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These are news articles and editorials on issues related to immigration.
"I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't
know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind
it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept,
God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and
peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and
if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open
to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it and
see it still."
Ronald Reagan,
Farewell Address January 11, 1989
2005
 | May 11. Hispanics trying
prayers as shortcut over border.
Arizona Republic:.
Concerned about the growing animosity toward undocumented immigrants
epitomized by armed civilian patrols at the U.S.-Mexican border, some
Hispanic Catholics hope to solve the illegal immigration problem through a
different sort of tactic: prayer. |
| May 4. Immigration Reality Check.
WSJ:. "Seal the border"
populists on cable news and talk radio maintain that anti-immigrant
sentiment in the U.S. is ascendant. But a recent Senate vote shows more
support for the type of guest-worker initiative that President Bush
proposes. |
| Apr. 7. Voters Favor Work-Permit Immigration
Reform.
Roll Call:. Despite
massive agitation for a restrictionist immigration policy, a new poll shows
surprising support for proposals to allow foreigners and illegal immigrants
to obtain work permits and earn their way to citizenship. |
| Apr. 1. La Vida Robot.
Wired Magazine:. How four
underdogs from the mean streets of Phoenix took on the best from M.I.T. in
the national underwater bot championship. An example of the kind of kids
that the "Dream Act" intends to help. |
| Mar 10. The Old and the New.
WSJ:. Everyone knows by
now that two major items on President Bush's second-term agenda are Social
Security and immigration reform. Less known is how closely related the
issues are. |
| Feb. 28. Law and Borders.
Weekly Standard. An
excellent article on conservatives views on immigration policy and the
principles under which a solution must be sought. |
2004
| December 21. What is an American?.
Claremont Institute:
This excellent article reviews an immigration restrictionist book, presents
the principles which should inform all debates on immigration and describes
what makes an American. |
| November 22. Nix on Nativism.
WSJ:
Ignore the anti-immigrant right. Bush did. |
| August 3. Keep open the golden
door?.
Washington Times:
Immigrants enrich us with their vitality, their tireless work ethic, their
talents, entrepreneurial spirit, and -- perhaps most important of all --
their appreciation of the freedoms and economic opportunities we as
Americans by birth too often take entirely for granted. |
| July 18. Bush Touts
Stalled Immigration Proposals.
Fox News: In a speech
Thursday to the League of United Latin American Citizens annual convention
in San Antonio, Bush reiterated his backing for his sweeping immigration
proposals. |
| June 28. Immigrant nation … trading
freely and building wealth.
Jeff Kemp. A struggle is
under way for the soul of the Republican Party between a minority of
protectionist xenophobes and those who are pro-trade and pro-immigration. |
| May 3. GOP
sifts for gold in Latino vote.
Fresno Bee.
There's a new savior for Latino immigrants in California, but you probably
won't find this hero speaking Spanish or invited to dinner by community
activists.That's because it's the Republican Party that has come to the
rescue of undocumented immigrants and their efforts to assimilate in the
Golden State. |
| Jan 27. Our Border Brigades.
WSJ.
Their entry to America is not without its problems and costs. But a sensible
policy would tackle those, as Mr. Bush proposes to do, rather than pursue
the fantasy that we can or should close our borders like some isolated
ancient kingdom. |
| Jan 16. Hispanics: Key To GOP's Future.
FrontPage Magazine.
President Bush's immigration/amnesty proposal will probably be remembered in
history as the idea that saved a political party. |
| Jan 9. Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses....
The Federalist. Summing
up, the plan is intended to confront the realities of illegal immigration.
Illegal immigrants are in the U.S. now -- between 8 million and 14 million
of them, according to various estimates. |
| Jan 7. Fair and Secure
Immigration Reform.
The Whitehouse.
President's Bush blueprint for immigration reform. |
2003
| Oct. 29. Border
Politics.
Weekly Standard. With The
Latino Population booming, one issue that could come into play in 2004 is
President Bush's signal that he would help Hispanic immigrants gain legal
residency. |
| May 27. Shattering
Myths About Immigrants.
Washington Post Group.
Regardless of ethnicity or nationality or economic resources, immigrants are
the same the world over. That's because a big part of what shapes their
character is not the country they come from, but the fact that they leave it
in the first place, risking whatever they have--including their lives--in
search of a better life. |
| May 25.
What world migration means for business.
CNTET News.Com. Immigration
is changing the world more than at any other time in history, opening up
business opportunities and introducing new challenges, according to Harvard
University professor Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco. |
| May 12.
Thousands of Central Americans can stay.
President George W. Bush
delivered good news to the immigrant community by extending Temporary
Protective Status (TPS) for an additional 18 months to Hondurans and
Nicaraguans. |
| April 29.
Judiciary Sets Hearing on Hastings Citizenship for Soldiers Bill.
The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration has
agreed to hold a hearing on a bill that would make legal immigrants serving on
active duty in America's armed forces immediately eligible for U.S.
citizenship. |
| April 10.
Hastings Bill Would Make Soldiers Citizens.
Washington Congressman Doc Hastings (WA-4) introduced
legislation to make legal immigrants serving on active duty in America's armed
forces be made immediately eligible for U.S. citizenship. |
| April 6.
Marine
granted posthumous U.S. citizenship.
San Francisco Gate. A Mexico-born 21-year-old Marine who died
in Iraq will be buried as an American after he was posthumously granted U.S.
citizenship on Sunday. |
| April 4. Hiring of
illegal immigrants is rife – but no one is responsible .
Dallas Morning News: Who are we kidding? Sure there is a law on
the books making it a crime to knowingly put illegal immigrants to work. But
it is not a law that most Americans take seriously. And until they do, it is
difficult to take seriously demands for tighter control of our nation's
borders. |
2002
| October 16. Help Wanted.
Wall Street Journal Editorial. Proper immigration reform in
short is smart politics. But most important it will make America safer and
economically stronger. |
| August 1. The GOP's
immigration fumble.
Wall Street Journal article of Gephart's and Byrd stands on immigration and
the GOP's inability to get immigration legislation passed by the Democrat
control Senate. |
| July 28. America's
immigration disaster.
British immigrant whose husband was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
is given "green card" after she was initially deported. |
| March 21. Immediate
action needed on 245(i).
RNC grass roots press release urging people to ask the Democrat controlled
Senate to pass the 245(i) legislation approved by the Republican house at the
urging of the president. |
| March 14. Letter to Senator
Daschle.
From the Latino Coalition urging approval of the 245(i) immigration
legislation. |
| March 12. House set to
"cloak' amnesty.
House of representative sets to pass 245(i) immigration reform again. |
| March 7.
Bush Speaks to Hispanics About Immigration, Trade.
President Bush discussed the importance of trade relations with Mexico and
Latin America and stressed the need to approve Immigration Law Section 245(i) |
| Jan 28.
Distinguishing Terrorists from Busboys.
An excellent article on immigration reform from the conservative Weekly
Standard. |
| Jan 17.
An influx of entrepreneurs is saving Houston and Los Angeles.
At a time when the events of Sept. 11 and a recession have resuscitated
nativist sentiments, many businesses and communities are finding that
immigrants, rather than a source of weakness, are helping to stave off the
chill of economic hard times. |
| Jan 9.
Immigration remains an important priority for the president.
Statements made by Ari Fleischer, press secretary to the president, on the
importance of the immigration reform agenda. Also a plug for an Article by
Linda Chavez on immigration reform after Sept. 11. |
2001
| November 7.
America's Immigration Disaster.
An excellent article from the Claremont Institute on our
dysfunctional immigration system. |
| October 24. US Census
Estimates Shows 31 Mln Foreign-born Residents.
Washington Post: Roughly 8 million illegal
immigrants live in the United States, early estimates from the 2000 census
show. Their presence swells the country's foreign-born population to more than
31 million people. |
| August 17.
Alien
Notion: The Right Case for 'Amnesty'.
Wall Street Journal: The best -- the only -- conservative
argument against this is that it rewards people who've broken the law. So
perhaps the amnesty could include a modest fine, as well as some requirement
to pass an English course or otherwise show the desire to assimilate. As for
the danger that amnesty will be an incentive for more illegal immigration, any
reform is likely to include a regular work-permit system for future migrants
as well. |
| July 30. Amnesty Shootout.
Wall Street Journal: While an all-out amnesty may not be
politically feasible at this time, both Messrs. Fox and Bush recognize the
need for some degree of amnesty for illegal Mexican workers already in the
U.S. coupled with a guest-worker program to facilitate safer and more orderly
border crossings. |
| July 25.
Markets Dictate Liberalization Of Immigration Law.
Wall Street Journal: As a general proposition, it is not a good
idea to have large numbers of people -- a caste of noncitizens -- living in
the country outside the law. It leaves them prey to exploitation by employers
and criminals, and prevents them from returning to their homelands for fear
they could not get back. |
| July 10.
Bush
Promises to Speed Up Immigration Process.
Washington Post: Standing before 29 new United States citizens,
President Bush ordered today immigration officials to adopt a six month
standard of processing immigration applications and urged Congress to "act
swiftly" on immigration reform. |
| July 2. Open Nafta Borders? Why Not?.
Wall Street Journal: North of the border, the solution to the
problem of illegal immigration is to make it legal, or at least to normalize
the movement of people. |
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