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GOP for “self-deportation”? Hell, no! Just “encourage illegal aliens to return home voluntarily” with threats of arrest. Whew! Had me worried for a moment.
Archive for the ‘Immigration’ Category
December 24th, 2012
…with Glenn Loury. We hit gun violence, immigration, respectfully discussing same-sex marriage with people we love who were raised in another era, dispelling Glenn’s cynical views of American politics. This particular clip hits on immigration policy. I think it’s unjust to invite immigrants here, to implicitly and explicitly benefit from their low-wage labor for years within our [...]
December 1st, 2012
Category: Campaign 2012, Immigration
Some post-election thoughts about the genuine human fears harbored by many people that the country they grew up in is slipping away.
February 17th, 2012
Category: Affordable Care Act, Constitutional politics, Feminism, Health Care, Immigration, Religion and Politics, Republican Party, Watching Conservatives
My friend and colleague Noah Zatz just suggested an interesting idea: if religious organizations can get exemptions from the Affordable Care Act due to their deeply-held religious beliefs, why limit it to contraception? Why not include immigration law in the picture? “You shall love the stranger, for you were a stranger in the land of [...]
October 30th, 2011
Category: Built Environment, Human rights, Immigration, Personal moment, public health, Unions and organizing
125 years old, still young and still hot. I love her. I love where she stands, I love her crown of radiant wisdom and her torch and her book of laws, I love Miss Lazarus’ poem, I love that she’s an excellent sculpture on her own terms. I love that you can buy bronze paperweights [...]
October 16th, 2011
Category: Immigration, Watching Conservatives
There’s a difference between *making* a joke and *being* a joke.
July 2nd, 2011
Category: Europe, Immigration
My initial post saying that EU governments are far less left-wing than many Americans believe, drew with a few exceptions sceptical comments here at RBC and at Washington Monthly. If you are in the camp that sees Europe as the backyard of the hard left, take a gander at Erik Voeten’s description of politics in [...]
March 27th, 2011
Denying Medicaid-funded prenatal care to undocumented immigrants.