National Review – We are fast approaching what promises to be the year of “comprehensive immigration reform.” In the manner of the “Affordable Care Act,” it will not be comprehensive nor will it reform immigration. All sorts of new trends have emerged in the American Southwest to address the fact that federal immigration law does […]
Archives for December 2013
The 11.7 Million-Person Question: What to Do about Illegal Aliens?
December 22, 2013 By
CIS – Even if Mexican illegal immigration slows again sometime in the future, there are still two other cautionary facts that council prudence. First, illegal migration from South and Central American countries other than Mexico is on the rise. And then there is the larger issue of the huge number of persons who overstay their […]
The Moral Case for Rejecting Immigration Amnesty and Expansion
December 21, 2013 By
WHYY Newsworks – We hear a lot from the Obama administration and big business and the immigration advocacy groups about the moral reasons why Congress should enact the Senate bill providing an amnesty for immigration law violators and a tripling of legal immigration over the next decade. But we don’t hear much about the moral […]
While Our Government Debates Raising Minimum Wage, China Reaches the Moon
December 20, 2013 By
National Post – China has succeeded in landing a craft on the moon, pulling off the first soft landing of a space vehicle in almost 40 years. The U.S., meanwhile has launched into a debate over minimum wages, and whether raising the current minimum from $7.25 would damage the recovery now gathering speed. The U.S. […]
Tech Job Shortage Narrative Skillfully Packaged and Promoted
December 19, 2013 By
Bemidji Pioneer – Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg et al., promote the idea that America has a skills shortage crisis that can be resolved through importing millions of foreign-born workers. Yet the evidence proves that there’re millions of talented, eager and willing Americans in virtually every field. Several non-partisan sources confirm the ample supply of U.S. labor. […]
Senate Democrats Put Obama Crony in Charge of DHS
December 18, 2013 By
Town Hall – Senate Democrats voted 57-37 to end debate on the nomination of Jeh Johnson to head DHS. That’s three votes short of the traditional 60-vote filibuster threshold that Reid nuked last month. Johnson went on to win his appointment by a 78-16 margin. News coverage instead stresses that Johnson is the “first African-American” […]
