Category Archives: Immigration

Rep. Amash on the border security crisis

Posted on January 14, 2019 by

  ‘The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.’ –Lewis Carroll Rep. Amash (R-MI) on the border security crisis “I think both sides are making a mountain out of a molehill,” Amash said in … Continue reading →

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Our misperceptions

Posted on December 12, 2018 by

We Americans don’t know as much as we think we do. For example, only 59% of us guess that the most Americans killed by others are killed with firearms. Here is more data from the IPSOS study of misperceptions in … Continue reading →

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Conditional success

Posted on October 8, 2018 by

Said the calculated risk to the educated guess, let’s evaluate the climate for conditional success. –remembered lines from a four-line poem, circa 1970, title and author beyond recall Will voters buy promises of conditional success, promises which sound good only … Continue reading →

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Why say liberal with a sneer?

Posted on July 29, 2018 by

The root meaning of liberal from Latin “liber” is “free.” It is related to liberty, liberation and learning. Many founding fathers were liberals; Madison and Jefferson rejected monarchy; they envisioned a government for a free people with liberty and justice … Continue reading →

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On Trump vs Hawaii

Posted on June 28, 2018 by

Excerpts from “DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. HAWAII, ET AL. ” decided 5 to 4. Under these circumstances, the Government has set forth a sufficient national security justification to survive rational basis review. … Continue reading →

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Rep. Capuano (D-MA) on conditions at the Southern border

Posted on June 27, 2018 by

June 27, 2018 Dear Friends, I spent Saturday with some of my House colleagues at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. I felt I had to see for myself the impact of President Trump’s family separation policy. I wanted an opportunity … Continue reading →

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Immigration reform bills

Posted on June 23, 2018 by

Rep. Capuano (D-MA) writes: The First of Two Very Bad Immigration Bills The House spent most of Thursday debating two immigration bills. Neither one comes close to comprehensive immigration reform. The first, H.R. 4760, the Securing America’s Future Act, is essentially an anti-immigration … Continue reading →

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