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Category Archives: Immigration
Immigration Unemployment At Record High
From CIS.org: WASHINGTON (April 27, 2009) – A new report finds immigrant unemployment (legal and illegal) was higher in the first quarter of 2009 than at any time since 1994, when immigrants were first separated out in the monthly data. … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration
Tagged advance copies, connecticut florida, immigration studies, janice kephart, lawful presence, native employment, research demographer, unemployment rates
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Is There Anything Morally Special About English?
I email Stephen Steinlight: "Do you think there’s anything about the English language that helps create a good society or is it entirely coincidental that all English-speaking societies are pretty good places?" Dr. Steinlight responds: Luke: Of course English-speaking societies … Continue reading
Posted in English, Immigration, Stephen Steinlight
Tagged english civil war, historical causation, liberal reform, political violence, social contract theory, wars of religion
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Rabbi Daniel Brenner On Newsweek’s List Of Top Rabbis & Stephen Steinlight Controversy
I email Rabbi Daniel Brenner: As you are my new best friend, I thought I’d pose an additional two questions to you for my blog Lukeford.net. * What do you think of that Newsweek list of the top 50 American … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, R. Daniel Brenner, Rabbis
Tagged birthright israel, colleauges, daniel brenner, ncaa sports teams, rabbi daniel, reb zalman
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Stephen Steinlight Interview II
Part One Luke: "I’d like to toss a moral issue to you from out of left field just to hear the way you think a moral issue through. What interest, if any, does our society have in channeling the way … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Reconstructionist, Reconstructionist Judaism, Reform Judaism, Stephen Steinlight
Tagged faggots, gay marriage, god god, interview ii, moral issue, new yorker cartoon
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My Three-Hour Interview With Intellectual Stephen Steinlight
Part Two JTA covered Stephen Steinlight’s latest controversy April 5: WASHINGTON (JTA) — The leading Jewish pro-immigration group is attempting to discredit its most outspoken opponent in the Jewish community by attempting to link his employer to a white nationalist. … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Stephen Steinlight
Tagged james caldwell high school, phi beta kappa, poverty law center, southern poverty law, southern poverty law center, white nationalist movement
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Immigration News
From CIS.org: 1. Backgrounder: “The Appearance of Security” 2. Blog: “No Surprise Here” 3. Blog: “‘Undocumented Americans’?” 4. Blog: “No ‘Progress by Pesach’” 5. Blog: “McCaskill Pulling a Gillibrand?” 6. Blog: “Judge: ACLU Wrong on E-Verify” 7. Blog: “That’s Enough … Continue reading
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Tagged immigration news, janice kephart, legal presence, national governors association, real id, rsquo
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Immigration News
From CIS.org: WASHINGTON (April 6, 2009) – The REAL ID Act, written in the wake of the September 11 attacks, has created the rules and regulations for states to follow, establishing minimum standards for secure state identification documents. Currently, … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration
Tagged 1b visas, john miano, norman mineta, norwegian american, richard nadler, virtual fence
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Immigration News
From CIS.org: 1. Blog: “Depression or Not, Immigration Continues Unabated” 2. Blog: “But Let’s Make Sure We Keep Those 97 Trucks Out” 3. Blog: “As Takoma Park Goes, So Goes Maine” 4. Video: Interviews with DHS principals 5. Blog: “Stimulus … Continue reading
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Will Immigration Policy Change Under Obama?
FROM CIS.org: WASHINGTON (March 26, 2009) – The current administration has begun work on re-shaping the way the Department of Homeland Security will carry out its mission. Various programs, such as REAL ID, E-Verify, and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration
Tagged deputy assistant secretary, immigration studies, michael chertoff, national security policy, secretary michael chertoff, western hemisphere travel initiative
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New report finds wage and employment growth for legal workers after Swift plant raids
From CIS.org: WASHINGTON (March 19, 2009) – On December 12, 2006, Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel raided six meatpacking plants owned by Swift & Co. in the largest immigration enforcement action in U.S. history. The plants are located in Iowa, … Continue reading
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Tagged average wages, dramatic decline, immigration enforcement, immigration studies, meatpacking plants, steady decline
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