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Category Archives: immigration
Immigration from Mexico lowest its been in 60 years — is that good?
A story in The New York Times yesterday discussed how immigration from Mexico to the United States has actually fallen to the lowest level since the 1950s. Someone, somewhere, is surprised about why: The extraordinary Mexican migration that delivered millions … Continue reading
The two-way street of the Mexican-American border
There’s just so much to say about the U.S.-Mexican border, but having just read a couple of spectacularly bad pieces of “anchor-baby” propaganda, I thought it salient to point this out: The police chief, the mayor and a local politician … Continue reading
Brewer isn’t backing down, she’s getting smarted on the AZ law
David Dayen has a post up at FDL wondering if Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is perhaps signaling she’s willing to scale back SB 1070. He takes as evidence this article from MSNBC this weekend where Brewer says she might call … Continue reading
Posted in immigration, politics, xpost to Open Salon
Tagged arizona, arizona immigration law, arizona sb 1070, jan brewer
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What the AZ Court ruling really said and meant
A federal judge has put a hold on parts of the Arizona Immigration law, known as SB 1070/HB 2162, that is scheduled to take effect tomorrow. Four sections of the 14-section law were ruled to have parts that were pre-empted … Continue reading
Reaping what’s been sowed, Jan Brewer cancels Mexico/U.S. conference
Apparently, Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona was scheduled to be the host of this year’s border states conference, where the governors of the American and Mexican states on the border get together to discuss, well, all the issues they share. … Continue reading
Prepping for the President’s Immigration Speech
Chicago Celi / Creative Commons The President is apparently going to make a major policy speech today encouraging immigration reform. Speaking at American University (nice optics), he’s expected to talk about a “path to legal status” for those currently in … Continue reading
I Agree (Shudder) With Dick Armey
I never really thought this day would come, but I think the former House Majority Leader has a point here, as shown at Think Progress. Apparently, Armey stood up at a luncheon yesterday and said Representative Tom Tancredo’s anti-immigration stance … Continue reading
