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Whatever the Nation's Problems Are, Capitol Hill's Solution Is More Immigration

Published on August 5th, 2011

Capitol Hill’s knee-jerk reaction to problem solving is to call for more immigration, issue more non-immigrant visas or liberalize existing immigration laws. Even the jobs crisis, according to the Obama administration, requires more immigrants. Understanding the logic behind calling for more immigration...

Aug

Government Of the People, By the People and For the People?

Published on August 4th, 2011

Blog, jobs

"Government of the people, by the people and for the people" was President Abraham Lincoln's eloquent way of describing the relationship between the citizens of the United States and their government in his Gettysburg Address. That famous quote is often repeated but...

Aug

University of Mexico, Anyone?

Published on August 2nd, 2011

Blog, education

Ten years ago, California passed the Immigrant Higher Education Act that gives in-state tuition rates at public colleges to students who complete three years at a local high school and earn a diploma or the equivalent, even though they may be illegal immigrants....

Aug

Explaining the Congressional Black Caucus’ Abandonment of Its Core Constituency

Published on August 1st, 2011

Blog, illegal immigration

A recent Fox News survey shows that the economic crisis currently engulfing African-Americans is worse than previously estimated. Since the earlier statistics about black unemployment and income were horrible, the fact that the latest data is worse led Fox to label 2011...

Jul

Pittsburgh: Temporarily Batman’s Gotham City, Permanently the Home of American Workers

Published on July 29th, 2011

amnesty, Blog

Today, July 28, the temperature in my hometown of Pittsburgh, PA is 96 degrees with the humidity about the same. There’s nothing particularly unusual about hot, humid summer weather the Mid-Atlantic. But, as I walked along the North Shore of the Allegheny...

Jul

Dust Flies at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Non-Immigrant Visa Reform

Published on July 29th, 2011

Blog, legal immigration

According to participants at a hearing recently held by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the current employment-based immigration system (H-1B non-immigrant work visas) is dysfunctional. [Senator Chuck Schumer Tries Reviving Immigration Bill, by Carrie Budoff Brown, Politico.com, July 18, 2011] Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Chairman...

Whatever the Nation's Problems Are, Capitol Hill's Solution Is More Immigration

Government Of the People, By the People and For the People?

University of Mexico, Anyone?

Explaining the Congressional Black Caucus’ Abandonment of Its Core Constituency

Pittsburgh: Temporarily Batman’s Gotham City, Permanently the Home of American Workers

Dust Flies at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Non-Immigrant Visa Reform

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