Ira joined FAIR as media director in 1986 with experience as a journalist, professor of journalism, special assistant to Gov. Richard Lamm (Colorado), and press secretary of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. His columns have appeared in National Review, LA Times, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, and more. He is an experienced TV and radio commentator. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 09 May 2013 13:35:00 GMT Thu, 09 May 2013 13:35:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Some of the interests that stand to gain the most from the Senate Gang of Eight immigration bill, S. 744, are obvious. Within six months of enactment of the bill, millions of illegal aliens would be eligible for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2013/05/09/the-other-big-winners-in-gang-of-eight-immigration-bill--lawyers-lobbyists-and-advocacy-groups-n1591689 39ab5e25-030c-408c-8c4d-2aaecdc21647 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:35:00 GMT Republicans are standing out on the ledge contemplating their next move. They have an air of desperation, having lost an election they believe they should have won. They are reckoning with the unpleasant reality that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2013/02/08/republicans-get-sound-advice-on-immigrationfrom-the-new-york-times-n1507723 ba9f89e1-b76e-48a1-9f0d-f9b1cea27786 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Now that President Obama and congressional Republicans have managed to talk themselves and the nation off the fiscal cliff, one of their top legislative priorities for 2013 will be to tackle the ever thorny issue of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2013/01/03/believe-president-obama-on-immigration-he-will-not-enforce-most-laws-even-after-an-amnesty-n1477877 e15aeeeb-ba53-40c6-9c99-02c8ec2d6d00 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT The unlegislated Obama amnesty for illegal aliens under 30 begins August 15 as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) begins accepting applications for "deferred action" and work authorization. Initially, the White... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2012/08/15/as_unauthorized_amnesty_begins_no_safeguards_in_place_to_prevent_fraud 5ddcf19d-2970-4a08-a2d3-89dfca43d654 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT On June 15, President Obama stepped into the Rose Garden to announce that his administration would halt deportations of illegal aliens under the age of 30 who can plausibly show they arrived in the United States before... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2012/06/21/why_president_obamas_amnesty_for_illegal_aliens_is_wrong_and_dangerous c761d5a1-16f3-4c7b-af4b-61de775c1525 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT On the evening of June 22, 2008, Tony Bologna and his two sons, 20-year-old Michael and 16-year-old Matthew were gunned down while sitting in their car on the streets of San Francisco. Their alleged murderer was Edwin... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2011/12/07/new_york_city_enacts_a_law_protecting_criminal_aliens 092d662b-fb05-45b6-96a9-1e2429176622 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT The Obama administration does not want most immigration laws enforced. They've stated so explicitly in internal memos, letters to members of Congress, and in a public announcement of a policy shift in August. The Obama... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2011/11/17/sore_losers_administration_retaliating_against_alabama_for_winning_immigration_lawsuit f5fa5a7b-c1a9-43af-9e73-1e4cdaa9654d Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:26:00 GMT Last week, President Obama laid out for Congress and the American public his plan to address the nation’s unemployment crisis. The proposal calls for $447 billion in government stimulus spending, which... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2011/09/14/the_american_job_creation_program_president_obama_didn't_mention edf478bb-b0ea-4596-91c8-cfdba4bbd21b Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:28:00 GMT It's back. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is once again pushing the DREAM Act amnesty. Before a packed room (mostly of illegal aliens), the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing earlier this week stacked with witnesses... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2011/07/01/five_moral_arguments_against_the_dream_act f4760ee0-019e-4908-9706-dbaac0fb4029 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:01:00 GMT In recent months, prominent leaders of the Evangelical Christian movement have joined with mainline Protestant churches, the Catholic Bishops, the Conservative and Reform branches of Judaism, and other establishment... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2010/08/20/religious_leaders_make_a_flawed_case_for_mass_immigration 9ab6858e-4eb8-4604-9ebc-6c3e92efe9ac Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:01:00 GMT As a result of a deal cut by President Obama to secure the votes of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for his health care legislation, amnesty for illegal aliens is back on the agenda for 2010. There is no actual legisl http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2010/03/24/illegal_alien_amnesty_never_mind_right_and_wrong, 6df882fa-f82a-40c0-ba3a-c1541c6a7d34 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:05:51 GMT The setting was not quite the flight deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln with a "Mission Accomplished" banner as the backdrop, but it was the next best thing. Speaking at the Center for American Progress (CAP) on Nov.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2009/12/07/the_administration's_phantom_immigration_enforcement_policy 0f395eef-d1c9-4290-b327-37cccc2262eb Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:45:00 GMT The professional chattering class - the men and women who appear on television and radio and explain how the world works to the rest of us- are fond of castigating politicians who vote on complex legislation without... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2009/08/27/the_myth_that_health_care_reform_wont_cover_illegal_aliens,_is_itself_a_myth 60e6d3ee-acf4-4a69-91e7-97ec7f58830b Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:35:11 GMT With the U.S. economy shedding jobs at the rate of half a million a month, President-elect Obama has proposed the most massive public works initiative since Franklin Roosevelt assumed office in the midst of the Great... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2009/01/16/a_modest_proposal_ensure_that_new_public_works_projects_employ_american_workers e27a72e7-7960-454d-8de7-4eab0c8e4fdd Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:03:47 GMT Even as the illegal alien advocacy lobby is frantically trying to spin the election of Barack Obama as a mandate for a sweeping amnesty, they have all but conceded that the economic crisis and worsening unemployment... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2008/12/03/dream_over_illegal_alien_student_amnesty_awakens_to_fiscal_reality f5d6dc96-bb15-4426-8557-04b7435c529e Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:59:58 GMT Earlier this month Congress and President Bush committed $700 billion of our children's and grandchildren's money in a desperate effort to stave off a financial meltdown. Judging from the reaction of the markets, that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2008/11/04/700_billion_and_counting_good_reasons_to_reform_immigration_policy 27332b82-30a2-4032-882b-397f75856328 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:10:59 GMT Ever since the defeat of a bill in the Senate last year that would have granted amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, there have been repeated accusations that some of the principal players in the debate have received... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2008/08/13/radical_ties_and_hate_speech_in_the_immigration_debate 0a544240-721b-4d17-927c-97f71a2b12ad Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:59:44 GMT Congress adjourned for a month-long recess on Aug. 1, the same day that the Bureau of Labor Statistics released distressing news about unemployment. The July economic news was not good. The official unemployment rate... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2008/08/06/with_jobs_disappearing,_congress_determined_to_admit_more_foreign_workers f25f8197-9fe0-4b42-9bb4-f5270d7a7b94 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:11:23 GMT People don't have much faith in government, especially the federal government.and who can blame them? The public looks to Washington and sees neither competence nor integrity in the people and institutions who are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2008/06/20/the_free_market_and_us_immigration_policy bce79988-a903-4d08-b0e3-27d1969d1bfd Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:53:40 GMT There is an unwritten rule in Congress that the appropriations process should not be used to pass major legislation. So when the Senate Appropriations Committee makes an exception to this rule, you can bet that they are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2008/05/16/what_does_granting_amnesty_have_to_do_with_funding_our_troops_in_iraq d9f0a397-249e-4a03-8536-13ecf82bca48 Sat, 17 May 2008 00:49:12 GMT Nothing illustrates the all-consuming desire of the segment of the political left that seeks to transform America through immigration than the reaction, of lack thereof, to the murder of Jamiel Shaw Jr. While people... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/IraMehlman/2008/04/15/what's_one_life_worth_when_it_comes_to_the_politics_of_immigration dab632c0-b479-473d-9fa5-291a432f1c6d Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:54:48 GMT