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...that vein, the Federation for American Immigration Reform—a national organization that seeks to improve border security and stop illegal immigration??opposes the proposal, viewing it as a “classic example of a mixed message,” according to FAIR spokesman Ira H. Mehlman. The DREAM Act, he said, seems to tell illegal immigrant parents, “Don’t come here, but if you do, your kids will be rewarded...
...have the cojones for this level of relentless obstructionism. During the Bush years, Democrats mounted many filibusters, but they were almost entirely with regard to highly partisan judicial appointments. For his major initiatives—No Child Left Behind, prescription drugs, tax cuts, the Iraq and Afghan wars, immigration??Bush received significant Democratic support. Democrats struck a deal about judicial appointments through the “gang of 14,” which smoothed the way for the confirmation of a slew of Bush appointments. There were no serious challenges to the appointments of Supreme Court justices Samuel...
...also featured Carlos E. Diaz Rosillo, who teaches Government 1359: “The Road to the White House.” In a brief talk, Diaz discussed a number of issues facing Latin American voters, including the fact that “those who care the most about immigration?? in the Hispanic community tend to be immigrants themselves, who are often unable to vote...
...part of the nation’s oldest mid-career fellowship for journalists—attended three different panel discussions of academic and journalistic luminaries, including Patrick J. McDonnell of the Los Angeles Times, who addressed immigration law, and Nina Bernstein of The New York Times, who focused on immigration??s future. “It’s an issue that is still very important, especially in light of the economy,” said Tommy Tomlinson, a Nieman Fellow who is a columnist for The Charlotte Observer. “For immigrants that are still here...
...doing so, they strategically sidestep the most salient dimension of illegal immigration??that millions of immigrant families have already settled down as Americans. The law is effective only in so far as it can be applied practically and humanely. It would be a shame to let a rhetorical ruse convince us otherwise...