One of the most persistent divides between traditional conservatives and their libertarian/anarcho-capitalist counterparts involves a fundamental philosophical disagreement about immigration. While most conservatives view immigration primarily through the lens of preserving American culture by only accepting those immigrants who are assimilable and will tangibly benefit our society in the future, a view expressed repeatedly...
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In my previous post, I described two presentations by post-graduate students invited to (New) Debates On Belonging, a workshop by the CUNY Graduate Center-seen above-devoted to exploring original research into the subjects of illegal immigration and the lives of illegal aliens within the United States. There were three other presentations that day, beginning with...
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Tuesday night I had the pleasure of attending a discussion held at New York City’s Penn Club, sponsored by the Center for Immigration Studies, which featured one of my favorite journalists/media critics, William McGowan. The author of Gray Lady Down: What the Decline and Fall of the New York Times Means for America, Mr. McGowan...
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While the police dragnet for the murderers of ICE agent Jaime Zapata continues, in spite of potential obstruction by a systematically corrupt Mexican polity, the brutality of the cartels that are thought to have been behind his murder continues to be documented by the news media.
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Michael Cutler, an immigration enforcement activist who worked for decades as a federal government employee protecting our nation’s security-including helping to thwart a terrorist plot by the Japanese Red Army-has a fantastic essay today explaining in detail just why the DREAM Act is the thin wedge of a much larger amnesty.
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While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as predicted here and on Twitter by Mickey Kaus, attempted to forestall the vote, Senate Republicans rejected the move and will now vote on cloture for the first Dream Act bill approximately an hour from now, according to Numbers USA.
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As you might have noticed, with Election Day imminent, I’ve turned the website’s focus to some very competitive political races throughout the country whose outcomes might have a significant impact on immigration policy on either a state/local or national level. I’ve drawn attention to races that I consider pivotal to the outcome of...
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The first thing you think when hearing the all-too-common news of a U.S. soldier’s death is the escalating war in Afghanistan or, as is less often the case, the war in Iraq. Unfortunately, a completely different war is occurring on our nation’s doorstep, and one of our nation’s heroes on call has become its...
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Let me preface this entry by declaring unambiguously that I don’t think getting into physical altercations with random strangers, even people who may be criminal aliens that are committing statutory rape-is ever a wise idea. Putting that caveat aside for a moment, I also believe that this verdict is a horrific travesty of justice,...
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One of the biggest misconceptions in the debate over our nation’s immigration policy is the notion that in order to be a good Christian or a decent Jew you need to support a policy of open borders in perpetuity.
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