fully enforce our immigration laws. Critics embrace the legalization of millions of illegal immigrants, a so-called solution that has been tried in the past and failed.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/13/give-immigration-enforcement-a-try/

When Will Obama Tell the Truth About What's Going On Along Our Southern Border?

When Will Obama Tell the Truth About What's Going On Along Our Southern Border?. the administration has all but abandoned effective worksite enforcement actions. There have been fewer arrests of illegal workers, fewer criminal arrests, fewer indictments and fewer convictions under this administration.


http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/04/01/obama-tell-truth-whats-going-southern-border/

Real ID: Senators Say REAL ID Delay Endangers American Lives (extended to 1/15/2013)

Real ID: Sen. Grassley and Rep. Smith Say REAL ID Delay Endangers American Lives
...have sent a letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano criticizing her decision to delay the implementation of REAL ID by 20 months. States were supposed to be REAL ID compliant by May of this year, but the deadline has been extended to January 15, 2013

http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/march-29-2011/sen-grassley-and-rep-smith-say-real-id-delay-endangers-american-lives.html