Jeh Johnson

Illegal Immigrants Have ‘Earned the Right to Be Citizens,’ DHS Secretary Says

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  About 11 million illegal immigration in the U.S. have “earned the right to be citizens,” said new Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. The Daily Mail reports that Johnson called for “comprehensive, common sense, immigration reform” during his speech at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington D.C. “An earned path to citizenship…

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Who’s Right? Former Border Patrol Agents Challenge Number of Illegal Immigrants in U.S.

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Former Border Patrol agents estimated that the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is nearly twice the estimate of 11 million by the government and other demographers, the Washington Times reports. “The more likely figure is 18-20 million and rising daily,” Zack Taylor, chairman of the National Association of Former Border…

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Driver Who Rammed Border Patrol Cars in Texas Pleads Guilty to Smuggling, Assault

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An undocumented immigrant from Mexico pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting a Border Patrol agent with a Ford F-250 truck and smuggling illegal immigrants, Border Scope reports. Jose Alberto Izquierdo-Gonzalez , 26, is to remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not yet been set, according to Border Scope. Izquierdo-Gonzalez is accused of…

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Looming Budget Cuts Prompted Homeland Security to Release Thousands of Illegal Immigrants

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security released more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation because of looming budget cuts, not a few hundred as originally reported, Catholic Online writes.Since Feb. 15, about 1,000 illegal immigrants considered low risk have been released each week, according to Catholic Online.  The Obama administration said it was not aware of…

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