By Rick Oltman, May 24, 2019 On Thursday, May 23, President Trump signed a Presidential “Memorandum on Enforcing the Legal Responsibilities of Sponsors of Aliens,” which will enforce existing restrictions on welfare use by non-citizens. Sponsors of non-citizens legally assume the responsibility for the welfare benefits they receive. Agencies have been direted to provide guidance…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, May 9, 2019 There have recently been a spate of stories in social media about “medieval diseases are making a comeback,” calling the situation a “Public Health Crisis.” Measles is in the news with several hundred cases now active in the country. The state of Washington has experienced Shigella bacterial infections, which is spread through…
DetailsBy Dave Gibson, May 10, 2019 One would think that someone who calls himself a “Research Fellow,” would spend some time doing actual research, at least before he pens an article attacking an accomplished figure (and certainly before he attempts to link that man to “neo-Nazis.” Of course, we are now living in the “post-fact”…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, May 8, 2019 For the first time in twelve years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is notifying employers that there is “no match” between the name and the reported Social Security number of an employee. George W. Bush stopped the no-match notifications in 2007. For employers who do not voluntarily use E-Verify…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, May 6, 2019 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has decided to align itself more with the Democratic Party, because of “The GOP’s drift toward protectionism, nativism and isolationism since Donald Trump took over the party in 2016 …” according to the Washington Post’s interview with Chamber President Tom Donahue. In years past,…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, May 3, 2019 With the official start of the 2020 election cycle only a few months off, providing bilingual ballots has been the focus of a few court orders. In Alachua County, Florida, the Supervisor of Elections just announced last month that it will offer Spanish-language ballots for the 2020 elections. And they…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, April 29, 2019 Another group of state legislators has had the courage to stand up and pass legislation banning “sanctuary cities.” The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday, April 24, 69-47 mostly along party lines. On Friday, the Florida State Senate passed a companion bill that banned sanctuary cities…
DetailsBy Dave Gibson, April 29, 2019 In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), which was co-sponsored by Congressmen Romano Mazzoli (D-KY) and Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), and granted amnesty to about 3 million illegal aliens, mostly from Mexico. IRCA passed through the U.S. Senate with a 63-24…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, April 24, 2019 “Armed Mexican Soldiers Disarm, Question U.S. Soldiers on Texas Side of Border,” the headline said. “A group of armed Mexican soldiers detained and disarmed a pair of U.S. soldiers on the U.S. side of the Texas border with Mexico,” was the first sentence. As alarming as this story begins,…
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