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George Will, Michelle Rhee, Mel Martinez, Jose Vargas all hype anti-American DREAM Act and mass immigration (Christiane Amanpour) - 07/03/11
... Amanpour began the segment with the Lazarus fallacy, and later revealed that she's a beneficiary of the H1B program. As the moderator she wasn't exactly an impartial voice but served more in the role of one of Kevin Trudeau's interviewers.
2. Both Will and Martinez supported secure the border as a sales tactic to sell Americans on amnesty. Will brought up his "line of buses bumper to bumper"...
Obama immigration speech, July 1, 2010 - 07/01/10
... even engages in what we call the Lazarus fallacy: reading part of Emma Lazarus' poem that was tacked on to the Statue of Liberty years after it was built.
In the meantime, see , Obama immigration, Janet Napolitano, Department of Homeland Security, and the list of topics we cover.
And, if you don't want amnesty, please do see Will teaparty and rightwing bloggers stumble us into amnesty?
Newsweek "Most Overblown Fears" of decade include immigration and globalization (Ilan Stavans, Tom Friedman) - 11/22/09
... talking point will be listed on the Lazarus fallacy page.
4. He says all of the above ignoring the fact that we currently have one of the highest immigration rates in the world; we currently admit over 1,000,000 people each year.
5. For the rest, see the immigration tradition fallacy page.
The other "overblown" fear - globalization - is discussed by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times (2010....
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