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...Amid an earlier surge in illegal immigration, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, which provided that employers could be fined up to $10,000 for every illegal alien they hired, and repeat offenders could be sent to jail. The act was a response to the widespread belief that employer sanctions were the only way to stem the tide. "We need employer sanctions to reduce the attraction of jobs in the U.S.," an INS spokesman declared as Congress debated the bill. When President Ronald Reagan signed it, he called the sanctions the "keystone...
...country's recent influx of immigrants - a function both of Spain's recent economic success and its declining birthrate. Spain's National Institute for Statistics reported last year that the number of foreigners living in the nation is nearly four times what it was five years ago. "The widespread presence of immigrants is a new phenomenon for us, so we're just beginning to recognize the problem of racism," says Duran. It is unclear how deeply - and how subconsciously - racism is embedded in Spanish society. No anti-immigrant party has ever won a seat in parliament and there were...
Environmentalism inevitably takes a backseat to development in China and India, but even among many green advocates there, climate change is seen as a less pressing problem than air and water pollution. There is also a widespread feeling that the developed world, which grew rich while freely spewing carbon, should take most of the responsibility for climate change. "Our issue is that, first and foremost, the U.S. needs to reduce its emissions," says Sunita Narain, director of the Center for Science and Environment in New Delhi. "It is unacceptable and immoral that the U.S. doesn't take the lead...
...consent and notification laws offer scant opportunity for cooperation. Many in the pro-choice community consider these laws to be, in the words of Students for Choice Co-Director Rebecca P. Buckwalter ’08, “a symptom of the attack on reproductive rights, testament to widespread efforts to erode choice.” This view is hardly off the mark—many pro-life advocates have made the restriction of abortion their ultimate goal—but it ignores that supporters of parental involvement requirements generally have more immediate and agreeable ends in mind. Meghan...
...with the war?s fury concentrated primarily in three busy provinces, "the idea that all of Iraq is experiencing widespread violence is incorrect," he added. But after spending close to $250 billion, losing the lives of more than 2,300 U.S. troops, and three years of bloody effort, there?s still no sign of winning. Indeed, Iraq may yet show a war can be won without actually winning it. GIs will go home once the Iraqis prove they can take over the fight. And that?s not necessarily with the enemy being defeated. As long...