By 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,…
DetailsBy Dave Gibson, April 23, 2019 The online giant retailer founded by billionaire Jeffrey Bezos, is now doing their level-best to bury the recently released, No Safe Places: Death at the Hands of Illegal Aliens. The book tells the stories of more than 50 Americans killed by those here illegally. Though Amazon employees continue to…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, April 22, 2019 The border bedlam continues to escalate. Throngs of migrants continue to push north. The debate, complaints, and criticism continue in the media. Where is this leading? It is leading to actions that will secure the border and result in immigration laws that will be enforced, preserving our country and…
DetailsBy George H. Rodriguez – El Conservador, April 16, 2019 Twenty illegal aliens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo are being monitored for Ebola and other diseases in shelters in Laredo, Texas, and in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Not only are our borders uncontrolled for illegal immigration and criminal activities, now health issues are a…
DetailsBy Rick Oltman, April 15, 2019 I recently drove through a checkpoint on the interstate entering California. Not a U.S. Border Patrol check point of which there are still about eight of them in southern California. No, this was an Agricultural Checkpoint operated by the California Department of Agriculture. The “Plant Health and Pest Prevention…
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