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There are about 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States, many of whom have children in public schools and pay property and sales taxes. They can’t

Tomorrow Adm. Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, is going to give the Senate Armed Services Committee a briefing on the threats facing the

When the Supreme Court tomorrow considers the government’s motion to dismiss the habeas corpus petition of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, it will find itself in

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday night approved an amendment providing tens of millions of dollars to fund abstinence education programs for

Via Robert Mackey at The New York Times, CNN obtains a new audiotaped message from Yemen-based Anwar al-Awlaki. He aims a section of the tape at challenging

University of Texas System Regent Alex Cranberg is not shying away from previous statements criticizing professor accountability, weighing faculty’s

I didn’t have much luck yesterday when I asked CIA spokesman George Little to respond to former Sen. Bob Graham’s (D-Fla.) charge that the agency admitted

Amid constant congressional squabbling over spending and the deficit in Congress, 59 Democrats and Republicans have united in pledging to spend more money for research and prevention efforts to combat the spread of AIDS domestically and worldwide. The Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, spurred by Rep

The Tea Party-bolstered group has sent a blast e-mail out to its supporters, offering strategy and talking points to block a health care reform vote. Over

Things are going pretty well right now because the Obama administration realized that the American people want McCrystal to make these decisions, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.).

U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., is traveling to speak to a tea party meeting in the state’s largest city, but he tells NMPolitics.net that his Albuquerque trip has nothing to do with a potential Senate run.

I spent the early afternoon at the March for Life, the annual rally held on the National Mall to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, to see how the 48-hour-old

John Brennan, the White House senior adviser for counterterrorism and homeland security, has been summoned to the Sunday shows to discuss what went wrong in the

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer (Pic via ice.gov) The Miami-Dade County Commission today will consider a resolution urging the state Legislature not to pass legislation related to immigration, “while supporting comprehensive immigration reform at the federal level.” Sponsored by Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, the resolution (.pdf) states “Miami-Dade County has the most diverse population in the State of Florida, and one of the most diverse populations in the U.S.” “65 percent of the residents of Miami-Dade County are Hispanic or Latino.” “Of the non-Hispanic population, 17 percent are White and 17 percent are African American or Black with a significant part being of Caribbean descent.” “Approximately one-half of the people living in Miami-Dade County were born in another country, with the most common countries of origin being Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia, Haiti, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Jamaica.” “Among people at least five years old living in Miami-Dade County in 2010, 71 percent spoke a language other than English at home, with 88 percent speaking Spanish and 12 percent speaking some other language.” “Protecting the people of Miami-Dade County from unnecessary and unwarranted requests for immigration documents is of paramount importance.” The E-Verify logo (Pic via do.washk12.org) The resolution adds that during the 2011 session, the Florida Senate considered Senate Bill 2040, which “would have required immigration checks of inmates and also would have required employers to use the federal system to verify immigration status,” while the “House’s bill, HB 7189, would have provided for immigration checks when a person is under a criminal investigation and there is reasonable suspicion that the person is an illegal immigrant.” The Florida Legislature failed to pass both bills mentioned, which would also have made programs such as Secure Communities a permanent part of law enforcement in Florida. Problems with Secure Communities , a federal immigration enforcement program, has already prompted elected officials from other states to opt out of the program. The program counts the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and all of Florida’s counties (.pdf) as participants. In early August, Miami-Dade’s legislative delegation discussed immigration reform — a signal that the controversial issue will be important in Florida’s 2012 legislative session

The New York Times: For the first time, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has spoken out against plans to stage the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, accused

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

Investigators have determined that Bill Sparkman, the census worker who was found dead with an anti-federal government message scrawled on his body, committed

Last week, U.S. Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced H.R. 937, which was submitted with the curious name, “The Rising Tides Act of 2011.” The

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain will be in the Sunshine State this week, for stops in both Tampa and Sanford.

That didn’t take long. On the first day of the 111th Congress, House Democrats are already targeting the last-minute regulations passed down by the Bush