Jan 6, 2010
The anti-immigration wedge issue that was supposed to materialize in 2006 and 2008 failed spectacularly - as Ford personally found out. This is because swing voters want solutions and the hostile, anti-immigrant minority produces a lot more noise than they do votes. Here's hoping that New York...
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"Center for Immigration Truth" was launched with the goal of "present the truth behind the agenda and tactics of the radical open borders network." The parody site, which is designed to look just like the National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) We Can Stop The Hate website, seeks to...
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A couple of immigration-themed goodies you may have missed while sipping egg nog over the holidays... Wendy Sefsaf reports: "Thousands of organizations, activists, and citizens are already out of the gate and will spend 2010 racing towards the finish line of fixing our broken immigration system. Some dedicated students...
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In December, the anti-immigration organization CIS hired the polling firm Zogby International to conduct a survey that claims to have found broad opposition among people of faith for comprehensive immigration reform. While it's unsurprising that CIS would try to push back against recent public proclamations in support of...
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Here's to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for using the occasion of his recent inaugural address to make a definitive pledge of leadership on the pressing issue of federal immigration reform. Managing to address the issue even within a brief speech, Bloomberg promised to organize a bipartisan group...
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Dec 31, 2009
As we usher the last decade into the realm of memory, it's time to stop viewing immigration reform as an Us vs. Them issue. The metaphors and language we use are key to framing a debate because they can communicate broader truths via association. For example, a scientist might...
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300 lawyers in suits protested Maricopa County Attorney, Andrew Thomas, charging him and Sheriff Joe Arpaio with making a complete mockery of the justice system. Headlining the protest weren't left-leaning activist attorneys like the ones you might expect . They were self-described conservative Republicans, one of whom actually...
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CNN tells the story of US Army Captain Cheyne Parham, who has spent most of 2009 fighting the government to get visas for his wife, whom he met while stationed in Korea, and his two young daughters. "I've missed out on all but about one month of their lives,"...
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A pair of disturbing stories published last week uncover disturbing new frontiers in immigration enforcement, and prove that while the Obama administration may have abandoned workplace raids, it isn't above using cheap tricks and racial profiling to catch undocumented immigrants.
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Last week we brought you the story of immigrant students putting pressure on USA Today to change a provocative and misleading headline on a piece about young people who would benefit from the DREAM Act. Well, today those same advocates have cause to celebrate what they are calling a...
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