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  • December 16, 2009
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    Disappointing Start for Immigration Reform
    The good news is that a bill has been introduced in the House this week under the broad heading of immigration reform. Even during a recession, Congress should be working to change our immigration system to reflect the longer‐​term …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • November 24, 2009
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    Higher Immigration, Lower Crime
    … December issue of Commentary magazine. [Subscription needed.] The past 15 years have witnessed two undeniable trends: dramatically rising levels of immigration, both low‐​skilled and high‐​skilled, and an equally dramatic plunge in crime rates nationally. I don’t argue …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • November 13, 2009
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    The Missing Leg of Immigration Reform
    … and almost nothing about how we can expand opportunities in the future for legal immigration as an alternative to illegal immigration. Without that crucial third leg, Congress will just be repeating the two‐​legged failure of the 1986 Immigration Reform …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • August 21, 2009
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    The President Drops by to Tout Immigration Reform
    … broken immigrant system,” which I interpreted hopefully to be an acknowledgment that ramped up enforcement alone will not solve illegal immigration. He concluded by saying, “Immigration is a problem begging to be fixed.” For those of us who want to …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • June 25, 2009
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    Are Democrats Serious about Immigration Reform?
    Are Democrats Serious about Immigration Reform?
    … this morning, advocates of immigration reform “worry that Democrats will defer to the AFL-CIO on the issue of legal immigration. The labor confederation has opposed a robust guest‐​worker program or higher levels of legal immigration, fearing they would …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • August 21, 2008
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    Our Convoluted, Less-than-open Immigration System
    If you think the United States has an “open border” policy toward immigrants, check out this immigration flowchart put together by our friends over at the Reason Foundation. In one graphic sweep, it explains better than mere words why we …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • April 6, 2008
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    The Costs of E-Verify - and the Immigration Laws
    … legally. But current immigration law is a greater threat to the rule of law than any of the people crossing the border to come here and work. Our immigration policies have fostered the illegality so common in the employment area.
    By Jim Harper
  • January 29, 2008
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    President Bush Keeps the Faith on Trade, Immigration
    There was much for libertarians and small‐​government conservatives to pick apart in President Bush’s State of the Union speech last night, but the president deserves hearty applause for his two passages on trade and immigration. On trade, Bush …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • January 4, 2008
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    Another Anti-Immigration Campaign Flops
    … attracted a paltry one half of one percent of the vote on Election Day. Americans have always been ambivalent about immigration, and a solid majority today wants the government to seriously address the problem of illegal immigration. But as I …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • June 8, 2007
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    Back to Square One on Immigration
    Opponents of comprehensive immigration reform are undoubtedly congratulating themselves on the apparent demise yesterday of S. 1348. The bill failed to win enough votes in the Senate for cloture and a final vote. Leading the charge to defeat the bill …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • May 25, 2007
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    Immigration and American Exceptionalism
    John Derbyshire has a post on immigration that perfectly captures the small‐​minded nativism that too often underlies opposition to immigration: A nation has a distinctive culture. The U.S.A., which is much further than the world average from …
    By Timothy B. Lee
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