Immigration News first half of 2005 Archives Digest
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June 09, 2005
Let's send out a big "heh indeed" to Reps. Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles) and Linda Sanchez (D-Lakewood) as well as to Sergio Barahona of the Central American Resource Center. They say that CAFTA will lead to increased illegal immigration. They don't want to completely stop it, nor do they wish...
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June 08, 2005
For some reason, OTMs ("Other Than Mexicans") are now on the MSM's perspicacious radar screen. The AZ Daily Star combines their own reporting with the AP's reporting to create "Entrants not from Mexico big concern". The L.A. Daily News' Washington Bureau offers "Most illegal aliens freed on bail, own recognizance"....
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June 07, 2005
The Journal of the American Medical Association has a special issue on tuberculosis. From "Drug-resistant TB coming to U.S. from abroad-study": ...Dr. Reuben Granich of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told a news conference that while TB fell overall by 33 percent in California between 1994 and 2003,...
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Can you spot the contradiction in this introductory paragraph from Knight Ridder's "U.S. officials promote programs for Mexican immigrants": U.S. government officials convened Monday in San Francisco to promote programs, services and benefits available to Mexican immigrants in this country, including those who are undocumented, under a binational effort aimed...
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Because you have a special ideology, I have a special treat for you: "Does the Free Market Require 'Free' Immigration?" Note also that even someone as libertarianly pure as Michael Badnarik is opposed to illegal immigration....
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A new FAIR study shows just how much we're spending to educate another country's children. From the press release: With the traditional end of the school year, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has updated its study of the impact of illegal immigration on America’s public schools. Breaking the...
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June 06, 2005
Welcome to the Los Angeles Times' little world. In that world, it's unusual to enforce our immigration laws. Needless to say, the ACLU lives there too. Unfortunately, our "homeland security president" and his underlings live in that very same world. From the LAT comes "Local Police, U.S. Agents Differ on...
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June 05, 2005
U.S. News & World Report's Morton Zuckerman offers us "A Second Chance", all about "immigration reform". There are only three good ideas in this editorial: first, at least this magazine is covering this; second, he wants to end or reduce chain migration, aka "family reunification"; third, he wants to bring...
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America is a land of immigrants. Today, immigrants come to do the jobs that Americans won't do. Today's wave of immigration is just like past waves. Everyone agrees that our immigration system is broken and needs fixing. Oh, sorry. I was just reading this card I found on the ground......
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Leo W. Banks has a long, depressing article about the health care crisis caused by massive illegal immigration. Print it out, take it to a "liberal" you know, and stand there while they read it....
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There's a good roundup of the threat posed by massive illegal immigration in "Mexico's Political Agenda Behind Migration Talks: Americans Should Heed Warnings to Preserve National Unity". The author has first-hand knowledge of the mindset she describes. In 2003 she spoke at the California hearings during which "American" legislators discussed...
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June 04, 2005
Dan Stein reports: A coalition of illegal alien advocacy groups including MALDEF, CHIRLA, SEIU and several dozen protestors holding signs demanding amnesty for illegal aliens, held a news conference on the steps of the Los Angeles City Hall this afternoon... After the formal press conference, FAIR media director Ira Mehlman...
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As previously discussed ("Other-than-Mexicans give themselves up to get released into the U.S.") OTMs have been basically surrendering to BP agents because there's no detention space. Thus, they get a notice to appear in 30 days, they're released, and they're never heard from again. Now, one Brownsville judge appears to...
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June 03, 2005
Jon Dougherty crunches the numbers and tells us: ...immigrants – legal and illegal – inflict a net drain on the U.S. economy, when you factor in all of the expenses associated with providing them taxpayer- and consumer-supported benefits and services. While it is true there are some industries benefiting from...
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Earlier I pointed out that the $10 million fine to WalMart for employing illegal aliens represented about 15 minutes of their revenue (Wal*Mart's 15 minutes of pain). Now, comes this news: FAIR has learned from the Department of Homeland Security that the agency's recent settlement of charges for employing illegal...
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The last post ("The Trojan Horses of Sacramento") mentioned one Juan Jose Guiterrez ("JJG"), who has some association with America's favorite new mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa. A closer look at JJG might prove fruitful for those who think that AV's apologists and supporters have any credibility left. From this: Villaraigosa was...
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June 02, 2005
This is from December of last year, but it's still timely considering that Gil "One Bill Gil" was able advance this year's version of driver's licenses for illegal aliens yet again: ...if some far-Left legislators, and California Democrats in general, continue to conduct themselves as traitors to the mainstream, we...
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I hardly agree with everything she writes, but Devvy Kidd does have some useful tips about dealing with illegal immigration. First, do not vacation in Mexico... Second, don't book your business convention in Cancun or any other city in Mexico... Third, stop buying anything made in Mexico or any Latin...
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I'm not familiar with the term "Thomistic", but Robert Klein Engler is and he reports: ...CNN.com reports that "Even Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, the archbishop of Mexico City, criticized U. S. immigration policy as ridiculous and defended Fox's comments ["the jobs that even blacks won't do"], saying: "The declaration had...
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L.A.'s mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa appeared at the "Take Back America" event (for "progressives", not necessarily reconquistas). Here are his remarks, annotated with few randomly chosen links: I come today as a patriot... I talk about patriotism because I think for too long progressives have allowed some to wrap themselves around...
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The AP offers us "Minutemen not so welcome in Texas", which contains some less-than-brilliant thoughts from state Democrats. First up is state Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, who sponsored an anti-Minuteman resolution. He opines: "I don't think that there's any doubt that there's a tinge of racism beneath the surface...
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June 01, 2005
The LAT offers us a guest editorial from L.A.'s own Cardinal Roger Mahony entitled "A Nation That Should Know Better": It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and...
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May 29, 2005
Monday's New York Times has a front page article about illegal immigration to Idaho and County Commissioner Robert Vasquez's attempts to do something about it: "A Battle Against Illegal Workers, With an Unlikely Driving Force". In what might be a first for the NYT, it's not a PIIPP, and the...
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Dimitri Vassilaros might be an unforgivable idiot when it comes to biking ("Keep Bicycles off the Road"), but he does have an interesting column about home loans for illegal aliens. From "Banking on illegals": New South Federal Savings Bank is giving illegal aliens home mortgages to help them realize the...
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May 28, 2005
Los Angeles mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa was interviewed by Mexico City's El Universal a few days ago, and: [he said] that Mexico will play an important role in shaping his policies... Furthermore: ...Villaraigosa stressed that as mayor he would look to improve relations with Mexico. "We are starting a new era....
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May 27, 2005
From NRO: This bipartisan deal cut by Sen. John McCain is noxious. No, the issue isn't judges. (Or campaign finance, or health care, or any number of other things.) It's illegal immigration and a proposal that has just been cooked up by the Arizona maverick and the Massachusetts non-maverick Sen....
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From the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club's website comes this (older) news: Sierra Club members turned out in historic numbers in April to elect five of their peers to the Board of Directors and to reject a ballot initiative that would have forced the group to support restrictions on...
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Paul Egan of FAIR reports on a Senate immigration hearing attended by John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ). Those two worthies are preparing their own massive guest worker plan/amnesty (not to be confused with the McCain-Kennedy Open Borders, Open Wallets bill.) According to Egan the meeting was one-sided in...
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Mayra Latimer - a counselor at high schools somewhere in Wisconsin - is angry. Very angry. You see, there's a TV commercial playing in Wisconsin which opposes WI Gov. Jim Doyle's plan to give illegal aliens a better deal than U.S. citizens. Doyle wants to give citizens of other countries...
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May 26, 2005
From the article "Finding summer job is no child's play. Teens have to slog to find work, more so in some states": Employment rates for younger Americans have been falling steadily, hitting a historic low last year and likely to be about as low this summer. An expected improvement in...
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Tucson's a nice little city, but it has its problems. Two of those problems appear to be Pima County Schools Superintendent Linda Arzoumanian and, in the same county, Ajo Unified School District Superintendent Robert Dooley. From this: The state's top school official said Wednesday that students who live in Mexico...
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May 25, 2005
Regular readers of this blog are probably familar with Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT). (If not, see "Rep. Chris Cannon, great American and great Republican" for the latest or see "Aide to U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) solicits campaign contributions from illegal aliens" for a classic.) On Monday, the NYT published...
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There I go again, giving MSM reports my own title. In fact, what we have is "Speakers say immigrants don't get fair shake": "Immigrant bashers" got bashed Monday afternoon at a rush hour rally in support of immigration reform. [...quote from SEIU deleted...] ...Speakers at the event denounced "Real ID,"...
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May 24, 2005
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is voting on a resolution that would condemn Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for his support of the Minuteman Project. The resolution is in this PDF file. As you might expect, it's full of innuendo and misleading statements. However, it also contains at least one thing...
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May 23, 2005
Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if my title had been used, rather than "Angry Immigrants Protest at Capitol"? In that case, we'd actually know what's going on. Instead, we get this naive and misleading report: Angry immigrants tried to get the governor's attention Monday with a noisy protest outside...
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David Harsanyi of the Denver Post gets it right: Did you know some consider it racist to oppose illegal immigration but perfectly reasonable to support a system that casts illegal Mexican immigrants in the most menial and undesirable jobs? The enlightened, it would seem, need someone to wash the dishes...
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May 22, 2005
Welcome to the premier edition of "Lying, Misleading, Joking, or Telling the Truth", or LMJOTTT as it shall henceforth be known. In this series we'll examine editorials and news reports, and try to decide which of those the author is doing. For this edition, we'll look at "Immigrants get new...
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May 20, 2005
Disturbing news from the Reverend's latest junket: On the heels of a meeting with Mexican President Vicente Fox over his comments about American blacks, the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced he is forming a group that will address issues affecting blacks and Hispanics... On Thursday, Jackson, along with Ann Marie Tallman,...
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May 19, 2005
Liberal Clarence Page informs us: "We are a nation of immigrants," Kennedy said in announcing the new bill. "And we always will be, and our laws must be true to that proud heritage." I agree with that. But I also know that the nation can have too much of a...
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The Dallas Morning News article "Analysts say racism unrecognized" gives a bit more background on Vicente Fox's recent comment that Mexican illegal aliens do the jobs "that not even blacks want to do". President Vicente Fox's controversial comment about blacks in the United States is typical of a Mexico that...
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From the El Paso Times' "Many oppose licenses for undocumented, poll shows": El Pasoans, Hispanic and non-Hispanic, largely favor allowing some undocumented immigrants to work and live legally in the United States, but strongly oppose giving them driver's licenses. An El Paso Times/KVIA-ABC 7 poll indicates that 59 percent of...
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Jesse Jackson shows exactly what type of person he is. When he first condemned Vicente Fox's remark that "[illegal aliens do the jobs] that not even blacks want to do" I (to a very minor extent) thought he might actually try to do some good. Instead, we get "Fox 'expresses...
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From the OCR's "Feinstein gives immigration plan ideas": Feinstein, D-Calif., said any new guest worker program, even one that required employees to eventually return to their home country, would be a "magnet for illegal immigration" and something she could not support... OK, I'm with her so far... "There are plenty...
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Terence P. Jeffrey: Sen. Ted Kennedy may do a lot of talking about his love for the little guy, but if two major proposals he has made in this Congress were to become law it would be a disaster for the poorest American workers and a blow to American freedom......
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May 18, 2005
PBS host, columnist, and presumed liberal Bonnie Erbe reports on the children born to illegal aliens: ...Since their children are delivered on U.S. soil, the children immediately become U.S. citizens and "anchor" the mother (and later, the rest of her family) as future legal U.S. citizens as well... ...California will...
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In the posts "Tamar Jacoby on the Kennedy-McCain mass amnesty", Kennedy-McCain in "accord" with Bush's "principles", and "McCain, Kennedy introduce Open Borders, Open Wallets bill" I presented some of those who favor their massive amnesty for illegal aliens plan. Another one of the usual suspects has weighed in: U.S. Rep....
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May 16, 2005
As discussed yesterday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson expressed his outrage about Vicente Fox's comments that Mexican "immigrants" take jobs "that not even blacks want to do." Quicker than you can say "Tawana", the other Rev. weighs in: Another American civil rights activist, the Rev. Al Sharpton, said the comment was...
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May 15, 2005
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, more popularly known for basically shaking down businesses, actually did something worthwhile for a change: The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Saturday criticized Mexican President Vicente Fox's comment that Mexican immigrants to the United States take jobs "that not even blacks want to do." Jackson called the...
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May 14, 2005
Tamar Jacoby has issued the following statement: We the undersigned applaud the introduction today of Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act... [etc. etc...] The signatories include: Lee Culpepper (last mentioned here; works for the National Restaurant Association and is Chairman of the National Immigration Forum) Jack Kemp Grover Norquist Rick...
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Here's a recent quote from Vicente Fox: "There is no doubt that Mexicans, filled with dignity, willingness and ability to work are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do there in the United States..." I believe at this point in time my "liberal" readers might want to read...
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May 13, 2005
Open Borders warrior Professor Bainbridge excerpts an absolutely hilarious article from Wine Spectator magazine. The article is basically an ad for illegal immigration disguised by "some of my best friends are Hispanic" coverage of the Sabor de Napa event. Call it enlightenment, but with a profit motive: ...As vital and...
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From the WashTimes' "McCain-Kennedy bill opens citizenship path": ...Mr. McCain yesterday said he has told the administration about the provisions of the bill, and that administration officials "certainly agreed that they are in accord with the president's principles. If you think it's different in some key aspects, you'll have to...
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It probably doesn't stand much of a chance of passing, but it's important for two reasons: 1. We probably didn't need any more data points, but it will make sure that the American public never takes the phrase "President McCain" seriously. 2. It reveals the base corruption of our elites,...
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May 12, 2005
Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy have introduced the "Open Borders, Open Wallets" bill, informally known as the "2005 Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act". Do I really need to provide details, aren't the involvement of those two senators enough? Anyway, their cohorts are Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Jeff Flake...
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May 11, 2005
A large group of people from another country have invaded Arizona and are declaring war on the state unless they get what they want. The force is mostly from Mexico. The war will be of the economic variety. What they want are benefits normally reserved only for citizens or legal...
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Mexico wants to be our primary supplier of cheap labor, so they're starting to crack down on immigrants from Brasil who are using Mexico as a staging area for attempts to sneak across our border. How soon until we see Brazilian "immigrants rights groups" spring up in Mexico and agitate...
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May 10, 2005
Maybe I completely misjudged president Bush. Maybe he does support U.S. sovereignty after all! Here's a speech he gave in Georgia earlier today: "the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia must be respected ... by all nations." Take that, Mexico! Our stalwart leader is finally standing up to your corrupt...
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I was driving through Koreatown (Los Angeles) earlier today and out of the corner of my eye I saw something quite familiar: one of KRCA's anti-American billboards. After driving around the block I stared at it for a minute, and I have trouble believing how anyone could not see it...
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WND has the details in "Feds pay $5.8 billion to jail criminal aliens": ...the number of criminal aliens in federal prisons increased from about 42,000 at the end of 2001 to about 49,000 at the end of last year... [that's a 16% increase] The direct federal costs during the study's...
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What, you might ask, is the title? Is that the latest racist xenophobic comment from one of those anti-immigrant racists? Why, yes it is. And, even worse, that racist comment is engraved in stone and stands outside a Metrolink Rail Station in Baldwin Park, CA. Now, based on the last...
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The DUmmies report on the latest news that the Feds are going to reimburse hospitals $250 million per year for unreimbursed illegal alien healthcare. Amidst the predictable, sub-Struthers guilty "liberal" whining comes this bit from a 1000+ poster: Janitorial jobs that would pay up to $15 an hour in Southern...
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May 08, 2005
See if you can spot the bias in the AFP's "Boost US borders: Schwarzenegger": CALIFORNIA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who recently angered his state's Hispanic community with his views on illegal immigration, called on the US federal government to boost patrols along the US border with Mexico... [...quotes from Fox News...
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Pilar Marrero is a "political columnist and metropolitan editor for La Opinion newspaper in Los Angeles." The Pacific News Service printed a little screed from her entitled "Sagging Arnold Wants To Pump You Up With Diversionary Issue" which includes this: Borrowing a page from his adviser, former California governor Pete...
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May 07, 2005
That's one of the conclusions I drew after reading the horribly biased report "Immigrant Groups Fight License Bill" which reads like a press release from one of those "immigrants' rights" groups. Perhaps, as a slight sop to whatever journalistic credibility they have remaining, they should have rightfully described those groups...
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May 05, 2005
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) did it again! At a forum in Washington, he boldly squared off against Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO). Rep. Cannon suggested of Tancredo: "I think he ought to consider his views and decide whether they're consistent with the Republican Party... I don't think there's a place in...
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May 04, 2005
According to a new Fox News / Opinion Dynamics poll about immigration, 91% of respondents think illegal immigration is a very or somewhat serious problem. The report is here. The PDF file with the questions and the results is here. Here's the actual question that was asked: How serious a...
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Patt Morrison - the variously behatted L.A. Times lifestyle columnist - offers a column about the anti-American KRCA billboard entitled "A Sign of Controversy Over Immigration". Now, at first glance, you might be tempted to think this is just a stock "liberal" screed designed to apologize for KRCA's anti-American actions...
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Someone who's an expert on the law in question really needs to take a look at this post. It says that remittances companies, like First Data / Western Union and others, are getting massive tax breaks for helping "immigrants" (mostly illegal aliens) send money back home. If that's true, I...
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May 03, 2005
At a Tyson Chicken processing plant in Oklahoma, 41 out of 222 workers were found to be suffering from tuberculosis. There's no stated illegal immigration connection in the article ("Workers in Processing Plant Being Infected with Tuberculosis"), but let's just say it's possible that some or many might be of...
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You have to give CalInsider some slight credit. Unlike many other California newspaper columnists, he doesn't support open borders. However, he also doesn't like the Minuteman project. See "Governor misses the mark on illegal immigration": Schwarzenegger need not apologize for taking [illegal immigration] on. But as an immigrant himself, this...
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The last post linked to an article from Chris Strom of Government Executive magazine. Mr. Strom might have the honor of being the subject of an upcoming post here. Read the statist psychobabble here to see why: Strohm has just returned to D.C. from five days of interviewing members of...
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Did Tucson Border Sector Chief Michael Nicely engage in a cover up to make the Minuteman Project look bad? The April 18, 2005 article "Border Patrol agents in Arizona face increased confrontations" from Chris Strom of Government Executive magazine included this: ...The Border Patrol has reported reduced illegal immigration activity...
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May 02, 2005
Professor Bainbridge links to an article in the WSJ about the Pew Immigration Study. His post just consists of an excerpt, but I assume he approves since he's an open borders kinda guy. From the excerpt: The Pew study supports the theory that immigrants are supplementing the U.S. work force,...
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April 30, 2005
If you're a public school teacher in California, you just might have a financial stake in the company that owns KRCA, the source of the billboard that places Los Angeles in Mexico. And, anyone else who lives in California might have a stake in that company too. If I'm reading...
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April 28, 2005
In an interview on today's John & Ken show on KFI Los Angeles, CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said that TV station KRCA should take down the billboard in which the "CA" of "Los Angeles CA" has been crossed out and replaced with the word "Mexico." He said that he understands...
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April 27, 2005
Kathleen Moccio (a trustee of the American Immigration Law Foundation) and Prof. Katherine Fennelly of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs have a screed supporting immigration "reform" in the Minneapolis Star Tribune entitled "Facts, not fear, should guide U.S. immigration": We were appalled to learn that U.S....
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April 25, 2005
The AP reports that Sierra Club members have voted down an immigration-related provision sponsored by Sierrans for U.S. Population Stabilization. None of the five SUSPS candidates for the Club's board were elected either. However, only 16% of the Club's members voted, and 84% voted for the status quo. Thus, only...
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WND has a picture of a billboard for Los Angeles TV station KRCA (62 UHF). The billboard contains the words "Los Angeles, CA". Except, the "CA" part has been crossed out and replaced with the word "MEXICO." And, a Mexican monument has been superimposed on the L.A. skyline. The subtitle...
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April 23, 2005
Media Matters for America is taking Bill O'Reilly to task for agreeing with a caller that the health and financial impacts of massive illegal immigration might equal or surpass the effects of 9/11. On the site, Media Matters - which admits it receives money from George Soros - prints a...
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See "Mexican military chopper lands on U.S. soil near Arivaca." No MSM link is available or will probably become available. Apparently the Border Patrol was already aware of this, so draw your own conclusions. See also "Mexican Army Incursions Into The United States"....
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This article has an interesting roundup of the titular topic. The footnotes are also of interest for future posts. Also see "Racist liberals? Isn't that an oxymoron?" No, no it isn't....
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April 22, 2005
McCain and Kennedy (or is that Kennedy and McCain, or is there a difference?) are moving ahead with their illegal alien amnesty plan, and they say they'll have something next week. Bear in mind their plan is even more of a giveaway than Bush's vague plans. This article has the...
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From "Senate OKs border funds": ...Byrd teamed with Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, on an amendment that would add 650 new agents to the Border Patrol. The legislation easily passed the Senate, 64-35, on Wednesday . Arizona's GOP senators, John McCain and Jon Kyl, split their votes. McCain voted against it;...
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Here's a question Les Kinsolving of WND asked at yesterday's White House news briefing: Scott, WorldNet Daily quotes the largest local union of U.S. Border Patrol agents, Local 2544 in Tucson section, as saying this: "We have not had one single complaint from a rank-and-file agent in this sector about...
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April 21, 2005
The WSJ has yet another open borders screed. This one's about the fight between the Sierra Club and the Sierrans for U.S. Population Stabilization entitled "Low Sierra". It appears to be subscriber only, but the first part is here. ...It's an irony of the anti-immigration movement that its most prominent...
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April 20, 2005
LAT: SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday urged that the U.S. "close the borders" to combat illegal immigration, though an aide quickly clarified his comment, explaining that the governor merely wants the borders better policed. Schwarzenegger, taking questions at the Newspaper Assn. of America convention, described border security...
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Evelyn Shih - a senior at Yale - has some strong words for CNN's Lou Dobbs in "Lou Dobbs Fuels American Immigration Paranoia": ...In between the dry segments of news and peppered rhetoric, Lou Dobbs peddles a latent racist agenda that is an easy trap in today's global economy... Thanks...
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April 16, 2005 - Immigrant advocates yesterday rallied to back a measure that would allow noncitizens to vote, but it was opposed by Mayor Bloomberg while the only Democratic mayoral candidate to back it was Virginia Fields. "Ultimately, we want all those who are legal to be able to vote....
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April 18, 2005
Over at the not-quite-as-bad-as-Hatrios site MyDD, Chris Bowers offers us "Scapegoating Immigrants" about the REAL ID Act. I was going to reply, except I see that it's generated five comments, all of which seem to be from real "liberals" and four of which are opposed to illegal immigration, including this...
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April 15, 2005
Secretary of State Jan Brewer today received official word from the U.S. Department of Justice that her efforts to implement Proposition 200 provisions requiring proper identification at the polls, does not violate federal law. This opinion directly contradicts Governor Napolitano's veto message on April 1st which incorrectly concluded that S.B....
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April 14, 2005
From "Hunt touts bill to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants": With North Carolina's Hispanic population booming -- and Hispanic children dropping out of school at alarming rates -- lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would extend resident tuition rates at public universities to the children of illegal immigrants. Former...
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April 09, 2005
From Terence Chea of the AP: One year after failing to win control of the Sierra Club in a bitterly contested election, advocates for stricter immigration limits are back, arguing that the venerable conservation group can best protect the environment by reducing U.S. population growth. The club's 750,000 members are...
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April 08, 2005
A new poll conducted on behalf of the open immigration advocacy group, the National Immigration Forum, reveals that even reputable polling organizations will conduct push polls to generate revenue in political off-years. The "National Survey of Voter Attitudes on Immigration," released Thursday, also reveals that pollsters can get their clients...
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April 07, 2005
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. -- Marines preparing for combat in Iraq or Afghanistan have lost significant amounts of training time because undocumented immigrants from Mexico have constantly wandered onto a bombing test range in Arizona, according to the commander of this base along the border. Virtually every Marine...
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Mass illegal immigration is costing Texas more than $4.65 billion a year finds a new report released today by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Texans, examines the fiscal costs being borne by the state to provide education, health care and incarceration for...
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March 31, 2005
Earlier I noted the DUmmies being somewhat sane on immigration matters. Now comes the thread "How the Working Class Views Immigration". Aside from the bit about "working class" it could be a thread at... FreeRepublic. This similar thread is not quite as good but still of interest. Please, please, please:...
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The DUmmies discuss the Minuteman Project in "Immigration Opponents (Civilians!) To Patrol U.S. Border" and, while several posters give the expected responses, one poster with 1000+ posts (he's not one of ours, honest!) indicates support for the MMP. Not only that, but one of the stock-repliers somewhat agrees with him....
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March 24, 2005
As previously discussed, President Bush (of the U.S.), President Fox (of Mexico), and P.M. Martin met yesterday at Baylor University in Waco. The WashTimes report is "Bush decries border project". The "border project" in question is the Minuteman Project. The AP report is in "Three-nation pact: Sore spots remain, but...
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March 18, 2005
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. escaped criminal charges but agreed Friday to pay $11 million, a record fine in a civil immigration case, to end a federal probe into its use of illegal immigrants to clean floors at stores in 21 states. A dozen contractors who actually hired...
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From the Inland Valley Daily Bulletion: A bill co-sponsored by Rep. Gary Miller, R-Brea, [HR 698] would deny citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants in the United States, but opponents say the bill uses immigrants as a scapegoat for poorly developed policies... The state spends about $7.7 billion each...
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March 16, 2005
So, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to find them doing something not nearly as bad but still quite disturbing. Namely, giving home loans to illegal aliens. The article "Banks Find Mortgage Clientele in Undocumented Immigrants" is the latest in a string of reports about banks funding loans...
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March 14, 2005
From Dan Stein of FAIR: I attended a Capitol Hill hearing today [March 10] on "Interior Immigration Enforcement Resources." No one could have missed the fact that Democrats are preparing to pounce on the Bush administration's failure to fully fund authorized detention space and ICE enforcement agents. Time after time,...
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The AZ Republic reports on TX Sen. John Cornyn, the latest incarnation of the administration's designated front person for amnesty and open borders. From "Big role for Texas senator?" ...Cornyn, a former state attorney general, chairs the Senate Judiciary immigration subcommittee, which has major influence over immigration policies. On Monday,...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department's former independent watchdog says he was twice summoned to then-Secretary Tom Ridge's office last year and asked why his reports criticizing the agency were being sent to Congress and whether they could be presented more favorably to the department... During a June 9...
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The Wall Street Journal continues their scare-mongering in the 3/11/05 front page story "As Border Tightens, Growers See Threat to 'Winter Salad Bowl'". It's subscriber only, but excerpts are here: YUMA, Ariz. -- Shortly before Thanksgiving last year, Tom Nassif did something few law-abiding citizens would ever think to do:...
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March 13, 2005
Hey, want to be depressed? The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (published by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons) has an article about illegal immigration in their latest issue. It's only available in PDF format, and here's the beginning: The influx of illegal aliens has serious hidden medical...
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March 11, 2005
As you might imagine, the "immigrants" in question are, in fact, "undocumented immigrants". Of course, that fact is not disclosed until the fourth paragraph of their "news" story. The co-author of the bill is Sen. Sandy Pappas, DFL-St. Paul. The "reporter" includes the thoughts of Ann Schuetz, "an education coordinator...
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The OC Register discusses the border fence near Tijuana that Reps. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine want to finally complete: "Border plan risks estuary": [...Greg Abbott, "an ecologist with the California Department of Parks and Recreation", leads the OC Register on a tour, pointing out the problems with...
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March 09, 2005
That's the result of a poll from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: ...The poll, conducted last week by Maryland-based Research 2000, surveyed 600 likely voters in Florida. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The poll found that fewer than four in 10 likely...
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March 08, 2005
Mexican Nationals to Get New U.S. Trials WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is asking Texas to conduct new hearings for 51 Mexicans on death row who say they were denied legal help from their consulates in violation of international law. The International Court of Justice (search) in The Hague last...
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BEIRUT, Lebanon - Nearly 500,000 pro-Syrian protesters waved flags and chanted anti-American slogans in a central Beirut square Tuesday, answering a nationwide call by the militant Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group for a demonstration to counter weeks of rallies demanding Syrian forces leave Lebanon... Oddly enough, there are hundreds of thousands...
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MEXICO CITY - A group of Mexican senators is heading to Arizona to investigate the effects of Proposition 200 amid growing fears in Mexico that other states will copy the measure. The senators plan to meet with Mexican diplomats and migrants, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and state Attorney General Terry...
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March 04, 2005
This is from Elvia Diaz in the Arizona Republic, so be prepared. From "Panel backs ban on labor centers": Advancing a strategy to discourage illegal immigration, a legislative panel has recommended banning government-sponsored day-labor centers in Arizona. The measure is considered a blow to cities and towns struggling with undocumented...
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March 03, 2005
For now at least: "[Illegal] Immigrant College Aid Bill Falters". It earlier passed their House, but it failed to pass their Senate because one of their upstanding American representatives was out sick. Previously: "[AR Gov.] Huckabee plan would give aid to illegal aliens"....
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MEXICO CITY — U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza defended his criticism of Mexico's law enforcement efforts on the border even though it has ruffled feathers here, saying he has a responsibility to protect the safety of U.S. citizens... In January, the U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory alerting...
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March 02, 2005
MSNBC reprints an Atlanta Business Chronicle article about illegal immigration in Atlanta. It has some legislators saying really good things, as well as the usual cheap labor pimps chiming in. One of the people from the wrong side is Sam Zamarippa. The article does not, of course, mention anything like...
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KFI's John & Ken got an email from a listener who also appeared on their show. She's remaining anonymous so there's no way for me to verify this, however: The John & Ken Show received an e-mail this morning that might shed some light on why the Undersecretary of the...
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March 01, 2005
In a way, the replacement for spent open borders warriors like Asa Hutchinson and Chris Cannon is Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]. The OC Register has an interview with him here....
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Former Homeland Security undersecretary Asa Hutchinson gave his farewell speech yesterday. On his way out, he raised concerns about the Minuteman Project, supported Bush's guest worker program, and said a few other things. If you've been following along, you can pretty much write what he said yourself....
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February 28, 2005
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will pursue legal action against plans by a U.S. citizens' group to patrol the U.S.-Mexican border in search of illegal immigrants, the country's foreign minister said on Monday. Luis Ernesto Derbez said he asked lawyers in Los Angeles to draw up a legal strategy to...
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The RI Providence Journal has a very clear-headed editorial on illegal immigration: "Costs of immigration": ...Illegal immigration is no free lunch, and it's time we had an honest discussion of the matter... ...Four of America's 10 poorest metropolitan regions lie along the Texas-Mexico border... ...Brownsville, for example, is a stroll...
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The Naples Daily News' Dianna Smith violates Godwin's Law and just about every acceptable journalistic practice in the article "Haitians targeted unfairly in immigration sweeps, advocates say". It reads like a parody of biased, weepy "reporting": The sky was still dark the morning the women heard knocks on their doors....
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February 27, 2005
You've probably never heard of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican newspaper, but the article "Hispanics get call to political action" from Natalia Munoz seems of interest: ...A far-reaching campaign to stir political action by [Western Mass.] immigrants with and without legal papers was ignited yesterday with a talk by representatives from...
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February 25, 2005
From this: Federal officials announced Thursday that they had reached final agreement on a six-month program to train Los Angeles County sheriff's employees to identify jail inmates who are in the country illegally. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security program, the first of its kind in the nation, was narrowly...
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From this: ...How is it that an undocumented immigrant can use a phony Social Security number to get a government-backed loan to buy property in Colorado? 7NEWS Investigator John Ferrugia has been tracking cases involving Federal Housing Administration loans and said the homeland security implications are dramatic... "To have a...
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"Bill to support farmworkers reintroduced": This year it could be different as support has grown for the Agricultural Job, Opportunity, Benefits and Security (AgJobs) Act. The legislation has been reintroduced in Washington, by Sens. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, and Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Reps. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, and How ard Berman,...
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Now here's a bit of strange article. It describes a driver's licenses for illegal aliens advocate and it also describes two separate occasions where that advocate was driving like a nut. Drive from L.A. to San Jose on two hours of sleep? Anyone who's familiar with the 5 knows that's...
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From this: Arizona prison officials say taxpayers are paying more than $28,000 a day to incarcerate hundreds of undocumented immigrants because the federal government hasn't filed the paperwork necessary to deport them to Mexico. Arizona Department of Corrections Director Dora Schriro said deporting such criminals should be a "no-brainer" given...
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February 24, 2005
Ridge to join Home Depot board: ..."We are honored to have [Ridge] join our board, where we expect that his unique global experience and perspective will make a profound contribution to our company and our shareholders," said Home Depot Chief Executive Bob Nardelli... As covered here in the past (1...
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February 23, 2005
Fox has a roundup of immigration-related opinion at CPAC. Summary: almost everyone on the ground level was opposed to Bush's guest worker plan except... the Libertarians. They're just .0005% of the electorate, but they're an influential .0005%....
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Cheap labor cheerleader Tamar Jacoby of the Manhattan Institute - last discussed in "Tamar Jacoby, CPAC, immigration, and not yet clued-in bloggers" - now offers us "Law and Borders": [BP Agent Lee Morgan] criticizes the apprehensions as a waste of time and resources. "They're just poor people trying to feed...
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Jill Stewart: ... Under Proposition 227, immigrant children were only supposed to stay in special immersion for a year or so, then go to mainstream class. But [California Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell] has refused to credit English immersion for soaring English literacy rates. His silence emboldens the anti-English ideologues...
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February 22, 2005
TULSA, Okla. -- A Tulsa senator is sponsoring what proponents are calling a groundbreaking approach to a dire economic problem by penalizing employers who hire illegal immigrants. The Oklahoma Fair Employment Act, by Sen. Tom Adelson, would penalize employers who hire illegal aliens and give employees who are displaced because...
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ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland taxpayers deserve to know how much the state is paying to subsidize education, housing and health care for illegal aliens before it breaks the budget, two Republican delegates from Baltimore County say... What's more, Mr. McDonough and Delegate Richard K. Impallaria said, they agree with immigrant-advocacy group...
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From Steven A. Camarota of CIS: The recovery from the recession of 2001 is often described as "jobless." But this is not entirely correct. My analysis of Census Bureau data shows that between March 2000 and 2004, the number of adults working in United States actually increased. What's interesting, however,...
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The DUmmies have a thread on the ABC report "'Minutemen' to Patrol Arizona Border". Quite suprisingly, there are a few posters who agree with the idea that illegal immigration is a bad thing. However, as can be expected, there are also a few explicitly anti-American posters, and there's even someone...
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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Importing workers from Asia to help harvest state fruit is a new trend based on a decades-old federal program -- and it's growing. Last season, 170 Thai workers were imported to harvest Yakima Valley apples and cherries. This year, there could be at least 1,000... Global...
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February 21, 2005
WashTimes: Newt Gingrich is demanding that the Bush administration get serious about stopping illegal immigration. The former House speaker wants the United States to completely seal off its border along Mexico and Canada, deport illegal aliens within 72 hours of their arrest and exclude U.S. courts from reviewing such deportations....
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Gov. Dave Heineman rejected a call Saturday to publicly support a bill that would offer in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants. Heineman's decision came during his first meeting with the Mexican American Commission... Commission director Cecilia Olivarez Huerta [supports the bill]... [...bill was sponsored by Lincoln...
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February 20, 2005
*Sigh* If you've visited this blog before, you probably know the drill. If you're a newbie, keep reading. So, anyway, here's a scan of the "controversial" essay, which was printed in a San Diego-area college newspaper. (Another scan is here.) The SDUT's story on this is "Anti-illegal immigrant column stirs...
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There was an immigration panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference over the weekend, and a few bloggers have reports. Unfortunately, none of those bloggers have yet seen the light, but that might change. First up we have "Anti-Immigration = Anti-Capitalist" from Ryan Sager. His bio: ...a member of the...
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A couple weeks ago, John & Ken of KFI 640am interviewed cheap labor cheerleader Tamar Jacoby of the Manhattan Institute. I just noticed that audio of that interview is available here. Let's just say she didn't come off too well....
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February 19, 2005
Andrew McCarthy in NRO brings our attention to the latest open borders screed in the Wall Street Journal. In the WSJ editorial, they complain about the Real ID Act and say the following: "The last thing a terrorist would want to do is apply for asylum." McCarthy provides his own...
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From this: Eleven Republican state lawmakers want to ban Arizona cities and counties from spending tax money on undocumented immigrants who line the streets waiting for jobs. The legislators say day-labor centers are a failure and encourage illegal immigration. Rep. Colette Rosati, a Scottsdale Republican and main sponsor of House...
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I don't know whether to put this in the Immigration or WackyHumor category. Here's what their Interior Secretary had to say: "The CIA analysis is wrong, it's erroneous and it's false... It's also reprehensible for an agency of a foreign government to be expressing opinions about Mexican affairs... I reject...
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February 18, 2005
The previous post "PBS's Hypocrisy Revealed: PBS station opposes day-laborer center" discussed WETA's reaction to a day-laborer center that was located near their headquarters in Shirlington in Arlington County, Virginia. There have been several reports on this center and on WETA's reaction to it. See also "Heights of hypocrisy" and...
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The Save Our License initiative - which would have permanently prevented illegal aliens from getting California driver's licenses - fell 150,000 signatures short of getting on the ballot. They made a few mistakes, but they also apparently didn't get the help they were promised from Rep. Darrell Issa and others....
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First there was news about the Guide for the Mexican Migrant. Then, there was news of Colorado's guide for illegal aliens. The latest guide comes from the Mexican state of Yucatan: The Guide for the Yucatecan Migrant, published by the southeastern state of Yucatán, comes with an accompanying DVD in...
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The NYT's Nina Bernstein is back with another misleading advocacy piece masquerading as a "news" report. From "License Denials for Immigrants Are Blocked": A judge ordered yesterday that the state stop taking away the driver's licenses of immigrants in New York who do not have Social Security cards, saying that...
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February 17, 2005
LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK CITY -- This area dominated largely by immigrants for two centuries is a good place to think about America's growing immigration debate. This month, dominated by two welcoming but challenging presidents -- George Washington and Abraham Lincoln -- is a good time to do so......
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Diane Alden in NewsMax: ...In fact, Rice and former Ridge were only following the Department of Homeland Security Mandate and Bush Administration policy, when they have made such statements. The establishment and the Bush White House refuse to view the invasion through Mexico as an issue more important then trade...
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AZ Republic's article, AZ Republic's title: ...Decreasing the number of foreigners admitted to the country - the current annual limit is 800,000 - would cost the program $207 billion to $611 billion over the same period, according to the report by the Virginia-based National Foundation for American Policy. "The bottom...
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WashTimes: Senate Republicans' new point man on immigration said that it is unrealistic to assume that the 10 million illegal aliens in the United States can be deported and that the only alternative is to create a temporary worker program that has them come forward on their own... At this...
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February 16, 2005
Drudge is linking to the AP article "Proposal would house prisoners in Mexico" about Arizona trying to pass a law under which illegal alien or other Mexican citizens who are in our prisons would be imprisoned in Mexico. The U.S. would, of course, continue to pay for those prisoner's upkeep:...
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Mexico has job plan for deportees: The Mexican government hopes it has found a way to tackle its economic and immigration crises with a program to link its deported citizens with jobs in cities on the Mexican side of the border. ADVERTISEMENT The pilot project, dubbed Repatriados Desalentados, or Despondent...
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February 14, 2005
Most "liberals" won't touch this issue, but at least a few conservatives will. From "A new immigration dispute": WASHINGTON -- A Virginia Republican and some other foes of President Bush's immigration policy are seizing on a hot issue -- Social Security solvency -- to wield on the immigration front. 5th...
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From this: Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo GRD '81, the director of Yale's Center for the Study of Globalization, denied on Sunday accusations that surfaced late last week that he committed crimes against humanity by supporting murderous paramilitary gangs during his six-year term as president. Yale officials are standing behind...
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February 13, 2005
Tucked at the very end of Copley News' "House OKs bill aimed at paring illegal immigration" comes this bit: Far from the raging debate over the Sensenbrenner bill, an article in the Mexican newspaper Milenio yesterday offered a different perspective. The paper noted that while the driver-license provision "has been...
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February 10, 2005
** LONEWACKO WORLD EXCLUSIVE. MUST CREDIT LONEWACKO.COM ** From the article "State has no campaign finance documents for 'Save our License'": A committee trying to bar undocumented immigrants from obtaining driver's licenses has failed to report how much money its campaign has raised, according to the California Secretary of State....
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I'm left wondering after reading the article "Supervisors tangle over ID card fraud": In a rare dramatic exchange between Los Angeles County supervisors, board Chairwoman Gloria Molina said Tuesday she was insulted by a colleague's contention that matricula consular cards can be misused for fraudulent or even terrorist purposes... [...Supervisor...
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Budget scraps 98% of new border agents: Less than two months ago, President Bush signed a law to add 10,000 new Border Patrol agents... Bush's proposal to fund just 210 agents will result in an actual loss of agents... See also the longer article "Belt-tightening cuts border plans": ...The law...
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From this: [Mexico's] human rights ombudsman said Tuesday that Mexico is guilty of abuses toward undocumented migrants bound for the United States, contradicting the recent positive appraisal by a U.N. official. "Examinations of immigration facilities reveal that some of those installations display anomalies that are so serious they constitute an...
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"Our Opinion: Bush budget shirks border responsibility": Yes, drastic steps must be taken if the burgeoning federal budget is to be brought under control. But the $2.6 trillion budget proposed this week by President Bush shirks a major responsibility of the federal government - the responsibility to control the border....
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OCRegister: It seems only fair that if the federal government can't or won't stop illegal immigration, it should at least help states pay for the costs that its failure imposes on them. And yet, every year the feds seem to do less about controlling illegal immigration while at the same...
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The next time someone suggests that we need illegal aliens to pick our produce or lettuce would go to five dollars a head, please refer them to this 1996 study by a Professor of Economics and Agricultural Economics at Iowa State University: How Much Is that Tomato in the Window?...
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February 09, 2005
From this: Twenty-one House Republicans signed on to a bill introduced Monday that would bar illegal immigrants from state benefits such as lower college tuition and health care. House Bill 1271 would allow state or county services only to people who are legal U.S. residents... See also the similar effort...
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Time to phone, FAX, and email: WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 - Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the House majority leader, said Tuesday that conservatives might be able to compromise with President Bush on his proposal allowing illegal immigrants to work in the United States legally. Such a compromise could entail, for...
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WashTimes: ...Two members of Congress will try to block an agreement that the Bush administration signed with Mexico that would allow Mexicans who have worked in the United States, including some illegal immigrants, to receive Social Security payments. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., Virginia Republican, will introduce a resolution today...
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From 2/8's "Budget sticks county with migrant costs: President Bush proposes cutting all federal reimbursement for detaining illegal immigrants": Pima County taxpayers would have to shoulder all the local costs to detain illegal immigrants under President Bush's proposed budget. The budget, released yesterday, kills the $305 million program that helps...
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Colorado recently removed from its website a guide that gives tips for illegal aliens living in Colorado. Those involved in producing the guide included, to varying degrees: the Mexican government, the Colorado Department of Education, Colorado Gov. Owens, various "immigrant's rights" groups, and First Data/Western Union. Rep. Tom Tancredo complained...
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February 08, 2005
NYT Star Reporter Charlie LeDuff offers us an article named "The Everymigrant's Guide to Crossing the Border Illegally". About 80% of the article consists of real-world tips for border crossers, culled from illegal aliens Charlie interviewed in front of the Home Depot on Sunset in East Hollywood. Those illegals call...
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From a TV report: Action 4 News undercover cameras catch Border Patrol agents dropping off illegal immigrants at a local bus station by the van load... [...some of those dropped off are from] special interest countries - countries like Brazil and Argentina... [...those dropped off at the station get money...
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February 06, 2005
An unverified partial translation is in post #10. Just a few of them: "There are various ways to send money to Mexico: electronic transfers, money orders, check or automatic deposit. There are various companies that transfer money electronically, such as Western Union.” [p. 20. Included in the guide was a...
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February 05, 2005
From this: ...During a January 28 radio interview, Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez has threatened the State of Arizona with legal action through the international courts in order to overturn Proposition 200, a ballot initiative lawfully passed last fall to curb state expenditures on illegal aliens. Derbez plans to...
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February 04, 2005
AZ Republic: State officials plan to repost an edited version of a controversial guide for immigrants on its Web site, a document that was yanked after critics said it provided tips for illegal immigrants. State Education Commissioner William Moloney said Thursday that staffers were reviewing the guide and would remove...
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February 03, 2005
From this: By law, illegal aliens convicted of heinous crimes — rape, murder, child molestation — are to be deported once they've served their jail terms. But lately, thousands of them have simply been let go. And Justice Department officials have refused to release a government database that could help...
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From this: Fewer than 3 in 10 Americans say immigration is an "extremely important" issue for Congress and the president to deal with over the next year, while an additional 38% say it is "very important." At the same time, immigration has become a more important issue to Americans over...
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WashTimes: President Bush last night called for reforming U.S. immigration laws, saying that the current system is "outdated" and that lawmakers need to create a new policy that accepts "hard-working people" while protecting America's borders... But the president has a tough sell with many members of his own party, who...
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Rep. J.D. Hayworth: Regarding "Realistic reform" (Editorial, Jan. 23): The Arizona Republic thinks the mess on the Arizona-Mexico border was produced by, "a dearth of good sense, coupled with an abundance of sheer nonsense." It then exhibits both by promoting a guest-worker plan that will make the situation worse. The...
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"The Presidents comments tonight regarding immigration raise several questions in my mind. Why is it so difficult for the President to integrate the concept of border security into homeland security? Is there anyone on the planet who does not realize that terrorists take advantage of porous borders? Is it possible...
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WashTimes: Snipers working as "lookouts" for drug traffickers and illegal-alien smugglers are targeting U.S. Border Patrol agents from vantage points across the U.S.-Mexico border. Within the past week, agents assigned to the Douglas station in Arizona's southeastern corner — one of the nation's busiest illegal-entry points — have been fired...
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February 02, 2005
DENVER — Colorado Gov. Bill Owens has removed an online pamphlet from the state Web site that offered advice in Spanish to illegal immigrants on living and working in Colorado. Titled "¡Entérese!" which means "Inform Yourself," the 50-page pamphlet was posted on the Colorado Department of Education Web site until...
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Dear open borders apologists: Could you please go read "What is it about Mexicans?" by Salvador Reza of the "Tonatierra human rights group" and then come back here so I can ask you some questions? .... Welcome back! I'm not going to concentrate on the race-baiting, the lies, or the...
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WaPo offers this three-screen article: As its leadership changes for the first time, the Department of Homeland Security remains hampered by personality conflicts, bureaucratic bottlenecks and an atmosphere of demoralization, undermining its ability to protect the nation against terrorist attack, according to current and former administration officials and independent experts......
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February 01, 2005
As previously blogged, L.A. County sheriff's deputies will be trained to ask about the immigration status of inmates and contact the feds when necessary. This report discusses it and has some interesting quotes: Over protests from immigrant rights groups, Los Angeles County sheriff's personnel will be trained by federal authorities...
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January 31, 2005
The earlier post "Mexico may ask international courts to block Proposition 200" discussed Mexico's latest plans to interfere in our laws. Mexico's Foreign Secretary said "We are seeking all the legal opportunities that exist, first using the legal capacities of the United States itself" as well as a couple other...
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WND and the WSJ discuss Rush's recent conversion to slightly critical of Our Leader. See this post for Rush's remarks with links to the underlying stories. From WND: Limbaugh has not been an outspoken critic of the president on this issue in the past. Neither has he focused much of...
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January 30, 2005
Newsweek offers a short roundup of the state of Bush's guest worker plan. If you've been following this blog there's little new information there....
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I know a governor who's not going to be happy with this: State Rep. Michael Lamoureux has proposed legislation aimed at reducing illegal immigration problems in the state. Lamoureux, a Republican from Russellville, is a sponsor of House Bill 1012, a proposal that would allow local law enforcement officers to...
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January 28, 2005
Let's go to the tape: ...And as I look out there across the great wide spectrum that is this country and its electoral politics, you look at things -- realistically here, not looking for negativism, just looking realistically, things --- that might present a problem to the good guys, the...
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From this: [AR] Gov. Mike Huckabee on Thursday heaped criticism upon immigration legislation in the Arkansas Legislature, describing it as "inflammatory . . . race-baiting and demagoguery." He also challenged the Christian values of its main sponsor. Huckabee said the bill, seeking to forbid public assistance and voting rights to...
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From this: Bank of America plans to eliminate wire transfer fees for customers who send money to Mexico - the latest effort in the battle among big banks to win Hispanic customers. Starting first in Chicago, the bank is eliminating a 3% foreign exchange fee and a $10 transfer fee...
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January 27, 2005
MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of Mexico City has joined the nation's politicians in criticizing a new Arizona law that restricts illegal migrants' access to some public services. "We have already said many times that (illegal migrants) are not criminals," Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera told reporters following...
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From yesterday's press conference: ...QUESTION: Mr. President, the Senate Republicans recently listed their priorities, and immigration reform wasn't on it. Do you think this means it's dead for this year? BUSH: No, I don't. QUESTION: And why are you having so much trouble with your own party... BUSH: No, I...
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Oh happy day: ...today it's being announced that Rep. [Chris] Cannon, the "point man" in Congress for the White House on immigration, is off the immigration subcommittee... For the tens of thousands of American families already devastated by Chris Cannon's work in Congress, e.g., on H-1b visas, it's too late,...
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January 26, 2005
L.A. County supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky: "I don't want to see anyone deported who has been acquitted for a crime, even if they are here illegally," Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said. "But I have no sympathy for aliens who do commit crimes." Here's the context: LOS ANGELES -- Immigration authorities can train...
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WashTimes: What's most remarkable about the top Senate Republican priorities for the new congressional session, announced Monday, is what was left out: not one mention of immigration reform. We're not talking about President Bush's doomed guest-worker bill. Even the agonizing energy bill made the list at No. 10. One would...
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Maybe it's time to start constructing a 100' high wall: Mexico may turn to international courts in efforts to block a new Arizona law limiting services to undocumented aliens [sic], Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said Wednesday. He said in an interview on W Radio that Mexico might take such...
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January 25, 2005
More "Sun to shine tomorrow" news: MESA, Ariz. – Aerial drones patrolling the Arizona-Mexico border will be grounded after the current contract expires next Sunday so the federal government can evaluate the program's effectiveness, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection says. Immigration authorities have been testing unmanned drones on the...
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Ah, today's "Sun to shine tomorrow" post: Despite his signing a bill authorizing 2,000 new border agents, President Bush will not ask Congress for enough money to fund them. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told USA Today yesterday that the administration's new budget will propose "good incremental increase" in the...
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Human Rights Watch: Workers in the U.S. meat and poultry industry endure unnecessarily hazardous work conditions, and the companies employing them often use illegal tactics to crush union organizing efforts, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. In meat and poultry plants across the United States, Human...
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January 24, 2005
Lou Dobbs: resident Bush has again vowed to spend his political capital to grant legal status to the millions of illegal aliens who live and work in this country. The president rationalizes his guest-worker program by constantly referring to the nation's need to match willing workers with willing employers. The...
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WASHINGTON - Rep. Chris Cannon says he is determined to help President Bush reform the nation's immigration laws, despite resistance from Republicans and a barrage of attacks Cannon endured from immigration foes in his recent re-election. The Utah Republican said reform-minded members of Congress are “working like crazy” with the...
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"Actors, writers and musicians push for immigrant drivers licenses": LOS ANGELES – Hollywood stars are joining the fight to get driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants in California with a new ad featuring a mock award for "Best Nanny." More than 30 actors, musicians and writers, including Diane Keaton, Carlos Santana...
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"Asa Hutchinson to resign from Homeland Security Department": Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson, in charge of border and transportation security issues, submitted his letter of resignation to the White House early Monday morning, said a DHS official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the resignation had not yet been announced. Hutchinson...
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January 23, 2005
SDUT: For the past century, raisins in California's Central Valley have been harvested in exactly the same way: a monthlong frenzy of hand picking that required more workers than almost any other crop. Last season, many raisin growers turned to machines to do the work. Although they had long held...
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From this: The [Mexican] Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE) will reprint the [The Guide for the Mexican Migrant], in spite of prompting from the U.S. government and claims by U.S. legislators and NGOs who classify it as a document that could promote illegal immigration. While a date for the reprinting...
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WashTimes: Immigration-control activists announced a bill to crack down on benefits available to illegal aliens in Arkansas, the first in what is expected to be a wave of initiatives and bills following the success of a similar proposition in Arizona in November's election. Arkansas state Sen. Jim Holt yesterday said...
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"McCain urges Bush to make immigration reform a priority": Arizona Sen. John McCain stressed immigration reform as a top priority for the start of President George W. Bush's second term and encouraged the Republican White House to focus on the issue. McCain, business groups and Arizona U.S. Reps. Jeff Flake...
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January 22, 2005
From this: If a foreign country was sending more than a million of its people to illegally enter the United States every year surely that would be grounds for war. Mexico is doing that. It is no stretch of imagination to say that Mexico in engaged in an undeclared war...
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January 20, 2005
Joseph Farah: President Bush will be inaugurated today for a second term, pledging one of his highest priorities will be the creation of a new guest-worker program with no provisions for securing the border that brought them here. Americans will grow weary of these foreign wars designed to defeat the...
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Welcome liberal visitors! From Victor Davis Hanson's Illegal immigration is a moral issue: ...The hallowed assimilationist formula has too few overt defenders these days - even though measured, legal immigration, English emersion, multiracialism instead of multiculturalism, and integration have ensured that past legal immigrants from Mexico are among America's finest...
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January 19, 2005
Presented in all its absurdity and overt threat to the U.S. is this Vicente Fox speech that he made in Madrid in May 16, 2002. Please take a moment and read it, noting that some parts have been omitted: In recent years a new International System has been developing, oriented...
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The titular quote is from: 1. A six-year-old George W. Bush. 2. A hopelessly naive and differently-abled eight-year-old. 3. Tom Ridge, yesterday. #3 is, of course, correct: [LOU] DOBBS: The Mexican government has made yet another outrageous demand of the United States. A top Mexican government official told Homeland Security...
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Rep. Chris Shays [R-CT] sent questionnaires to his constituents and got over 24,000 responses. Some of the results are discussed here: His question #23. Do you support deportation of illegal aliens? Answers: Yes 70.5%, Not sure 14.7%, No 13.3%, n/a 1.5% 24. Do you support amnesty for illegal aliens? Answers:...
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From Condi Rice's testimony: Rice said immigration reform would be an important issue for Bush, both for economic and security reasons. ‘‘But if we are not asking our border guards and our border personnel to deal simultaneously with immigration that comes out of economic circumstances and dangerous border infringement that...
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Like an evil Energizer Bunny: PHOENIX – Opponents of Arizona's new immigration law – stymied in their initial court challenges – are taking aim at the law's election mandates, claiming they'll virtually eliminate voter registration drives and place too many obstacles in front of minority voters... "It hurts minorities, particularly...
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Lou Dobbs' current poll says: "Do you believe the Bush Administration should inform Mexico's interior secretary that there is no 'right' for Mexican citizens to work in the United States?" Current results: 4713 (94%) Yes 280 (6%) No One might wonder who those 280 people are. Relatives of administration officials?...
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January 18, 2005
The libertarian Cato Institute has emitted their latest "Handbook on Policy." From the immigration chapter: To better defend ourselves against terrorism and promote economic growth, America’s border-control system requires a reorientation of mission. For the last two decades, U.S. immigration policy has been obsessed with nabbing mostly Mexican-born workers whose...
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The reviews are in, and 9 out of 10 illegal aliens praise the Guide for the Mexican Migrant. Note also the confirmation that the guide is available in the U.S.: Many Mexican immigrants say that a 32-page comic book doesn't encourage more people to cross the border, but it saves...
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From this: Hours after being named chairman of the Senate subcommittee on immigration, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he would work on immigration reform that would help legitimize the millions of illegal immigrant workers in the United States. As head of the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security...
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The LAT has a rather uninteresting article on the guest worker plan's chances of passing. Their tone does seem to be a bit upset, but there's nothing overtly objectionable about it....
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As previously mentioned, Tom Ridge met today with Mexico's interior secretary. The AP offers this roundup of what was promised or just given away: Mexico will continue to press for an immigration agreement establishing a right for Mexicans to work temporarily in the United States, the country's interior secretary, Santiago...
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January 17, 2005
You have to start somewhere, so, let's start with August 19, 2004's "Immigrants Face Loss of Licenses in ID Crackdown" by Nina Bernstein. Please read the following description of one Margaret Stock: ...But critics say the enforcement [of driver's licenses only for citizens and legal residents] will fall mainly on...
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From a 1/17/05 DHS press release: Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge joined Mexican Interior Secretary Santiago Creel today at the Calexico port of entry to formally open dedicated lanes for cargo trucks enrolled in a key U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) initiative to counter terrorism, improve compliance and facilitate...
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Michelle Malkin discusses recent nominees Gonzales and Johanns. I was considering writing something similar based on the comments I left on this thread (redstate.org/story/2005/1/15/94511/6703): From the Border Patrol union: White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, President Bush's nominee for attorney general, got the backing of a group that promotes driver's licenses...
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From this: A full-page advertisement in today’s News & Record paid for by backers of Greensboro lawyer Manlin Chee claims the criminal case against her sends a “threatening message” to other defenders of immigrants... The ad also asserts that the government was suspicious of Chee because she had a large...
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One of the top 100 most influential newspapers in Southern California, the Hermosa Wave, reports on the recent kerfluffel involving illegal alien day laborers in Redondo Beach. It continually uses the phrase "anti-immigrant" and "illegal" only appears twice. One instance of the latter is in a quote. Normally, I'd just...
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January 16, 2005
The subtitle is so funny I hope all my bloggees are sitting down: President Fox honored Olga Sánchez Martínez on Monday for helping Central Americans who cross illegally into Mexico on their way towards the United States. El Universal Lunes 10 de enero de 2005 Mexico, which often complains about...
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From Robert D. Knight, of Murrieta, who's "an associate faculty member in the political science department at Mt. San Jacinto College in Menifee": Ethnocentrism appears to be alive and well at The Press-Enterprise. In the editorial "Migration mania" (Our Views, Jan. 7), you argue that the Mexican government is promoting...
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Kathleen Antrim: Mexican President Vicente Fox is figuratively thumbing his nose at Washington, D.C., our sovereignty, our laws and the Bush administration. No doubt emboldened by the increasing number of illegal immigrants allowed to live in the United States, in December the Mexican government published a 32-page book titled “The...
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January 15, 2005
What ever could those have in common? This: A failed refugee claimant convicted of crimes in India and found civilly liable in a credit-card fraud against Canada's five major banks finally forced embattled Judy Sgro to resign yesterday as immigration minister. Ms. Sgro, already under investigation by the federal Ethics...
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January 14, 2005
MALDEF - the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund - continues trying to block Arizona's Prop. 200. Apparently the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals - surprise! - has turned down MALDEF's request for a preliminary injunction against 200. At the same time, MALDEF appears to be attempting to complain...
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FAIR: In coming months, President Bush will be trying to convince the American people that U.S. immigration laws just cannot be enforced. In truth, though, they will not be enforced—and his choice for Secretary of Agriculture demonstrates the point... ...The president's choice for Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, while Governor...
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Remember the Woody Allen movie 'Bananas'? Specifically, this part: It is Allen's time in San Marcos when the political satire of Bananas really begins to kick in. Allen takes shots at all forms of government and war, and often to greatly humorous effect. In typical Allen fashion, he stumbles upwards...
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Just great: A Team 7 Investigation into a defective camera surveillance system along the U.S.-Canadian border has sparked a massive federal probe. Now, the results are in: Auditors say taxpayers paid millions of dollars for "phantom" cameras, missing parts and fraudulent repair bills... According to the federal probe, straight north...
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Don't believe it? Here's an example: ...The meeting, called by the Miami-Dade Community Relations Board, did little, however, to quell mounting fears in the Hispanic and Haitian communities or satisfy their leaders... That's from an article about immigration sweeps in South Florida. And, the excerpt raises several questions: are those...
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January 13, 2005
AP: Interior Secretary Santiago Creel said Thursday he will fly to a California border town to meet with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and again push for a plan granting legal status to millions of undocumented Mexicans living and working in the United States. Creel said the meeting would...
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The Washington Times tried to get the State Department to condemn the Guide for the Mexican Migrant or to complain to the Mexican government. Here's the result: ...Well, the State Department has responded. Apparently the answer is no. A spokesman said no action has taken place, and declined to tell...
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January 12, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican member of the House of Representatives vowed on Wednesday to lead a revolt against President Bush's immigration reform proposals and predicted that up to 180 party members would support him. Bush in an interview with the Washington Times published on Wednesday said he plans to...
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PHOENIX - A pamphlet put out by the Mexican government that purports to be a safety manual for those who cross the border illegally is harming Arizona, Gov. Janet Napolitano said Tuesday. The government of Mexico is interfering with the state's security, she said in a telephone interview with the...
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From this: Gov. Mike Huckabee is proposing extending eligibility for state-funded college scholarships to illegal aliens who graduate from Arkansas high schools — an idea that several legislators predicted will go nowhere. Huckabee said it’s "terribly unjust" for a child who arrived in Arkansas at a young age and graduated...
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From our "Sun to Shine Tomorrow" department comes this UPI report: Mexico City, Mexico, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- An average of 1,000 Mexicans without documents cross the U.S.-Mexico border every day, a Mexican institution said Monday. National Council of Population, or Conapo, predicted in a new report that during 2005,...
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January 11, 2005
The Arizona Republic clenches its teeth and prints this guest editorial: The favorite ploy used by individuals who don't agree with a law is to condemn the law and its requirements as racist. Proposition 200 opponents constantly use this tactic, some even being disturbed that we insist public employees deny...
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January 10, 2005
From "Hispanic supporters want President Bush to ease imigration rules": When President Bush swooped into South Florida two months ago desperately seeking support in a close re-election campaign, some of the most fervent response came from immigrants who shouted their support in English and Spanish. Hispanic voters in particular flocked...
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From this: New Jersey's escalating population of illegal immigrants is placing an ever-growing burden on the state's hospitals, which expect to lose $200 million this year on care to the underground community. Doctors and administrators around the state are complaining that the cost of treating illegal immigrants has forced them...
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Earlier I provided an excerpt from Alberto R. Gonzales' confirmation hearing. The quote was largely correct, but it wasn't complete. Here's the NYT's transcript of that portion, which is even worse than the earlier version: There is no requirement, of course, upon state and locals to enforce federal immigration laws....
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FPM: For decades now, our bad neighbor to the south has aided and abetted its impoverished citizens in their efforts to enter the United States illegally – a process that pays handsome dividends to Mexico, but results in massive trauma and social upheaval for the gringos. The latest attack on...
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HumanEvents: Within a week of his election victory, word began to leak from the Bush administration that the President is resurrecting a failed plan to amnesty the millions of illegal aliens in this country. Let me briefly summarize the consequences of President Bush's proposed policy of amnesty for illegal immigrants...
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January 08, 2005
In reverse chronological order, here are the posts about the Mexican government's guide to being an illegal alien: "Mexico publishes guide to assist border crossers": The Drudge-linked AZ Republic article that started it all; post includes quote from earlier article about consul general visiting a day laborer center. "[WH] Spokesman...
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What sort of spin would an apologist for the Mexican government's guide to being an illegal alien provide? Let's look at "Mexico's border comic book tells of rights, doesn't promote wrongs" for an example: ...The guide, published by Mexican Foreign Relations, contains similar directions to those we Americans hear at...
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There are "translations" of the Mexican government's guide for illegal aliens here and here. A fairly accurate real translation is here. Previous coverage starts here....
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January 07, 2005
From Alberto Gonzalez' confirmation hearing: Gonzales: There is no requirement, of course, upon state and locals to enforce federal immigration laws. It is purely voluntary. In fact, of course, some states have prohibitions [against?]. They couldn't, even if they wanted to. [They couldn't what?] In some cases, the department, as...
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From this: On Saturday, January 15th from 10am-2pm, grassroots activists from SaveOurState.org and SaveOurLicense.com will rally at the Redondo Beach Civic Center to support Redondo Beach and their efforts to crackdown on illegal alien day laborers and gather signatures for the SaveOurLicense initiative prohibiting illegal aliens from acquiring state drivers'...
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There's a listing of articles about illegal immigration here. One of the articles mentioned is "The Mirage of Mexican Guest Workers." As far as I know, the full text of that highly recommended article is only available at the library or by online purchase here. You can read an excerpt...
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January 06, 2005
According to the bad translation of a Mexican newspaper article: ...According to the dependency the comic will also be sent to locations like Atlanta, Dallas y Nueva Jersey, so that is can reach the countrymen already in ithe United States in an undocumented status....
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Houston Chronicle: ...George Grayson, a Mexico expert at the College of William and Mary, said the guide sends a message that the Mexican government endorses illegal immigration. "It is a wink and a nod to illegal immigrants," Grayson said. "How would they feel if the Guatemalans published a guide on...
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NYT: ...But groups seeking stricter immigration laws argued that Mexican officials were being disingenuous in asserting that the pamphlet does not encourage illegal migration. They say that Mexico wants to continue exporting unemployed people and reaping the benefits of money sent home to their families. "If the Mexican government were...
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January 05, 2005
From the Long Beach Press-Telegram editorial "Education and immigration": Failed policy results in failing grades for California schools. A Rand Corp. study showing how far California schools have slipped down the national ladder in recent years was reported Monday, about the same time as the news that Mexican authorities are...
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From the Dallas Morning News editorial "No Humor in Comic: Advice on breaking U.S. law is ill-advised": Thought experiment: What if the U.S. government produced a comic-book-style pamphlet ("Illegal Immigration and Remittances For Dummies") for Americans headed to Mexico, advising them how to break Mexican laws safely and successfully? We'd...
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The Arizona Republic has an editorial about "Illegal Immigration and Remittances For Dummies". I'm no psychologist, so I'm not going to try to figure it out: ...With this book, Mexican President Vicente Fox has unwittingly produced a powerful tool to undermine efforts by President Bush and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,...
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From this: Rep. David Dreier, who survived re-election last fall amid accusations he is soft on illegal immigration, introduced two immigration reform bills Tuesday to bolster the security of Social Security cards and to ease the immigration case backlog in federal courts... The first bill would require the Social Security...
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From this: A group considering a 2006 ballot initiative to keep undocumented immigrants from receiving government services said it will move forward if legislators don't take a stand. Defend Colorado Now sent a letter to all 100 lawmakers, who assemble one week from today for the start of the 2005...
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January 04, 2005
From this: Scottsdale Republican Congressman J.D. Hayworth is criticizing the Mexican government over a controversial pamphlet for migrants and undocumented immigrants looking to enter the United States... Hayworth, a conservative who represents Scottsdale, Tempe and Ahwatukee, said Tuesday the migrant guide is a "flagrant example of the Mexican government's lack...
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MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico on Tuesday defended a government comic book showing illegal migrants how to cross the border and live quietly in the United States against charges that it promotes undocumented immigration. The 32-page color primer, published by Mexico's foreign ministry in December, gives would-be migrants tips including...
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Mexico's comic book "Illegal Immigration and Remittances For Dummies" continues to both shock and amuse. Apparently Charo is now working for the Feds. Meanwhile, Chester the Molester has a "package" he wants you to deliver. And, after crossing the border in order to send back money to keep Mexico afloat,...
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Try to stifle your laughter while reading this WaPo editorial: AT HIS YEAR-END news conference, President Bush was passionate in his support for liberalization of the nation's immigration laws, and in particular for changes that would allow legal status for temporary workers in the country, on security grounds if nothing...
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The last immigration editorial from the PBP wasn't that horrible, even if it was wrong. They've gotten quite a bit worse with "Jupiter trying to solve problem feds created": Jupiter has a problem with migrant workers, most of them illegal, who live in the town, crowd older neighborhoods and gather...
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MILWAUKEE - In a pilot program described as the first of its kind, an agency created by the state government is making it easier for illegal immigrants in Wisconsin to obtain mortgage loans. Immigrants who do not have Social Security numbers - a common requirement for loans - can use...
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WashTimes: To keep good relations, neighboring countries must respect each others' immigration laws. The government of Mexico has repeatedly professed that it agrees. If it truly does, how does it explain last month's release of "The Guide for the Mexican Migrant"? The guide, published by the Mexican Foreign Ministry and...
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From Solomon Moore's LAT article "Mexico's Border-Crossing Tips Anger Some in U.S.": Mexican authorities are distributing more than 1 million copies of an illustrated handbook that gives migrants illegally crossing the U.S. border safety tips, suggesting that they carry enough water, follow railroad tracks and utility lines if they get...
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Michelle Malkin has more excerpts from the Barron's article on the underground economy. They're even more disturbing than the ones I posted yesterday....
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January 03, 2005
Surprisingly, Knight-Ridder tells it somewhat like it is: With the 109th Congress set to convene Tuesday, members and lobbyists were revving up to debate two thorny immigration initiatives that strive toward seemingly contradictory ends. The most sweeping immigration proposals of 2005 are likely to be sounded out with President Bush...
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This would be funny if it weren't so frightening: At today's White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about the Mexican government's distribution of a comic-book-style guide to illegal border crossers. WND: [...asks about "The Guide for the Mexican Migrant"...] And my question: Since the president...
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The WaPo offers us "Bush Immigration Plan Meets GOP Opposition", an article that contains several hidden assumptions just ripe for a fisking. However, it's not bad enough that I want to expend the effort. Therefore, a mini fisk: 1. Are you sure you want to use the phrase "[Bush's plans...
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January 02, 2005
Drudge is linking to this Arizona Republic article: MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government is giving out a colorful new comic book with advice for migrants, but immigration-control advocates worry that some of the tips may encourage illegal border crossers. The 32-page book, The Guide for the Mexican Migrant, was...
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From Barron's (subscriber only): America has two economies, and one is flourishing at the expense of the other. First, there's the legitimate economy, in which craftsmen are licensed and employers and employees pay taxes. Then there's the fast-growing underground economy, where millions of nannies, construction workers and others are paid...
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