Posts Tagged ‘ immigration ’

Audio From The Brian Lehrer Show (Immigration)

Audio From The Brian Lehrer Show (Immigration)

For those of you not familiar with The Brian Lehrer Show, the popular WNYC program has an election-year segment called 30 Issues In 30 Days, which analyzes an important political issue that concerns voters in the Tri-State Area every day for approximately a month. The subject Brian Lehrer tackled yesterday was the proposition: The...
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Equality Before The Law

Equality Before The Law

Yesterday, the New York Times brought us news of yet another populist revolt against the ineffectual administration of immigration law by the federal government. This time, the campaign to crack down on illegal aliens is occurring in Nebraska, much to the consternation of this reporter.
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Political Theater

Political Theater

Mark Krikorian, the indefatigable head of the Center for Immigration Studies, has a fantastic explanation of the controversy involving California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s former maid in yesterday’s edition of NRO’s The Corner. 
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Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy

Piggybacking on yesterday’s story about the inconsistencies of Mexican immigration policy, there’s a new story about an old problem  bedeviling our neighbor to the south.
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Spin

Spin

One of the methods the open borders lobby utilizes in its never-ending campaign to demonize any attempt at immigration enforcement by the United States is selective omission. A perfect illustration of this strategy is a story published by Global Post  several days ago.
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Two updates on Stephen Colbert Testimony

Two updates on Stephen Colbert Testimony

There’s not much news to report on the Colbert controversy since the Comedy Central host testified before the Immigration Subcommittee of the House of Representatives last week. However, there are two great analyses of the odd juxtaposition that deserve recognition.
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Texans Support Arizona

Texans Support Arizona

Despite having a Governor who too timid to embrace SB 1070, it would appear that a majority of Texans support the recently enacted Arizona law that’s now making its way through the federal courts. At least, if a survey commissioned by the Austin American-Statesman is to be believed.
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Communal Benefits

Communal Benefits

For those of you who have followed the recent spectacle of the Tamil vessel that docked in Canadian waters, you’re well aware of the increasing weariness many Canadians have expressed over their nation’s extremely liberal refugee/asylum policies. Now comes word that many of these newcomers will be entitled to health benefits that exceed those granted to native Canadians.
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Comic Relief

Comic Relief

As many of you might have heard, Jon Stewart’s former sidekick, Stephen Colbert, decided to pay a visit to the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommitee on Thursday. You might ask yourself why I’ve decided to post a photograph of the congresswoman who invited him to testify at the hearing, instead of a picture of the...
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Exploitation?

Exploitation?

As many of you might remember, one of the issues that occupied a brief portion of the media cycle during 2008′s presidential election was the status of one of Barack Obama’s Kenyan relatives who happened to live in the United States. For better or worse, Aunt Zeituni has returned to the public spotlight.
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