Farmworkers, nannies can sidestep immigration checks Critics say it’s an unfair loophole; others say it avoids labor shortages By NOELLE PHILLIPS – nophillips@thestate.com A loophole in the S.C. immigration law exempts farmworkers and private maids and nannies from a mandatory immigration status check. The law, which went into effect Jan. 1, requires all private employers [Click here for the full article...]
By ADAM BEAM and GINA SMITH – abeam@thestate.com; gnsmith@thestate.com Lt. Gov. Ken Ard, facing indictment by a state Grand Jury for ethics violations, has resigned — handing the office to state Sen. Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston, and the post of Senate president pro temp ore. The resignation comes after a nine month investigation by a state [Click here for the full article...]
The New American: Congress Asks IRS to Investigate AARP Written by Bob Adelmann Originally posted here. Rep. David Reichert (R-Wash., left) along with two other House members has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) for acting more like a profit-making insurance company rather than a tax-exempt advocate [Click here for the full article...]
The U.S. Senate is about to take some law enforcement powers from the Justice Department, and give greater policing powers to the Department of Defense. These policing powers can (and will) be used on American soil. It appears that, under just two small sections of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867). . . 1. [Click here for the full article...]
And so it begins… …but where will it end? If you pay attention to the news for at least a few minutes a day, you’re probably aware the White House is trying desperately to escape a pit of quick sand in the form of Solyndra and LightSquared. From all appearances there are some serious [Click here for the full article...]
Dear Patriot, The Tea Party was formed in large part to confront the culture of corruption in government. “We the People” were fed up with the trillions of dollars in taxpayer funds going to bail out corporations at a time when average Americans were losing their jobs. And while we’ve had tremendous success in changing [Click here for the full article...]
Barack Hussein Obama II has achieved an major objective of his Presidency, the economic failure of the united States of America. While the Carolina Patriots letter writing and phone campaign of recent to our State’s representatives and US senators was a major success in having all but Representative Clyburn voting against the changing of our [Click here for the full article...]