(VIDEO) Bachmann swats Rick Perry on immigration
By Jon Collins |
09.30.11 | 8:00 am
Bachmann vowed that she will build a border fence if she becomes president.
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PAC: ‘To stop illegal immigration, support Michele Bachmann’
By Andy Birkey |
09.12.11 | 7:56 am
New radio ads paint Rick Perry as being soft on immigration.
Audits force illegal immigrants to find underground work
By Luke Johnson |
08.15.11 | 10:51 am
Miriam Jordan of The Wall Street Journal reports on a pseudonymous couple who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico to settle in Minneapolis. They held jobs paying well over the minimum wage, plus benefits, before the Obama Administration began cracking down on employers. Both of them now work lower-paid jobs, and worked for less than the minimum wage.
Group inducts Bachmann into the Immigration Hall of Shame
By Andy Birkey |
04.22.11 | 9:08 am
Immigrants’ List, a federal PAC that backs candidates who support immigration rights, lists Rep. Michele Bachmann on its Immigration Hall of Shame. She’s among the nine Republicans and one Democrat the group says are blocking immigration reform. Immigrants’ List cites Bachmann’s support for Arizona’s SB 1070 and her erroneous statement that Phoenix is the kidnapping capital of the United States.
Franken sponsors immigration rights for same-sex couples
By Andy Birkey |
04.18.11 | 8:30 am
Sen. Al Franken is the sponsor of legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate late last week that would give binational same-sex couples the same rights as married couples for immigration purposes. The Uniting American Families Act is authored by Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont and is sponsored by 18 other Democrats.
Bachmann sponsors bill to make English official U.S. language
By Andy Birkey |
03.16.11 | 8:04 am
Rep. Michele Bachmann has sponsored a bill that would make all federal government operations use English and require all people undergoing citizenship testing to demonstrate their ability to speak English. The bill is very similar to one offered by Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature.
Republican bill seeks to ban immigration ‘sanctuary cities’
By Andy Birkey |
02.08.11 | 1:25 pm
Minnesota House Republicans introduced a bill Monday that would prevent cities, counties and other local governments from making laws related to immigration enforcement. St. Paul, Minneapolis and Worthington have ordinances on the books that direct city employees to check the immigration status of their residents only in certain instances and instead leave immigration enforcement to federal officials. These “sanctuary cities” are the target of HF348, which would invalidate those local ordinances.
GOP introduces bill to make English Minnesota’s official language
By Andy Birkey |
01.10.11 | 3:17 pm
Among the first bills introduced in the Minnesota House this session is one aimed at establishing English as the official language of the state. Republican Reps. Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa, David Hancock of Bemidji, Sondra Erickson of Princeton, and Roger Crawford of Mora introduced the bill on Monday.
Minnesota group pushes for Arizona-style immigration bill
By Andy Birkey |
11.30.10 | 12:05 pm
Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform (MINNSIR) has begun a push for an Arizona-style immigration law for Minnesota, according to a posting on Confederate Americans for Secure Borders. The group’s leader, Ruthie Hendrycks, said she has spoken with members of the Minnesota Legislature who will be offering the bill in the upcoming session.
Facing pressure, Emmer event in Latino community canceled
By Andy Birkey |
10.25.10 | 8:46 am
A rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer at a Lake Street Mexican restaurant was canceled on Thursday after pressure from members of Minnesota’s Latino community and supporters. The rally, to be held at a popular Lake Street restaurant, was canceled after the owner was told the event was for Emmer. He told Spanish-language radio station La Invasora 1400 that the organizers failed to tell him it was a political rally.
