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Beth Reinhard misleads about immigration (The Atlantic, National Journal) - 01/23/12
... National Journal (and formerly the Miami Herald).
Here are four fairly recent comments I've left on her entries at the first two locations:
* FROM nationaljournal.com/politics/perry-s-immigration-gamble-20110916
Is there anything Beth Reinhard gets right?
1. The TX bill wasn't for "the children of illegal immigrants", it was for those who are themselves illegal aliens irrespective of their...
Sen. Bill Nelson turns back on U.S. citizens, supports DREAM Act (Brittany Levine) - 06/29/09
Brittany Levine of the Miami Herald offers "Sen. Nelson rallies against student's deportation" (link):
Sen. Bill Nelson has called for authorities to halt the deportation of a Miami man whose immigration story has inspired protests and riled up immigration activists throughout South Florida.
In a letter last week addressed to a top federal immigration official, Nelson praised Walter Lara, a 23-...
SPLC's "The Year in Hate" misled about FBI hate crime statistics - 03/31/08
... 3/9, link)
* Casey Woods of the Miami Herald ("Anti-illegal immigration groups grow in Florida", 3/31, link)
* Bruce Tomaso of the Dallas Morning News offers "Study finds hate groups on the rise, fueled by anti-immigrant sentiments" (link), but provides this commendable note: "A word of caution: The Southern Poverty Law Center has done courageous, important work over the years, but... [t]he...
Andres Oppenheimer's five "myths" of the "anti-immigration movement" - 01/14/08
Andres Oppenheimer of the Miami Herald - previously featured here for warning about a "Latino Intifada" unless we give millions of illegal aliens an amnesty - now offers "Five myths of anti-immigration talk", such as:
Myth No. 1: ''We are only against illegal immigration. Undocumented immigrants should get in line for visas.'' That's deceptive because you can't demand that people get into line...
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