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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
The Terrorism Scare Tactic
Terrorism and the Southern BorderUsing the tried and true scare tactic of associating homeland security withimmigration policy, the House immigration hearings in San Diego and Laredo last week focused on…
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Douglas Massey Commentary
Noted demographer Douglas Massey has has a nice commentary in the Chronicle of Higher Education (June 30, 2006) enitled Borderline Madness. it starts like thius:The U.S.-Mexico border is much more…
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Ruminations on the House Hearings
Although the Senate hearings on a Guest Worker program seemed to provide something of a forum for interesting, competing views, the House hearings on "Border Vulnerabilities and International Terrorism" seemed…
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Security and the Border
Although Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is currently using the homepage of the House of Rep's Committee on Homeland Security to rant about how the New York Times is the greatest…
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People For the American Way On Senate Immigration Reform Bill
Following the Senate’s passage of the comprehensive immigration reform bill S. 2611, People For the American Way President Ralph G. Neas released the following statement: “The Senate’s legislation presents an…
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Republican Immigration Reform Strategy Memo
Here is an interesting memo on immigration and polling from the Republican National Committee:RepublicanNational CommitteeMEMORANDUM TO: Republican National Committee MembersFROM: Matthew Dowd, RNC Senior AdvisorRE: Public Opinion On Immigration ReformDATE:…
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An Immigration Reform Proposal from Texas
Fresh from Tejas:Instead of stationing soldiers along the Mexican border to keep out the illegal immigrants, Bush should deploy the military along the Texas-New Mexico border to keep you high-rollin'…
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Reform of Immigration Adjudication?
President George W Bush's plan to send thousands of National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border could spark a surge in immigration cases and U.S. courts are ill prepared to…
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Fear on the Border
President Bush's plans to send the National Guard to the border where intended to calm the fears of those who are concerned that the border is "out of control." But…
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The Border Fence and Defense Contractors
The defense industry has seen good times in this country in recent years. And it looks like they will also milk profits out of the current efforts to create fences…