The “Gang of Eight” immigration proposal is “unfair, it costs too much, and it’s going to make the problem worse,” Heritage President Jim DeMint told Larry Kudlow last night on CNBC.

Not only does the plan not secure the borders, but it opens the door to massive new spending. The plan’s backers argue that it won’t grant benefits to unlawful immigrants at first. But we’ve heard these kinds of promises before. Continue Reading »

Heritage Commentary

• Bruce Klingner says it’s time for South Korea to end the Kaesong economic experiment in The Los Angeles Times.
• Lisa Curtis examines Pakistan’s recent election in The National Interest.
• Hans von Spakovsky discusses election fraud in National Review Online.
• Ed Feulner says internet sales tax is a terrible idea in The Washington Times. 
• James Carafano says that without a meaningful U.S. presence, Afghanistan may slide into civil war in The Washington Examiner.

Heritage Cited in Other’s Commentary

• Foreign Policy cites Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom regarding India’s economic growth.
• Ben Domenech quotes from Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) speech at Heritage in Human Events.

Heritage Cited in the News

• The New York Times profiles Heritage President Jim DeMint’s relationship to Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL).
• Wired quotes Dean Cheng on the Pentagon using a Chinese satellite firm to help share data.
• Red Alert Politics covers Michelle Malkin winning the Breitbart Award at Heritage’s Resource Bank conference.

Congress should slow down its consideration of the Gang of Eight immigration bill and evaluate the plan’s costs, Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto today.

Speaking to Cavuto by phone, DeMint urged lawmakers to reconsider the amnesty-first Senate proposal. The way this bill works, he said, amnesty is enacted first and “then we have to hope that the President and the Congress actually carry through on fixing our immigration system.”

What do you think of the Gang of Eight plan? Tell us in the comments.

Heritage Commentary

• Jim Carafano discusses President Obama’s ambivalence towards missile defense in The National Interest.
• Peter Brookes analyzes the Boston Marathon bombers Chechen ties in The Boston Herald.
• Brett Schaeffer questions the increase in U.N. Bureaucrats in The Washington Examiner.
• Jack Spencer says nuclear power is the real clean energy in The Daily Caller.

Heritage Cited in Other’s Commentary

• Colin Clark cites Dean Cheng on China’s level of military transparency in Aol Defense.
• Red State quotes James Sherk on recent hires in the Civil Rights Division.
• Conn Carroll cites The Heritage Foundation on immigration in The Washington Examiner.

Heritage Cited in the News

• FoxNews.com quotes Jessica Zuckerman on the Boston Marathon attacks.
• Reuters News & Insight quotes Patrick Knudsen on sequestration.

Fox News host Neil Cavuto will interview Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint this afternoon about the Gang of Eight immigration bill and the cost of granting amnesty to illegal immigrants.

Watch the segment live today at 4:13 p.m. Eastern on Fox News.

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Photo: NewsCom

The “Gang of Eight” immigration plan introduced this week in the Senate is contrary to the rule of law and costly to taxpayers, Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint writes in today’s Morning Bell. Continue Reading »

Heritage Foundation experts have been hitting the airwaves to provide insights into the tragedy in Boston and the ongoing investigation into Monday’s bombing.

A full list of media appearances is below.

For Heritage’s take on the attacks, please read today’s Morning Bell. Continue Reading »

Heritage Commmentary

• Michaela Dodge says the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was a bad idea in Real Clear Politics.
• Ed Feulner says freedom is advancing in education through school choice in The Washington Times.
• Nina Owcharenko discusses problems with Medicaid expansion in National Review Online.
• Ryan Anderson gives the limited government argument for traditional marriage in The Blaze.

Heritage Cited in Others’ Commentary

• USA Today cites Heritage list of foiled terrorist attacks in editorial on Boston Marathon Bombing.
• Matt Lewis of The Daily Caller also cites the Heritage list of foiled terrorist attacks.
• Matthew Boyle reiterates Jim DeMint’s arguments about the media’s reluctant coverage of the Gosnell abortion trial in Breitbart.com.

Heritage Cited in the News

• FoxNews.com quotes Ed Haislmaier on Obamacare in an article on Regal Entertainment Group cutting employee hours.
• The Washington Times quotes James Carafano on IED threats.
• The Washington Examiner quotes Romina Boccia on tax reform.
• FoxNews.com references David Addington on Manchin-Toomey gun bill.

Heritage Foundation national security expert James Carafano appears in four episodes of the new documentary series “Bullet Points,” which premiers tonight on the Military Channel.

Carafano, who serves as Heritage’s E.W. Richardson Fellow, weighs in on the history of conflicts including the Battle of the Pacific in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and Desert Storm.

“Bullet Points” premiers tonight at 10:00 p.m. Eastern on military and runs for five weeks.

Heritage Commentary

• Peter Brookes analyzes North Korea’s threat and blackmail in The New York Post.
• Hans von Spakovsky ridicules racial preferences in college admissions in National Review Online.
• Paul Larkin discusses overcriminalization in The Washington Times.

Heritage Cited in Other’s Commentary

• Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) cites Heritage in a column on gun control for CNN.com.
• Ansuya Harjani quotes Bruce Klingner on North Korea in CNBC.com .
• Alejandro Chaufen mentions Heritage in a column about think tanks for Forbes.

Heritage Cited in the News

• The Associated Press references Jack Spencer in an article about the Tennessee Valley Authority.
• National Journal quotes Nicholas Loris, Jack Spencer, and Katie Tubb on Ernest Moniz’s views on natural gas exports.
• The Fiscal Times discusses the impact of Heritage’s forthcoming study on immigration.