Archive for August, 2007

Fear the “Illegal” Monster Criminals who Come to the U.S. to Eat Babies…and take our jobs

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Thanks to the valiant efforts of Sheriff Richard Jones the folks living in Butler County, Ohio can feel safe once again.   He explains: I have taken a very tough stance against illegal immigration and criminal aliens for years. I have gone on record numerous times that criminal alien activity will not ...

Review: Self Made World

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Self Made World is a site whose mission statement I applaud. Although obviously a project in its beginning stages, it aims to provide resources for aspiring and recent immigrants and immigrant-entrepreneurs. The web-portal is structured using Wiki and so it will appear very familiar to those of us ...

History of U.S. Immigration

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Harvard University has made their collection of historical immigration resources available online. The archive includes a wide variety of documents focusing primarily on immigration to the United States in the years 1789-1930. One particularly interesting resource is their handy timeline that shows the influx of immigrants over the ...

An Entrepreneur Immigrant Video: Robert Robinson

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007



Video: Immigration and Agriculture

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007



Texas Governor calls Congress “immature” and I agree

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

During a speech he made while on a trade mission to Mexico, Texas Governor Perry said that it's time to stop the bickering about immigration in Congress and really "discuss it and cut out all of the mean rhetoric and really talk about what is a solution to this issue."  ...

Immigrants love this country too

Monday, August 27th, 2007

In a recent article written by Dan Walters for Sacramento Bee, Mr. Walters goes on the defensive in face of over 50 comments - most of which he categorizes as negative, in response to an article that pointed out that losing all "illegal" immigrants in the state of California would ...

Video: The Great Immigration Debate of 1621

Friday, August 24th, 2007



The Nation: Immigration Clampdown Reality Checks

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Reality check one: Workers who lose their jobs won't leave the country. Immigrant communities are deeply embedded in the social fabric of this country, not only in cities like New York and Los Angeles but also in tiny towns like Bridgeton, New Jersey, and Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. To get ...

ICE denies racial profiling? Claims that its agents are clairvoyant.

Friday, August 24th, 2007

According to today's NY Times article, Ramon Rivera, a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement stated that they do not get any complaints about racial profiling from the people that are arrested by the agency. Mr. Rivera also denied that agents engaged in racial profiling. Border Patrol agents arrested 931,000 illegal ...