From the New York Times, we learn that border security activists have decided to highlight the most pressing domestic policy issue of our time by heading to the border themselves. Putting aside the reflexive use of the word “controversial” as a synonym for bad, this story highlights a few important points.
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One notable impact of SB 1070, even in the truncated form that emerged from Judge Susan Bolton’s partial injunction, is the desire on the part of illegal aliens to flee to neighboring states. One of the most compassionate towards the “undocumented” seems to be the state of Utah, which allows them to obtain driver’s...
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Despite the fact that its chief provision has largely been enjoined by federal judge Susan Bolton, SB 1070 seems to have taken hold of the public’s imagination, as this news from the state of Florida illlustrates. Actually, the proposed law seems to have incoporated elements from previous Arizona laws-which have been upheld-that punished smuggling and...
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An interesting story published in USA Today yesterday about one Arizona town’s take on SB 1070. There’s not much new discovered by the reporter sent out to take the pulse of Apache Junction, but one observation by a resident struck me as a bit odd.
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There is opposition to illegal immigration, even at pro-illegal immigration rallies. On July 8th, the New York Immigration Coalition, a group sympathetic to illegal aliens and supporters of immigration amnesty, held a rally outside the offices of Major League Baseball (MLB). The protest rally was against the state of Arizona and the passage of...
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As Doug McIntyre pointed out last night on Red Eye Radio-as an aside, I suggest that anyone interested in this issue, and who’s an insomniac, listen to Red Eye, which in New York is broadcast on 77-WABC-probably the least effective way of achieving amnesty is parading around under the banner of the Mexican government....
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Now, as I explained yesterday, the state of Rhode Island-thanks to the decisive leadership of its chief executive, Donald Carcieri-has been encouraging its police officers to ascertain the immigration status of people who were detained in connection with unrelated investigations. Of course, this power is the same one granted to police officers in the...
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The decision to hold the next MLB All-Star Game in the state of Arizona has, of course, elicited controversy among the 30-35 percent of the population that feels illegal aliens shouldn’t be compelled to leave the country. On the other hand, some of the people living in New York City, of all places, think...
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While the Obama administration’s Justice Department sought an injunction against the state of Arizona for its enactment of SB 1070, and the defenders of the open-borders status quo went to the barricades against what they perceived as an impending pandemic of racial profiling, a quiet revolution in immigration enforcement was occurring across the country...
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Today inaugurates an experiment that will hopefully mark a turning point in the debate over the intertwined issues of mass immigration and illegal aliens’ presence in our society, both subjects that have been largely ignored or obscured by the chattering class and open-borders elite which shape polite opinion.
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