conservative Swiss People's Party (SVP) has long warned of a creeping "Islamisation" of Switzerland, pointing to new mosques, Muslim immigration … In effect, the Swiss voted to ban the most visible evidence of Muslims in their midst, while doing nothing to restrict Muslim immigration … These trends must be matched to unexpectedly high levels of Muslim immigration and the high birth rates, and to Muslim populations.…
Little Miss Attila paraphrases Jim Gilmore on immigration, which is a hot issue today, and will be throughout the weekend. … more precise than that and figuring out, for example, whether we can have a guest worker program—or enhanced rates of legal immigration … would argue that's why the center-right has most of the, you know, ideas for dealing with problems like entitlement spending, immigration…
Apparently, he's in support of unfettered access to visas and the sloppy immigration regulation that allowed the 9/11 hijackers into … And when 15 of the 19 hijackers come from Saudi Arabia (some of whom if I recall, were in violation of immigration laws), can the Bush … administration really be faulted for actually enforcing the immigration law (something they should be doing more often, even today…
From the Q&A:
Question: Do Democrats have a plan on immigration? … The immigration issue is a security issue. The 11 million illegal immigrants living in the country now is a separate problem.…
On the immigration debate:
"This is a very, very dangerous debate for the Republicans...You brought this debate on yourselves." … He also said Republicans have lost the edge they used to have on the immigration debate and the deficit.…
I picked out the gist of it:
I've laid out a proposal for comprehensive immigration reform that includes three critical elements: … Our immigration system cannot function if we cannot control the border. … Illegal immigration puts a strain on law enforcement and public resources, especially in our border communities.…
Most everybody wanted to talk about immigration, so I wrote that up first, it being the hot topic and all. … Here are some excerpts from Kingston's intro on immigration:
"We do need to have border security." … I don't think you can ever walk out on American Express, but immigration services can't find anyone."…
Washington, D.C. is getting ready for the immigrant march today.
Michelle Malkin and PowerLine will be offering coverage.
I'm gonna see if I can get down there. Here's the when and where.
I just caught him on C-SPAN, speaking about the immigration bill compromise:
"This proposed compromise does not protect American … "Without border security...without worker verification...this bill provides another invitation to massive illegal immigration and constitutes … "Frankly, we're gonna have to deal with the specifics of immigration...it's too imporatnt to treat it on an superficial level."…
"I think Republicans are trying to exploit voter concerns about immigration. It's not a winning strategy. … I think voters are more concerned about health-care costs, the cost of higher education and gasoline and energy than immigration."…
Michelle Malkin has a big round-up on the immigration rallies today. … ICE has an obligation to use this public information to enforce immigration laws. … America has woken up to the reality of reconquista--a minority but a real threat--and to the problem of illegal immigration.…
They dealt with two more amendments to the immigration bill after I left the office.
Here they are. … seems to take some financial pressure off of states that are bearing the brunt of the federal government's inability to enforce immigration … These are people who have no particular interest in politics and no particularly strong stand on immigration, but they knew that was…
Amid increasingly emotional debate over election-year immigration legislation, senators voted 83-16 to add fencing and 500 miles of … John Hawkins has a new regular column on Wednesdays at Human Events, and he uses it this week to deal with some immigration myths. … Or maybe the one where the Mexican government encourages illegal immigration to the United States to prop up the Mexican economy with…
Well, after all this Kumbaya-ing, I knew I'd come back to a dust-up in the blogosphere after Bush's immigration speech. … I have said little about immigration because I'm greatly overwhelmed by the issue. I know a few things. … that I think we'd be better off if the Congress got border security out of the way, as a separate bill, before worrrying about immigration…
Scroll down for Meese conference call on immigration. … He goes on to point out that the 1986 plan did not solve the illegal immigration problem, and lays out an alternative plan, much like … during which immigration shot up."…
