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...along with a path to citizenship for certain working immigrants. A Democratic Congress is much more likely to craft a Bush-style solution. Bush and the Democrats may well start with modest reforms like the AgJobs bill, an attempt by Senators from both parties to normalize the immigrant farm-labor economy. It stalled in the House this year...
...cannot imagine the future of North America--Canada, the U.S., Mexico--without a free market. Free in all senses of the word, in terms of goods and services and in terms of labor too. You cannot have an efficient and prosperous economy, even in the U.S., without developing a single, free market. On the other hand, I realize how important the immigration problem is for Americans. It is the same for Mexico. Every year we lose the best of our people: young, responsible, hardworking people. In Mexico you see a lot of towns made up of only women...
...Australian Labor Party has less than a year to improve its general standing in the minds of voters. If he is to win office, leader Kim Beazley can't rely solely on the rises in home mortgage rates that would hurt borrowers and leave Prime Minister John Howard vulnerable. Nor should Beazley count on Australians giving Howard the kind of thump U.S. President George W. Bush received last week for his grim war in the Middle East. To fix its brand, as they say in the trade, Labor has to go beyond Iraq and I-rates. "We have spent...
...Still, immigrant Muslims remain devout social conservatives. And in Minneapolis in the days leading up to the celebration Tuesday night, one could hear many of them trying to reconcile their support for Ellison and other liberals on Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor ticket with their unrelenting opposition to abortion and especially homosexuality. It is clearly not easy for them to do so, but as one Muslim American leader born in Afghanistan put it, "the majority of Muslims weigh the alternatives" - and vote against President Bush and the Republicans...
...could now meet as early as next Sunday. Telekom's largest investors, the German government with 33% and Blackstone Group, which holds 4.5%, both sit on the supervisory board and will push to remove Ricke and Raizner. The supervisory board contains an equal number of representatives from investors and labor. "The major investors and labor representatives have lost confidence in current management's ability to improve the situation," said one source familiar with the situation...