Campaign Updates
Barletta adjusting to routine in Washington
The initial euphoria of being elected to Congress has ended. So has the initial excitement over the largest freshman congressional class to hit the nation's capital after many voters found displeasure with incumbents in the 2010 election. The slower-paced living he was accustomed to in...
Congressional Democrats plan Alabama trip...
A group of Democratic members of Congress opposed to Alabama's immigration law will be in Birmingham later this month to draw attention to what they say is a civil rights emergency. U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., met with seven colleagues plus staff members from more than a dozen other...
Immigration bill splits House GOP
House Republicans are split over an immigration bill that is backed by presidential candidate Mitt Romney as the measure is attracting escalating criticism from industry groups and rank-and-file members. The rift over House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith’s (R-Texas) E-Verify...
By Ben Terris October 13, 2011 | 9:10 p.m. House proponents of a law that would require employers to electronically verify their workers’ legal status knew they would have to fight Democrats. But they didn’t expect resistance from the likes of Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa. The freshman vowed...
Lou Barletta: 'Legal Workforce Act'...
When the chief called Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials so they could issue a detainer, they refused. ICE instead ordered the illegal alien to be released. A month later, the same police chief detained four more illegal aliens after two traffic stops. And ICE again ordered all...
