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Dennis Prager makes some good videos promoting conservative economic principles. But his critique of immigration is tired and shopworn. It’s so played, in fact, that it’s older than America itself. In a column yesterday in National Review, he wrote:…

Today, the Becoming American Initiative launched its first ad featuring a video of President Ronald Reagan talking about how immigrants have always made America great. The message is especially important for conservatives and all Americans to hear on July 4th as President…

The House of Representatives just voted down HR 6136, The Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018. Linda Chavez, director of the Becoming American Initiative, released the following statement against the bill: The so-called ‘compromise’ Republican…

Hillsdale College lecturer Michael Anton wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post claiming the U.S. doesn’t need immigrants. Here is why he’s wrong. 1) Americans don’t support amnesty for DACA. Fact: Polls show 80 percent of Republicans nationwide support…

In response to today’s failed vote in the House on the first of two immigration votes, Linda Chavez, director and spokeswoman for the Becoming American Initiative, released the following statement: “Today the House of Representatives voted…

President Trump just signed an executive order ending the separation of immigrant families at the border. Linda Chavez director and spokeswoman for the Becoming American Initiative released the following statement: “Ending the inhumane practice of…

In response to President Trump’s threat to veto any immigration legislation that lacks proper funding for the border wall, Linda Chavez, director and spokeswoman for the Becoming American Initiative, released the following statement: The administration’s policy of separating children from…

Linda Chavez, Director and Spokeswoman for the Becoming American Initiative, released the following statement in preparation for this week’s immigration votes: The Becoming American Initiative was launched to help promote understanding of the positive impact of immigrants on our society.

Upon hearing the news that his father-in-law passed away, Jonah Goldberg took to the pen to remind America the true reason we fight to protect immigration. Today the conversation about immigration is so toxic in part because we poisonously disagree…

Last fall, the Trump administration made efforts to kill the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Ever since, 800,000 young people in America are living in fear of deportation from the only homes most of them have ever known. Court…