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Troubleshooting immigration

Mar 10, 2018

What, if instead of proposing how to fix immigration, we first troubleshoot the problem in a similar manner as engineers or business people solve their problems? The opening question is:

How it got started?
Up to about one hundred years ago, almost every European who arrived at our shores was allowed to enter and settle. It is less known that about one-third of those arriving returned home a few years later. By the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of immigrants were from impoverished and overpopulated Eastern and Southern Europe. These mostly illiterate people formed ethnic enclaves in large American cities and became an eyesore to many Americans who were beginning to enjoy the benefits of their newfound prosperity. The federal government was asked to step in.
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The leader of the deceived

Aug 22, 2015

Dear Mr. Trump, I challenge you to a duel over arguments about immigration. I am throwing the gauntlet at you because none of your competitors in the presidential race ever will. Jeb Bush co-authored a book about our immigration crisis. He acknowledged that the system is dysfunctional, but he did not dare to draw the only logical conclusion from the facts that he presented: that our immigration crisis has been caused not by foreigners but by our nonsensical immigration policy. Marco Rubio was in the group of eight trying a rational approach, but they also lacked courage to confront the problem head-on and produced a convoluted proposal that Rube Goldberg would be proud of. A few years ago, Scott Walker talked reasonably about our immigration problems. He backed off just before joining the presidential campaign.
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Tagged anti-immigration rhetoric, Doanld Trump, free market, I challenge, illegal immigrants, illegal immigration, Immigration Act of 1924, immigration debate, immigration law, immigration policy, socialism, Soviet Union | 5 Comments

Immigration impasse explained

Nov 14, 2013

Why is it so hard to reach any reasonable compromise on the immigration issue? It is because faults of our immigration policy are about hundred years old and most of us are accustomed to accept them as unquestioned wisdom. The first comprehensive immigration law in the U.S., the Immigration Act of 1924 bears the sins of the times, which had barely been openly explained and duly criticized.
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Why do we have illegal immigration?

Feb 6, 2012

My second open letter to Mr. Mitt Romney on immigration

Dear Mr. Romney,

Being so vocal against illegal immigration, did you do your homework to find out how we ended up having this mess to begin with? Can you disclose your reasoning process?
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Tagged amnesty, anti-immigration zealots, Bain Capital, family reunion, free market, illegal immigration, Immigration Act of 1924, Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, immigration quotas, legal immigration, Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan, seven letters, socialism, Soviet-style economy, The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, undocumented foreigners, visa lottery, workers visas | 2 Comments

As it is. Can we reform immigration just by calling things as they are?

Apr 28, 2010

Heralding the upcoming legislation battle about immigration reform, in her column in the Washington Post, Tamar Jacoby gives us an inside look into the process.

Opting for “comprehensive immigration reform”, Ms. Jacoby carefully avoids defining what it means. As proponents of increased immigration and granting legal status to undocumented immigrants, claim the term “comprehensive”, one may only guess that this is the objective of Ms. Jacoby. However, one can imagine resolving our immigration crisis just by capturing and forcefully deporting all presently undocumented immigrants, by militarizing the borders that even a mouse could not sneak in, and by using Arizona style police methods in chasing and removing those who still manage to come in. This approach, formally, could be called comprehensive as well.
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Tagged amnesty, bureaucrats in Washington, Capitol Hill, family reunion, Great Depression of 1929, illegal immigration, Immigration Act of 1924, Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, immigration laws, immigration policy, immigration reform, labor market, partisan politics, Soviet Union, Tamar Jacoby, undocumented immigrants | Leave a comment

Roy Beck, the Master of Deception

Oct 13, 2006

In 2006 I offered $200 reward for the best report on immigration that supports policies of sealing the border, rejecting amnesty for illegal aliens, and limiting immigration afterwards. Mr. Tom Narum an Executive Director of CitizensForASecureBorder.org, one of many grass root anti-illegal immigration organizations, submitted a video “Immigration by the Numbers” by Roy Beck. Below is my reply top this submission. After the death of Mr. Narum in 2007, Citizens for Secure Borders ceased to exists.
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