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Republican State Representative Daryl Metcalfe

(Harrisburg) -- A package of bills designed to crack down on illegal immigration in Pennsylvania has been introduced in the state House of Representatives.

It's called the "National Security Begins At Home" legislative package.

The effort is being led by Representative Daryl Metcalfe, who says it's been given new momentum by the election of Donald Trump.

"It gives us an opportunity to work with them and to partner with them and that's why we're excited about introducing this package here today, because of that new partnership activity that will now be occuring with the new administration," he said.

The bills include a requirement that the E-Verify system, to prove legal status, be used by all businesses in Pennsylvania, sanctions against any business that knowingly employs an undocumented worker, and legislation to ensure state benefits are issued only to those in this country legally.

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Nearly two-thirds of Americans say there should be a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants, according to a new poll, and only 26 percent think stopping border crossings should be the top immigration priority.

Sixty percent say a pathway for legal residency should be the governments immigration priority in the CNN/ORC survey released Friday.

Thirteen percent said deporting illegal immigrants should instead be immigration priority No. 1. One percent had no opinion.

Pollsters report 58 percent worry deportation efforts will go too far by deporting people who have not committed serious crimes, compared to 40 percent who fear deportation efforts would be too lenient, letting dangerous criminals remain in the U.S. untouched. Two percent had no response.

Twenty-seven percent said the government should deport all illegal immigrants, while by 71 percent disagree.

CNN/ORC conducted its survey of 1,025 U.S. adults via cellphone and landline telephone interviews from March 1 to 4. It has a margin of error of 3 percentage points.

President Trump campaigned on stricter immigration policies last year, vowing to step up deportations against criminal illegal immigrants and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump is askingCongress for $1.5 billion this year to begin construction of his long-promised barrier separating the nation from its southern neighbor.

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said the money is part of a $30 million supplemental spending request sent to lawmakers on Thursday.

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Poll: Most support path to legal status for illegal immigrants - The Hill

The victim is clear in these two stories

Re: Supporters urge release of father held by ICE after dropping daughter off at school (March 7) and Man deported 5 times suspect in fatal crash (March 7):

The two stories on the front page should put illegal immigration into perspective. One family urging for the release of their family member and one grieving over theirs. Which story is the one that readers think should be the one that wakes us up on the reality of unchecked illegal immigration?

While one family is saying that the death of their family member could have and should have been prevented by deporting and keeping out a man with a criminal record, including DUIs, which led to the death of their daughter, another family is calling for the release of their family member, also a man with a criminal record, including a DUI, all the while saying, Were not leaving and Were bigger than ICE.

I think it is very clear which family is the true victim here and it is time for our state politicians to wake up and realize it, too.

Sisson Stewart, Lancaster

There is more blood on Muslim hands

Re: Religion and violence (Letters, Feb. 28):

A letter-writer claims that Christians have killed more people in terrorist attacks in the United States than Muslims and gives several supposed examples.

The Oklahoma City bomber was raised a Catholic as a youth, but never embraced or claimed it. Eleven people have been shot to death in abortion clinic attacks over a period of more than 20 years and a few of the killers claimed to be Christians.

None of the school or movie theater shooters were Christians; in fact, the Columbine killer specifically targeted Christians! All told, less than 10 people have been murdered by people claiming to be Christians.

From 9/11 to Little Rock, Fort Hood to Boston to San Bernardino, Muslims have murdered thousands of Americans and done so in the name of Islam, often yelling Allahu akbar at the time.

Gregg Frazer, Castaic

Arab governments fear the Palestinians

Re: A plan for the West Bank (Letters, March 10):

What letter-writer Richard Greenblatt calls Egypts and Jordans disdain for the Palestinians is more: Everyone hates and fears them, and no one wants to try to govern them.

They tried to assassinate the King of Jordan and take over the country: They were massacred. Those who managed to cross the Jordan River were taken by Israel to the Lebanese border and released.

In Lebanon they so persecuted the Christians that their victims took revenge on them in the Sabra and Shatila camps at the first opportunity.

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The Kuwaitis expelled them for collaborating with the Iraqi invaders. The Egyptians were clever enough to refuse them entry in 1948, leaving them bottled up in the Gaza Strip, which Egypt does not want to reoccupy.

The Syrians were cautious enough to keep them in camps, outside of Damascus. Jordan could have reoccupied Samaria and Judea (in propagandese, West Bank) under the peace agreement with Israel, but didnt want to.

Louis Richter, Reseda

Chemerinsky and the leftist media

Re: Lack of respect for Constitution, democracy a big worry (Erwin Chemerinsky, Feb. 23):

Professor Erwin Chemerinskys column is maddening to some of us. Here he is, the dean of a law school and he writes (and you print) a large article condemning President Trump for his unconstitutional declarations and attacks on the media.

First off, our free press has, over the last 50 years or so, become imbedded with a leftist ideology such that it is no longer free. It is more a monopolized conspiracy and Chemerinsky is a co-conspirator.

In past columns, Erwin talked about democracy when his candidate (Hillary Clinton) lost the election because the United States is a republic. Trump is the president and George W. Bush was president because we are a republic, not a democracy.

Trump is not the problem. Erwin and his ideological cohorts are the problem.

Robert Sharp, Arleta

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Two stories put illegal immigration into perspective: Letters - LA Daily News

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Kevin Cisneros, 19 years-old, has allegedly been involved in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl, with local authorities only finding out about the relationship in January, according to the Trentonian. The age of consent in New Jersey is 16 years-old.

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The Division of Child Protection and Permanency notified law enforcement officials of Cisneros relationship with the underage girl, as Cisneros was 18 years-old at the time.

U.S. Marshals eventually arrested Cisneros and he is charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers put a detainer (an immigration order asking that an illegal immigrant be released to federal officials) on Cisneros, the suspect has been handed over.

An ICE spokesperson told the Trentonian of Cisneros deportation, this action is consistent with routine, targeted enforcement efforts carried out by ICE officers every day in which specific individuals are sought.

John Binder is a contributor for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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Illegal Immigrant Faces Deportation After Child Sex Accusations - Breitbart News

While Donald Trump has been a frequenter of Palm Beach County so far as president, his second-in-command made his first trip this weekend.

Vice President Mike Pence had two planned stops on Floridas east coast: one in Jacksonville and one in Palm Beach.

But the Florida coastal journey was not a leisurely beach trip.

Pences visit came as part of a campaign to evangelize for a Republican-led health care plan to replace former President Barack Obamas Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Before Pence joined Trump in South Florida, he and Gov. Rick Scott met with business owners in Jacksonville on Saturday to discuss the GOP bill. After, Pence was set to speak at a dinner at The Breakers hosted by Club for Growth, a pro-free market lobbying organization that has pushed against Obamacare.

Meanwhile, the president began the day in South Florida tweeting. His first came at 9:15 a.m., criticizing the "fake news" around his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Trump then continued to say Germany owes "vast sums of money" to both the United Nations and NATO.

Trump then headed to his Trump International Golf Course, having meetings and taking phone calls before returning to Mar-a-Lago for an intelligence briefing and a phone call with Brazils President Michel Temer.

He met Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter before a planned dinner with Perlmutter, his wife, Laurie, first lady Melania Trump, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Trump invited Pence to join him and his guests at Mar-a-Lago for dessert after Pences speech in Palm Beach.

Jim Litchell, a lifelong West Palm Beach resident, said he has enjoyed presidential visits, but is worried about the security costs and traffic congestion from White House stops.

It costs all this money and it hurts the county, Litchell said.

Pence is also scheduled to attend a worship service Sunday morning at Church by the Glades in Coral Springs before heading back to the nations capital, according to his official schedule.

But not everyone was welcoming to the countrys top two executives being in South Florida.

A few miles from Trumps Mar-a-Lago Club at a county Democratic Party fundraiser, ranking member of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said he has concerns about the visits to South Florida.

The president obviously spends a lot of time here and Im sure if the vice president wants face time with him, hes going to have to come down here from time to time, Schiff told the Sun Sentinel after the fundraiser. It will probably compound the traffic and other problems for people living here.

Joined by U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, a Democrat from Boca Raton, Schiff also said he was deeply disturbed by Trumps recent reiteration of claims he was wiretapped by Obama during his campaign.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Aric Chokey: achokey@sun-sentinel.com, 561-243-6531, Twitter: @aric_chokey

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