Ira Mehlman

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Ira Mehlman
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Democrats Beef Up Tax Enforcement, But Let Immigration Enforcement Languish
By Ira Mehlman
Enforcing laws has not exactly been the Democrats’ strong suit in recent years. At the federal level, the Biden administration ...
August 12, 2022
House Republicans Propose Immigration Bill McCain Would Have Loved to Sign
By Ira Mehlman
Earlier this century, conventional political wisdom posited that Republicans would never be able to win a national election unless the ...
February 15, 2022
Dems Roll Out 'Plan C' to Cram Illegal Alien Amnesty Into the Budget Reconciliation Bill
By Ira Mehlman
This summer, the Biden administration had a plan for withdrawing from Afghanistan: Pull all of our troops out by a ...
October 29, 2021
Biden's Immigration Policies are an Exercise in Madness
By Ira Mehlman
The United States, under President Joe Biden, is sailing into uncharted waters. Democrats, for much of the past half century, ...
June 30, 2021
The Left Doesn’t Just Oppose Merit-Based Immigration, They Openly Embrace Failure
By Ira Mehlman
The idea of a merit-based immigration policy originated on the political left. It was first proposed by a blue ribbon ...
October 03, 2020
Will Bernie Sanders Please Explain Why Outsourcing Jobs is Bad, but Insourcing Workers is Good?
April 01, 2016 |
The Obama Administration is NOT Cracking Down on Sanctuary Policies
March 03, 2016 |
The Administration’s .001 Percent Immigration Ploy
By Ira Mehlman
Over the past several weeks, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency carried out enforcement actions against Central American illegal ...
January 08, 2016
The Winnable Battle Republican Leaders Refuse to Wage on Immigration
By Ira Mehlman
If ever there was an important political battle the Republican leadership couldn’t possibly lose, it is the one over defunding ...
May 11, 2015
Obama’s Amnesty Threatens National Security and Congress Must Defund It
By Ira Mehlman
A showdown is shaping up in Washington over must-pass legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the ...
February 04, 2015
Presidential Amnesty Will Protect Nearly All Illegal Aliens
By Ira Mehlman
Five million is the widely reported estimate of the number of illegal aliens who will benefit from President Obama’s executive ...
December 10, 2014
Out of the Blue: Oregon Voters Send the New GOP Majority a Message on Immigration
November 12, 2014 |
Schumer Offers Republicans ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Immigration Deal
By Ira Mehlman
It is no secret that John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the House Republican leadership want to cut an immigration deal that ...
February 12, 2014
Will House Republicans Follow the Money or Their Consciences on Immigration in 2014?
January 05, 2014 |
On Immigration, Republicans Should Beware of Democrats Bearing Gifts
October 27, 2013 |
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