Immigration
Now that the Senate has slowed down the “amnesty” process a bit (phew!), perhaps they will be able to thoughtfully examine the economic impact of allowing massive numbers of low-skilled immigrant workers into this country (whether they’re here illegally or not). This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t allow such workers in, only that we…
Illegal Immigration Bill Timing Delayed: Senate leaders agreed Monday that they would wait until June to take final action on a bipartisan plan to give millions of unlawful immigrants legal status…. Thomas Sowell Newt Gingrich Jonah Goldberg Michelle Malkin Michelle Malkin Michelle Malkin John Fund Michael Barone Wall Street Journal Washington Times
1. If America’s leaders really want to create a political culture where comprehensive immigration reform (aka “mass amnesty”) is received more warmly than it has been so far, they need to prove that they can run the government without steadily diminishing the quality of services accessible by the regular folks who play by the rules…
In a story about how essentially all of the immigration reform bills proposed in the RI General Assembly have stalled, Rep. Richard Singleton (R, Cumberland) gets to the heart of the matter. Most people simply think that giving illegal aliens a pass and rewarding them from not abiding by our laws is simply unfair. One…
The Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007. More on how to read/comment on the bill. Anybody want to guess on how many senators will have read this bill closely before the public debate starts early in the new week? With H/T to Instapundit and thanks for NZ Bear for the good…
Discussing the illegal immigrant tax issue highlighted in an earlier post, Mark Steyn – once again – says it better than anyone else: I always thought the requirement in last year’s bill was pretty sweet: You had to pay two out of three years’ back taxes. Most legal Americans would love that deal: Pay any…
Another disgusting piece of information about the US Senate bill on illegal immigration trickles out: The Bush administration insisted on a little-noticed change in the bipartisan Senate immigration bill that would enable 12 million undocumented residents to avoid paying back taxes or associated fines to the Internal Revenue Service, officials said. An independent analyst estimated…
Forget for a minute the philosophical and policy objections to the new illegal immigration bill before the US Senate. Consider how the Senate debate on this enormously important matter is being rushed, as noted by Senator DeMint: The Senate is scheduled to begin debate on the immigration plan this Monday, and yet we still haven’t…
Another U.S. Senate bill on illegal immigration, another disaster in the making. Michelle Malkin is doing her usual good work summarizing thoughts and reactions about the Senate’s new bill. See here and here. (And now here.) Sometimes there is no need to invent new thoughts when prior thoughts say it all: This morning’s publication of…
Froma Harrop calls attention to the problem that “Anchor Babies” (some consider the term to be a perjorative, incidentally) pose for immigration reform and enforcement. Pregnant women routinely arrive in the United States in time to give birth and thereby obtain Social Security numbers for their babies — and with them, permanent entrée into American…
