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Category Archives: Immigration
The Cost Of Illegal Immigration
Seth Barron, City Journal, September 2, 2016 In his immigration speech Wednesday night, Donald Trump threatened to cut off aid to cities that offer “sanctuary” to illegal immigrants. New York, like a number of other American cities, makes a strict … Continue reading
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LAT Op-Ed: Immigrants don’t commit more crimes. Why does the myth persist?
The article is eviscerated in the comments: * The question is NOT whether or not immigrants commit more crime. The telling question is whether or not ILLEGAL immigrants commit more crimes. This question was neither asked nor answered. * One … Continue reading
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Immigrants Replace Low-Skill Natives in the Workforce
Jason Richwine writes: It is well known that lower-skilled men in their prime working years — ages 25 to 54 — have left the labor force in increasing numbers over the past several decades. Experts have been reluctant to acknowledge, … Continue reading
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Immigrants do jobs that…
Economist George Borjas writes: …natives could have done. The demolition of the narrative that large numbers of immigrants can enter a labor market without having much of an effect on native employment opportunities continues apace. The new paper by Christian … Continue reading
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From Albany to Kansas City, the Jewish Community Is Stepping Up for Refugees
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn is the Vice President for Community Engagement at HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees. She writes: One year ago, a photograph of a small Syrian refugee boy woke up the world. Our hearts were broken … Continue reading
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Is Trump Un-American for Saying Americans Have a Right to Choose Which Immigrants We Want?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Trump has caused everyone to openly state a lot of their unspoken assumptions about immigration. It’s fascinating stuff. A lot of Americans are guilty about shutting the door to poor, uneducated immigrants because they feel … Continue reading
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Immigrant Food Stamp Fraud
Comments: The excellent blog ‘Refugee Resettlement Watch’ has an entire category covering this — food stamp fraud — it is widespread and has been going on for many years — see the archive of stories at the link. * Notice … Continue reading
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Josh Marshall: “Trump’s Blood Libel”
Steve Sailer writes: The first generation of immigrants is somewhat intimidated and/or disappears over the border when wanted for arrest, but the second generation is much worse. And there are more and more of them. Why does anyone think this … Continue reading
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NYT: Anne Frank Today Is a Syrian Girl
Is Anne Frank a Palestinian girl? A Ukrainian girl? An Iranian girl? An Iraqi girl? So Anne Frank stands in for whatever cause you want to embrace. Got it. Nicholas Kristof writes: AMSTERDAM — On April 30, 1941, a Jewish … Continue reading
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Steve Sailer: Does Mo Farah’s 10000m Gold Medal for Britain Prove America Needs Open Borders?
Steve Sailer blogs: What goes unmentioned is that Mo Farah has two immigrant brothers in Britain as well, Omar and Ahmed. I had never heard of them, but commenter Alastair J. Roberts points us toward coverage of them from the … Continue reading
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