A public policy blog on America's dysfunctional immigration system
There is a troubling development in the land of immigration. The lessons of history have been forgotten. The immigration bureaucrats, immigration enforcement officials, and collusive politicians have been engaged in mischief, and a gullible media swallow the Kool-Aid. The public is then misled. What’s behind these bold assertions?
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The final presidential debate is now history. An allegedly unlicensed (illegal?) plumber nicknamed Joe (whose real name is Sam) received top billing, having been mentioned over 25 times in the 90-minute encounter. Less than a week ago debate moderator, Bob Schieffer of CBS, hinted that immigration — a topic missing in action in…
Sen. Barack Obama recently chided his running mate, Joe Biden, for engaging in “rhetorical flourishes” after the Delaware Democrat predicted that hostile foreign elements would test the mettle of a President Obama in the first six months of his term. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, should receive a similar upbraiding for the ill-considered remarks…
As political theatre, the Vice Presidential debate was so-so entertaining but sorely lacking on a critical issue of public policy. There was a “shout out” to third graders and a salute to the Joe Sixpacks and Hockey Moms of America from Gov. Palin, a politician who seems never to have uttered the word “immigration” from…