The recently enacted immigration law in Arizona has inflamed both sides in the apparently endless immigration reform debate. We know firsthand how tough it is to fashion a workable solution that appeases the hardcore activists on either side. Even so, the Arizona law, the latest of a number of recently proposed or adopted state laws related to immigration enforcement, highlights the need for reform at the federal level. (more)
Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial candidates all favor a crackdown on illegal immigration, but they can’t agree on how far to take it. (more)
The Massachusetts Senate passed a far-reaching crackdown yesterday on illegal immigrants and those who hire them, going further, senators said, than any immigration bill proposed over the past five years. (more)
WASHINGTON — Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Thursday strongly denounced Arizona’s new law clamping down on illegal immigrants and urged members of Congress to pass “comprehensive immigration reform.” (more)
A U.S. immigration judge ordered the deportation of a Pennsylvania man who was a Nazi concentration camp guard in World War II, the Justice Department said. (more)
The public broadly supports a new Arizona law aimed at dealing with illegal immigration and the law’s provisions giving police increased powers to stop and detain people who are suspected of being in the country illegally. (more)
A Vietnam veteran, on April 30, the 35th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, I reflected on my two tours of duty there. On May 1, “Immigration-Day,” I watched protesters on television march in opposition to Arizona’s new law on illegal immigration and the failure of the federal government to enact “comprehensive” immigration reform. They reminded me of anti-Vietnam-War protests, and got me thinking about what they have in common. (more)
President Obama and Congressional Democrats have been talking about giving amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Tax Day seems like a good time to examine the impact that such a policy would have on your wallet. (more)
The United States is facing the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression. As the unemployment rate stubbornly hovers around 10 percent—15 percent for those without a high school diploma—job creation is our most pressing domestic issue. (more)
In November 2008, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” The Obama White House has followed this Rahmism to a tee. (more)
Democrats and Republicans continue to be at loggerheads over immigration policy. The central bone of contention is the insistence by Senate Democrats that the estimated 12 million illegal aliens currently residing in the U.S. be granted a path to citizenship. House Republicans decry the Democrats’ legalization plan as an “amnesty,” and want to see border and workplace enforcement systems strengthened. They don’t come right out and say that they want to see all illegal aliens deported en masse. It’s not politically popular and the government lacks the means to do it. But the idea is, once an effective workplace verification system is in place, those without legal papers would be identified quickly, fired, and then reported to immigration. Lacking access to work, and under threat of deportation, most would have no choice but to “voluntarily” return to their native land. (more)
Last month immigration reform, one of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s “10 most important legislative priorities,” took another step forward when Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) unveiled the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009.” Over 85 house Democrats have co-sponsored his bill. (more)
Congress and President Obama may tackle the controversial issue
of immigration reform as soon as the fall of 2009. If past
congressional debates are any guide, one point of contention will
be the impact of reform on the American underclass. (more)
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