Winning the Race to the Bottom
President Obama unsurprisingly devoted a good portion of his State of the Union address to “jobs.” But what he said was disheartening to Americans, unless you…
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Michigan Wants to Attract More Immigrants
Michigan’s governor Rick Snyder says he wants his state to attract more immigrants (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 18, 2012). He cited the drop in the state’s population…
The Feds Had Better Stop Alabama…Before Everyone There Has a Job!
Oh no! It’s happened again. Alabama’s unemployment rate continues to plummet. Ever since Alabama began implementing its immigration enforcement law, H.B. 56, in late September, the…
LA Times Staff Uses ‘Fuzzy Math’ When it Comes to Illegal Immigration
An article in last week’s LA Times noted that Mexican immigrants living in the U.S. sent an estimated 8 percent more money back to relatives last…
Results of Administrative Amnesty Pilot Programs Released
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this morning released the preliminary results of their case-by-case review pilot program for the cities of Baltimore, Maryland, and Denver,…