Posts Tagged ‘ political asylum ’

The burdens imposed by refugees seeking political asylum-most of them taking advantage of fraudulent applications-is not  simply a dilemma for the United States, although refugee resettlement is an enormous problem facing this country. However, this is an issue of global scope, illustrated most vividly by the case of Abu Qatada, the late Osama Bin Laden’s...
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There are a number of lessons to be gleaned from the rapidly imploding criminal case against the former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Beyond the usual, insincere breast-beating and lamentation over the media’s predictable rush to judgement, as well as questions of whether the traditional perp walk is a violation of...
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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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In lieu of the Daily Rattle, today I’ll bring you a brief compilation of some of the more important news stories involving the great immigration debate.  Former Virginia congressman Virgil Goode pens a fantastic piece for Human Events, which explores the underreported attempt by amnesty advocates such as Senator Robert Menendez to force the...
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An issue I’ve explored in previous posts, the flood of Tamil refugees exploiting Canada’s generous-verging on the absurd-asylum policies has engendered a situation that is untenable for the current Conservative government and the vast majority of Canadians. Ezra Levant has a great column exposing the underlying fraud many Tamil applicants for asylum perpetrate in...
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The problem of broken borders is one shared by our neighbors to the north, as this story from the Voice of America illustrates. Apparently, a ship filled of Tamil refugees is seeking to dock in Canada, most likely because of its extremely liberal asylum policies.
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