Taking a cue from the "tea parties" and rowdy "townhalls" this summer, perhaps, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) shouted, "You lie!" at President Obama during his speech last night. According to the Associated Press: "OBAMA: "The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally." One congressman,...
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Retiring Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) used his farewell address on the Senate floor today to lament the failure of Washington to fix our badly broken immigration system, an issue he championed during his time in Congress. Too bad Mel's replacement, George LeMieux, is already unveiling an immigration stance...
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As Media Matters notes, Lou Dobbs took the opportunity last night to pat Glenn Beck on the back for extreme comments on air that Obama is a "racist--" comments which caused dozens of advertisers to dump their ads on Beck's program in August. Lou seems to be coming increasingly...
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Sep 8, 2009
As we mentioned in our Labor Day reflection last Friday, a recent report by the Center for Urban Economic Development, National Employment Law Project, and UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment explored the treatment of approximately 4,500 workers in three of America's biggest cities. Well, in "Down...
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"The authors of the chain e-mail and the phony government report fear what Los Angeles has become -- a multilingual, multiethnic city with multicultural tastes. They search for information to persuade others to be afraid, but the actual numbers don't quite add up to the big monster they think...
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The Center for Urban Economic Development, National Employment Law Project, and UCLA Institutute for Research on Labor and Employment, released a study titled "Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers that explored the treatment of approximately 4,500 workers in three of America's biggest cities - New York, LA, and Chicago.
It cites a...
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A new report entitled "Climate of Fear," released this week by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has exposed something ugly lying just beneath the surface of American politics and American life. The report highlights how Latino immigrants in Suffolk County, have become frequent victims of violence and racial intimidation--...
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Yesterday, amidst horror over yet another hate crime in Long Island, the Southern Poverty Law Center released a new report entitled,"Climate of Fear: Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y." NBC covers it, noting that hate crimes against Hispanics rose 40% between 2003 and 2007, according to FBI...
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Sep 2, 2009
Immigration Policy Center just released a new report by Senior Researcher Walter Ewing that injects "a healthy dose of economic realism" into the debate over how the government should handle the 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country. According to Ewing, our current economic situation needs immigration reform that...
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Today, a media watchdog group, Media Matters For America, just launched an open letter to CNN President Klein asking why in the world they would let one of their anchors headline for a recognized hate group, FAIR, during its DC rally this month. MMFA press statement: "Today, Media Matters...
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