May 2012
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Just a thought
Throughout many of my blog posts I’ve talked about the trouble facing illegal immigration and the general ignorance of the public surrounding the issue. It always strikes me as odd for a group of people to hate another group of people simply because their skin color is a few pigments different than their own.
I understand the general argument by many on the right that liberals only think...
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Arizona voters support the Dream Act
http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/2012/04/26/20120426poll-arizona-voters-support-dream-act.html
In what may be a surprising change of course in the immigration debate its been determined that not all of Arizona voters are heartless godless heathens. In a poll conducted recently in Arizona it was found that many in AZ support the Dream Act.
This measure would allow a select group of...
April 2012
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Kobach on Immigration
Kris Kobac recently sat down with Reuters’ Terry Baynes to discuss his own thoughts on the immigration issue and how he sees it as one that isn’t just a federal issue.
One huge key excerpt I noticed:
“Reuters: You’ve described these laws as part of a policy of “self-deportation.” What do you mean?
Kobach: There’s a false dichotomy that constantly...
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Oh you mean "those" immigrants..
http://www.sentimentalrefugee.com/thoseimmigrants.html
I recently found a great article regarding how a good deal of the population in the United States views immigration. A woman’s husband from Croatia who was born a Canadian citizen was applying to become an American citizen.
Throughout the Q and A process of filling out forms some of the questions included “Are you a...
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How we see Immigration- and why we're wrong
Time released an article concerning the vast amount of misconceptions towards Immigration both in Europe as well as the United States
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2045932,00.html
The main focus of the article is explaining how both groups tend to over exaggerate the amount of immigrants in their home countries. Many people believe their state is overrun with a large amount of...
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Immigration plays important role in Social...
Throughout more research into the “problem” of illegal immigration I’ve found
numerous articles that both support and refute the idea that illegal immigration is beneficial to the economy. It’s hard to prove this point to those who are focused on illegal immigration being nothing but taking jobs away from “honest” Americans. I find that those on the right who...
March 2012
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Link between Trayvon Martin shooting and illegal...
I recently came across this article comparing the Trayvon Martin shooting to the illegal
immigration law in AZ. It brought up some great points of how there is possibly a link between profiling young African American males to the Illegal Immigration law passed in Arizona requiring the identification of anyone they suspect illegal.
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New York Times re: Immigration
The New York times outlined an article recently regarding immigration:
Full article here:http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration-and-emigration/index.html
I believe that the true reason there isn’t real bi-partisan reform of immigration is simply because there is too much money to be made on immigration. It’s quite similar to why we’ll never...
February 2012
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Immigration facts and fallacies
Throughout reading into the problem of immigration it has surprised me as to how the facts are often only brought up to support one side of the case.
For instance, the Heritage foundation cites
Immigrant unemployment rates are lower than the national average in the U.S.;
Studies show that a 10 percent share increase of immigrant labor results in roughly a 1 percent reduction in native wages-a...
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Re: Immigration in the United States
The discussion surrounding immigration in the present day United States is almost always controversial. In my opinion this isn’t because of the sheer ignorance of the populous but rather the constantly biased media. Throughout a great deal of the 24/7 news cycle the media is constantly misinterpreting the real problems of immigration and instead focusing on the sole issue of the illegality...
