11 July, 2008
A surge in citizenship
The anti-immigrant sentiment of the mid 90s, as the Republicans were in ascension, motivated our family to stop procrastinating and become U.S. citizens. History is repeating itself again. Number of Mexicans gaining citizenship soars in 2007 - Los Angeles Times
The number of Mexican-born immigrants who became U....click to continue reading.
20 June, 2008
Your papers please...
Note to self - renew US Passport and carry it everywhere I go. Also, stay out of Maricopa County. Lawman's raids on immigrants spark fury in Phoenix | U.S. | Reuters
Arpaio dispatches teams of sheriff's deputies into Hispanic communities where they stop people and arrest anyone who cannot prove he or she is a legal U....click to continue reading.
4 June, 2008
Stopping Immigrants more important than the Environment, Diplomacy
Tag for Immigration Enforcement, the crackdown on immigrants is only going to get more
expensive next year. The Department of Homeland Security is asking for a 19% increase for
"immigratin enforcement and border control for 2009". ...click to continue reading.
17 December, 2007
The cost of Illegal immigration
The Congressional Budget office released a report on the costs of illegal immigration for state and local governments [HT: Marginal Revolution] Unfortunately, the report is only available as a
...click to continue reading.6 November, 2007
US Citizen Deported to Mexico
It's a scary thought, and something only a few years ago I thought I'd only read in the Onion, but I just read an article about a US Citizen, born in California, that had been wrongly deported to Mexico. Think it can't happen to you?
...click to continue reading.18 October, 2007
Open Immigration, its not just for the affluent
Philippe Legrain, who despite his first name is apparently British not French, is an economist/journalist who offers a perspective on immigration that you don't hear lately. The case against immigration in the US is based on fear, and racisim/xenophobia, covered in a veneer of economic half-truths.
...click to continue reading.30 January, 2007
Colorado & Immigrations Law: All Cost, No Benefit
Colorado, home to the nation's toughest anti-immigrant law is finding that enforcing the law has cost more than $2 million and resulted in no savings. Who would have thought such a law wasn't the brightest idea?
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