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Where Amy Coney Barrett Stands on Immigration
Pres. Trump named Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As a federal judge, Barrett has ruled on a couple immigration-related cases.
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In the Western Wildfires Blame Game, Nobody Mentions Population: Well, Almost Nobody, Some Smart Scientists Do.
As fires raged out West this summer, there was plenty of finger-pointing about who or what was to blame. The public heard very little about one major factor: rapid population growth in wooded habitats of the American West subject to natural fire regime.
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More Listening, Less Labeling: The 'Hispanic' vote is AGAIN not about MORE Immigration...and BOTH parties still don't get it
Election 2020 is drawing near and once again the media, and a good many politicians, are claiming that Hispanic voters oppose tighter border controls and support increases in legal immigration. That isn't the case. Most voters who identify as Hispanic want a strong border and reductions in immigration. Let's listen to what they have to say.
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9 Rock Stars in Challenging the Immigration Status Quo & Protecting U.S. Workers
Today, I want to introduce you to nine Members of this two-year Congress who have achieved the top distinction in battling immigration policies that drive down wages and increase the non-employment of American workers. There are dozens of others who have done a great job this year. But these nine are the Rock Starts who earned NumbersUSA's A+ "Challenge Status Quo" grade.
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Matthew Yglesias Makes the Case for A Billion Americans, and A Great Argument for Immigration Reduction
Celebrity Vox journalist Matthew Yglesias released his book One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger today. While few expected meticulous research and cogent arguments from Yglesias on this topic, he outdoes himself here. His book may turn out to be the best case anyone on the left has made for immigration reduction in years.
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The United States is Not 'Empty'
Is the United States "empty" because there's not a billion plus people already living here? Journalist Matthew Yglesias argues that's the case. Not convincingly, but that didn't stop him from writing an entire book on the subject.
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Urge politicians to pledge opposition to any immigration action that harms Black economic progress
Happy Labor Day to all who labor to provide for the nation, who wish they could labor, and whose labor is done.
Black American workers made their greatest advancement in closing the wage gap during a long period of low immigration. Let's urge politicians to do it again.
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Riding The Nag
A close reading of a recent story by The Associated Press reveals a an unsympathetic, underpaying horse trainer pitted against the interests of U.S. workers. But the AP resolved to force it into the tired narrative that any immigration limit harms us - even ones on programs that are bad for all but the most advantaged and unscrupulous.
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Latin American Countries Strengthen Their Immigration Policies
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are tightening immigration controls. Does that have anything to do with stricter enforcement by the United States?
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NYTimes Open-borders columnist: The nation's most populated state isn't living sustainably
In his August 26 article, “California, We Can’t Go On Like This,” The New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo said that "the nation's most populous state" was also failing to live sustainably. Readers were quick to point out that Manjoo failed to make the connection between the two.