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Category Archives: Immigration
Stereotyping While Waiting In Line At Ralphs
It was a mess at Ralphs this afternoon. As I waited in line, I noticed patterns. WASPs are the best behaved group. They are the best at waiting in line and they are the best, in general, in acting like … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Diversity, Immigration, Islam, Israel, R. Abraham Cooper, Race
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The Deep State
Comments to Steve Sailer: * There’s probably some behind-the-scenes propaganda campaign at work here. The media, politicians, oligarchs, and Deep Staters work very closely together to mount sustained propaganda campaigns. I remember back when the Serbians were supposedly ethnically cleansing … Continue reading
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Steve Sailer: Obama Administration Penalizes Nebraska Slaughterhouse for Trying to Avoid Hiring Illegal Aliens
Comments to Steve Sailer: * So, just to recap: 1) It’s a crime to hire an illegal alien. 2) It’s also a crime to verify that a potential hire is not an illegal alien. I tip my hat to whoever … Continue reading
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Can Arabs Rejuvenate Israel’s Demographics?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * As the New York Times explained this week, mass migration across the Danube offers the receiving country “an opportunity to rejuvenate its aging demographics and ensure its economic prosperity …” This is one of my … Continue reading
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Europe Is Drowning In Refugees
Paul Wood writes: The Australians insist asylum seekers move on after three years. For some reason that I do not understand, in Europe asylum seekers are not given asylum for a year or two and are then asked to leave … Continue reading
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American Rabbi: Europe must accept immigration swamping
John Graham writes in 2011: Thanks to Jewamongyou’s Blog for drawing my attention to a classic: In Paris, Muslim and Jewish leaders pledge to stand together against the rise of extreme-rightist parties, European Jewish Press 09/Mar/2011 PARIS (EJP)—Prominent Muslim and … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, R. Marc Schneier
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Obama, Immigration, and the Bible
Rabbi Aryeh Spero writes in 2014: In his Executive Order speech defending what most consider outright amnesty for five million illegal immigrants, President Obama cited the biblical verse in Exodus: “Thou shalt not afflict the stranger (22:20)”. There is no … Continue reading
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What is the Jewish perspective on the illegal immigration crisis in Israel?
Link: The Torah commands us to care for the foreigners and immigrants among us. Does that extend to illegal immigrants? Is it right to send them back, as is happening now, or are we obligated to take them in and … Continue reading
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Durbin, Cupich to discuss immigration reform at Temple Jeremiah
Link: “Immigration is an issue very close to the Jewish people. In our congregation, the vast majority of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants,” Cohen said. “We feel an obligation as Jews who have experienced the blessings of welcome, … Continue reading
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There can be no place in the immigration debate for xenophobia and the appeal to fear
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks writes: As a Jew, I am always deeply grateful that when fleeing antisemitism in Poland my late father found refuge in Britain. Like so many other Jews in Britain, I know in my heart, in my very … Continue reading
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