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Farmers hollowed when laws followed - 08/10/06
Drivers along the 5 Freeway through California's Central Valley are treated to signs saying, "Crops grow where water flows" or similar. Based on growers' support for illegal labor, perhaps they should consider throwing signs saying "Farmers hollowed when laws followed" into the mix.
From "Farmers say 'enforcement only' immigration will cripple industry" by Eunice Moscoso:
After the Sept.
John Fonte replies to Tamar Jacoby - 08/09/06
Continuing their dialog, Fonte points out yet again just how wrong she is.
Previously: Tamar Jacoby's "Immigration Realism"
Tamar Jacoby's "Immigration Realism" - 08/02/06
America's favorite amnestibot, Tamar Jacoby, has joined with Cesar V. Conda to pen "Immigration Realism". It's their reply to John Fonte's reply to the WSJ's reply to the original National Review open letter demanding enforcement first.
And, as you might assume, Jacoby is wrong. Here's just one way:
None of those who signed our letter believe that immigrants have a "human right" to come to work in the U.S., as Fonte claims.
From the way that's worded, you might think that Fonte claimed that the WSJ letter that they signed said that. In fact, he was refering to a WSJ editorial in the same...
Tamar Jacoby: the Americans can be forced to accept a massive illegal alien amnesty - 07/29/06
Tamar Jacoby is back with more blather in support of massive immigration, this version being called "Amnesty Is Not a Four-Letter Word: Voters don't like amnesty, but they'll swallow some form of it to fix immigration." No, really, that last part is the real subtitle.
She discusses various misleading and/or push polls and concludes that the Americans will accept a massive illegal alien amnesty just because they want to fix immigration
John Fund's Borderline Insanity - 07/24/06
WSJ columnist John Fund offers a heaping load of open borders propaganda in a column appropriately named "Borderline Insanity". The upside to his screed is that many people will realize it for what it is, and that will further reduce his and the WSJ's credibility.
He sets out to show that "enforcement-only" won't work, a frequent theme from those who support massive immigration. Of course, he only mentions employer sanctions once, and that's in a quote from an unnamed BP agent.
Americans: Bush is going to try to sell you on amnesty, but call it something else - 03/23/06
Will president Bush be able to sell Americans on his or someone else's "guest" worker scheme? That appears to be the one-two punch they plan: the Senate will come up with something, then Bush will try to sell it to the American public.
Of course, there are a few minor details still to be worked out. For instance, even diehard BushBots are starting to abandon ship. And, almost everyone else doesn't find Bush too very credible.
Nora Boustany: reporter or transcriptionist? - 03/01/06
Nora Boustany writes "Diplomatic Dispatches" for the Washington Post. Readering her latest column, I have trouble refering to her as a a reporter, prefering instead "transcriptionist" or perhaps "propagandist."
Half of the column transcribes the remarks of Mexican ambassador Carlos de Icaza.
CPAC, immigration, and not yet clued-in bloggers: Part 2 - 02/09/06
Last year at this time, I posted "Tamar Jacoby, CPAC, immigration, and not yet clued-in bloggers" about the Conservative Political Action Conference. Apparently Tamar couldn't make this year's festivities. However, showing that they haven't learned, there's a new crop of not-yet-clued-in posts.
BoiFromTroy offers "Conservative's New Immigration Lexicon".
New York Times discusses plight of illegal alien, supports union busting - 01/12/06
Order a new batch of hankies, because the NYT has a new PIIPP ("pro-illegal immigration puff piece"). It's called "More and More, Women Risk All to Enter U.S." and it's from Lizette Alvarez and John M. Broder.
Tamar Jacoby and Grover Norquist don't speak for 75% of Americans - 12/22/05
Tamar Jacoby and Grover Norquist offer "Hard-liners don't speak for GOP". As anyone who's familiar with them might be able to predict, it's like entering bizarro world, in which those who want to reduce illegal immigration are "hard-liners".
Tamar Jacoby downplays threat of dual citizenship - 12/01/05
Let's say you were the Washington Post, and you were seeking a reviewer for the book
Fred Barnes supports "comprehensive immigration reform" - 11/25/05
From the Tamar Jacoby file comes Fred Barnes with El Grande Old Party?. Summary: Bush should capitulate to corruption and embrace a massive illegal alien amnesty.
Gullible US News reports on illegal immigration - 11/22/05
US News has a four-screener called "Border Wars". Despite all the words, they don't delve too deep into the issue, such as the seamy corruption underlying the efforts to keep the cheap labor flowing. And, they take Tamar Jacoby, the AILA, and DHS head Michael Chertoff seriously.
Chertoff promotes "Temporary Worker Program" at Senate meeting - 10/18/05
Don't believe everything you read about DHS head Michael Chertoff's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee today.
First, from Drudge, come these headlines in red:
HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF: EXPEL ALL ILLEGALS... 'Our goal is to return every single illegal entrant, no exceptions'...
Those headlines and the first two paragraphs of the AFP article [1] Drudge references are wrong. Read Chertoff's prepared remarks at [2].
I stumped Tamar Jacoby - 10/11/05
Earlier tonight, I attended the appearance at the Los Angeles Public Library of immigration "reform" maven Tamar Jacoby. I managed to ask a stumper of a question; more on that after an overview of her remarks.
What she said was basically a live performance of one of her columns. My summary is very long, so feel free to skip ahead.
More Morton Kondracke immigration idiocy - 10/09/05
Like a minor league member of the Open Borders lobby, Morton Kondracke of Roll Call magazine continues to discuss immigration "reform", the latest in "Will Bush Step Up - Or Let Immigration Issue Fester Further?". Just like another minor leaguer, he references Tamar Jacoby in the piece.
"Why Some Would-Be Immigration Reformers Don't Have the Answer" - 09/14/05
Mark Krikorian discusses the "reality" of those who are pushing for immigration "reform":
The Senate is again considering various proposals to address our massive illegal-alien problem, and the competing bills have one thing in common: They claim to offer "realistic" solutions to the supposedly unrealistic desire to enforce the law.
Iowans get exotic treat: Central American gangs - 09/07/05
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (link) The Midwest seems an unlikely hideout for Osama bin Laden's hired hands. But an ongoing federal crackdown shows an increasing presence of a violent gang with suspected links to al-Qaida.
The gang, M-S-13, was founded in El Salvador and is known for smuggling drugs and immigrants into the U-S. [...and there's a possible terrorism connection...]
Does Catholic Charities respect our laws? - 09/02/05
Unfortunately, it appears that the Catholic Charities USA has no respect for our laws, prefering instead a world where anyone who's having troubles in their own country can come here. Once here, they should be allowed to obtain all the rights of citizens. In other words, a continual amnesty for illegal aliens.
On Saturday, September 17 in Phoenix, they'll be holding their annual meeting to set their social policies. This year's topic: "Justice for Newcomers: A Call for Solidarity and Reform".
Tamar Jacoby at Los Angeles Public Library: Tuesday, October 11 2005 - 08/22/05
America's foremost immigration expert will be at the Los Angeles Public Library's Central branch in downtown L.A. on October 11, 2005. Click the link to make a reservation; if this is being held in the same room I think it is there's only limited seating.
At some future date I'll compile a list of the questions she didn't answer during this interview.
David Brooks or Tokyo Rose? - 08/18/05
I invite my readers to read the column "Two Steps Toward a Sensible Immigration Policy" from the NYT's David Brooks in a Tokyo Rose accent:
What do you say to the working-class guy from the south side of San Antonio? He feels his wages are stagnating because he has to compete against illegal immigrants. He watches thousands of people streaming across the border, bankrupting his schools and health care system, while he plays by the rules...
What's he doing in San Antone? That's what I want to know.
The system is out of control.
That's a stock talking point. I've been keeping track of its use,...
L.A. Newspaper Group has an immigration blog - 08/04/05
Fulfilling his quota of discussing vitally important matters once every month or two, Insty informs us about a new blog covering immigration matters: Beyond Borders.
Scroll down to the bottom or peel back the URL and what do we find?
A Special Report on Immigration by Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and The [San Bernardino] Sun
Those papers have published some good articles and some bad as well.
John Fonte: An Open Letter to Tamar Jacoby - 07/26/05
It's quite worth a read.
(Via this)
Bush, Big Business to join forces, oppose wishes of American public - 07/24/05
The L.A. Times has a two-pager on Bush's latest attempt to open the borders: "Immigration Rising on Bush's To-Do List". He's created a coalition called "Americans for Border and Economic Security" headed up by U.S. Reps. Cal Dooley (D-Hanford) and Dick Armey (R-Texas):
The effort is designed to help Bush take control of an increasingly contentious debate that has threatened to split the Republican Party and undermine its outreach to Latino voters...
A guest-worker program is favored by many Latinos and by businesses, many of them major GOP donors that depend on a steady flow of workers...
Democrats, Republicans grovel before National Council of The Race - 07/19/05
Like two Stooges trying to get through a door at the same time, Ken Mehlman of the RNC and Howard Dean of the DNC spoke before the meeting of the National Council of La Raza ("The Race").
Now, if you follow that link you'll see that the NCLR is hardly a mainstream group, nor do their positions reflect those of all "Hispanics." In fact, one wonders how a group whose very name refers to Mexican mestizos could represent, say, Cubans
Tamar Jacoby dissed, discredited - 07/17/05
Tamar Jacoby has almost become a caricature of the pro-illegal immigration, pro-cheap labor cheerleader so I hesitate to post this lest I be accused of piling on. But, since she's on the other side I don't think we can pile on enough.
Tamar Jacoby on immigration "reform" - 06/23/05
Tamar Jacoby is back with another column entitled "Getting Beyond the 'A-Word'".
It was printed in the Open Borders rag known as the Wall Street Journal. She support immigration "reform" and the Kennedy-McCain amnesty.
Today's Kennedy-McCain news - 05/18/05
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.
Tamar Jacoby on the Kennedy-McCain mass amnesty - 05/14/05
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 Swartz:
And then there's the National Immigration Forum, the umbrella organization for high-immigration political advocacy, which works closely with sympathetic Republicans. But NIF is not like the conventional lobbying coalitions that...
"FAIR Responds to Sham Immigration Poll" - 04/07/05
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.
More straw, Tamar? - 02/23/05
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 their families," he shrugs...
"Gingrich urges action against illegals" - 02/21/05
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.
"Let's be serious about sealing off our borders or [else] have open borders," Mr.
Tamar Jacoby, CPAC, immigration, and not yet clued-in bloggers - 02/20/05
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 editorial board of The New York Post...
Tamar Jacoby gets her arguments shredded into tiny bits of straw - 02/20/05
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.
Another feverish missive from the OBL noted - 12/09/04
Tamar Jacoby has yet another misleading editorial about massive immigration, this time in the NY Post. It might help if you read the editorial in a Tokyo Rose voice.
From "Winning the Border Battle":
Our increasingly educated, middle-class workforce isn't interested in hard manual work, but millions of campesinos south of the border are. [Tamar is down!
Behind the discordant tones - 12/02/04
The Arizona Republic article "Successor must know border issues" was written before the announcement of Bernie Kerik as the new head of the DHS, so it's a little out of date. Nevertheless, in the process of discussing the "re-education" of the new head of DHS to understand border issues, they give us an invaluable peek into the little world of the Arizona Republic.
Next time just stay inside the beltway - 11/15/04
From the WaPo guest editorial "A Line Has Been Drawn in the Arizona Sand" by Tamar Jacoby:
Arizona voters sent a signal to Washington on Nov. 2. That front-line border state is feeling besieged and, not surprisingly, sharply divided over illegal immigration.
More smears, lies from the non-liberal L.A. Times - 07/12/04
The LAT prints a guest commentary from Tamar Jacoby entitled "Anti-Immigrant Fever in Arizona":
Call it Proposition 187 redux. Last week, backers of a ballot measure dubbed "Protect Arizona Now" turned in petitions signed by 190,887 residents of that state calling for the initiative to be put to voters in November. The local political establishment was stunned.
A "Conservative" Statement of Principles on Immigration - 02/09/04
A statement/open letter/mess of lies entitled "A Conservative Statement of Principles on Immigration" appeared in Friday's Wall Street Journal (more about the WSJ here and here).
The WSJ is subscription-only, but a copy is available here:
[America is a nation of immigrants, heart-warming platitudes, etc. etc...]
Conservatives believe in legal immigration.[related folderol deleted]
Conservatives oppose illegal immigration. We believe there is a right way and a wrong way to immigrate to the United States. However, as conservatives we believe that our laws must reflect reality and common sense...
"Note to conservatives: Most immigrants aren't terrorists" - 02/19/03
The Reason Magazine article "Guilty by Association: Note to conservatives: Most immigrants aren't terrorists" is at [1]. I posted an excerpt from the article here [2], in the hopes of perhaps a letter or two being sent to Reasononline letting them know where they're wrong.