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Category Archives: Immigration
ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIME ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 30% OF MURDERS IN MANY STATES
Tom Tancredo writes for Breitbart: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump deserves credit for forcing all 17 Republican candidates to talk about the social costs of illegal immigration, but it is not “Trump’s issue.” We will be making a fatal mistake … Continue reading
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Father of Woman Killed by Illegal Immigrant in San Francisco Shares Her Heartbreaking Last Words
From TheBlaze.com: “Help me, dad.” Those are the last words Jim Steinle said he heard from his daughter Kate before police say she was fatally shot by Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant who had already been deported several times. “Suddenly, … Continue reading
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Jewish Values At Heart Of Immigration Reform
I went to the JewishJournal.com and put “immigration” in the search function and got these edifying results (not one I have found yet advocates immigration restriction): Jewish values at heart of immigration reform | Cover Story | Jewish … Jewish … Continue reading
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Jews & Immigration
David emails: Your blog is one of the must-reads on my RSS feed. I am Jewish and I am horrified by the American Jewish establishment’s open embrace of a policy of unrestricted invasion of our country (and, indeed, all Western … Continue reading
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How Do You Measure Illegal Aliens?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Water consumption would be a useful tool to guesstimate total population in a given area over a given period of time as one could exclude new water hookups from the data to see if usage/per … Continue reading
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How Many Immigrants Should America Take?
Paul Ciotti writes: “The pope wants us to welcome immigrants as pilgrims. That’s fine. The U.S. has welcomed more immigrants than any other country in the world. I wish he would put a number on it though. We currently have … Continue reading
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Alex Tabarrok’s “Open Borders and the Welfare State” vs. Peter Schaeffer’s Comment Tsunami
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I just watched “Going Clear,” a documentary about Scientology, and the way the world inside the bubble of scientology apparently operates made me think that’s kind of what the world would be like if every … Continue reading
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NYT: European Union Ministers Approve Plan to Distribute Refugees
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Reflecting on the importance of language, we see in this piece another example why we always lose: It’s “right-wing politicians” vs. “humanitarians”. Gee, I wonder which side is the good guys? It’s just like in … Continue reading
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Donald Trump Believes In HBD (Human Bio-Diversity)
Does anyone doubt that Donald Trump will be tougher on Muslims in America than any other presidential candidate? Dave Weigel writes: Donald Trump’s current take on Muslims: They’re not Swedes In a new interview with CBS News anchor Scott Pelley, … Continue reading
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Senator Jeff Sessions Notes That God Told Nehemiah To Build A Wall
From Roll Call: “It’s always dangerous for church leaders to start opining on complex matters of which they haven’t had a chance to learn over the years. I mean, we’ve been wrestling with immigration for 30 years. That’s a lot … Continue reading
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