Archive for the 'Immigration' Category
Monday, January 2nd, 2006
Bill Ong Hing, a professor of law and Asian-American studies at UC-Davis, writes in the San Francisco Chronicle that the proposed border fence between the U.S. and Mexico is anti-immigrant: If anti-immigrant forces in Congress have their way, illegal immigration would be a crime punishable by death. When the Senate returns from its holiday break, [...]
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2005
It looks like Vicente Fox and his band of lawless border runners are still upset about the proposed border wall to be built along the U.S./Mexico border: The Mexican government, angered by a U.S. proposal to extend a wall along the border to keep out migrants, has struck back with radio ads urging Mexican workers [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration, Law, World Opinion | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 16th, 2005
Via Yahoo News: WASHINGTON (AFP) – The House of Representatives voted to build a wall along the US border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration. The 260-159 voice vote on an amendment to a bill on illegal immigration “mandates the construction of specific security fencing, including lights and cameras, along the Southwest border for the [...]
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Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Border residents don’t like the idea of eliminating birthright citizenship in an attempt to curb illegal immigration: A proposal to end the automatic U.S. citizenship for any baby born in the United States has caught the attention of concerned border residents who question whether the proposal could even be enforced. The U.S. House of Representatives [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration, Politics, World Opinion | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Mexican President Vicente Fox is not too keen on the idea of a wall being built along the U.S./Mexico border to slow the tide of illegal immigration: Fox, speaking in Tamaulipas state across the border from Texas, said such extreme security measures would violate immigrants’ rights. “The disgraceful and shameful construction of walls, the increasing [...]
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Thursday, November 24th, 2005
A policy, started during the Clinton Administration of course, which forced the Border Patrol to release illegal aliens with a “Notice to Appear” citation rather than incarcerate them, and led to a tremendous influx of illegal aliens, will soon be discontinued: LAREDO, Texas (Reuters) – The United States is closing a legal loophole which has [...]
By: Nick | Category Government, Immigration | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 17th, 2005
The idea of building a fence along the southern border of the US is starting to gain support in Congress: A once-radical idea to build a 2,000-mile steel-and-wire fence on the U.S.-Mexican border is gaining momentum amid warnings that terrorists can easily sneak into the country. In Congress, a powerful Republican lawmaker this week proposed [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration, Law, Politics, War on Terror | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 7th, 2005
The rioting in France has spread to over 300 towns: Rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns overnight, and a 61-year- old man hurt in the violence died of his wounds, the first fatality in 11 days of unrest that has shocked the country, police said Monday. After sundown, rioters in the southern French [...]
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Friday, November 4th, 2005
Finally! Some common sense has somehow found its way into Washington, DC: House Republicans are looking closely at ending birthright citizenship and building a barrier along the entire U.S.-Mexico border as they search for solutions to illegal immigration. A task force of party leaders and members active on immigration has met since the summer to [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration, Politics | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
Hillary Clinton and her Democratic pals want to make sure that illegal aliens receive all the government money they can get their hands on. Recently, Clinton, Reid, and other leading Senate Democrats sent a letter to DHS Secretary Chertoff pleading with him to promise illegal aliens that they would not be deported if they requested [...]
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
We need to close the borders immediately: SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. – Police in Spotsylvania County arrested a construction worker accused of an unprovoked attack on a 15-year-old girl. The victim was passing a construction site in Spotsylvania Tuesday night. According to police, a construction worker named Jose Ramirez whistled at the girl, and she did not [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration | 2 Comments »
Friday, July 22nd, 2005
Here is just the latest in the string of outrages regarding illegal immigrants: The throng of Latino immigrants gathering outside the 7-Eleven in downtown Herndon looking for a day’s work has been the most noticeable part of this commercial district of shopping plazas and fast-food restaurants for almost a decade. For as long as they’ve [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration | 4 Comments »