Immigration Update

It's been a while since we tackled the issue of immigration.  So, let's roll out the latest on illegals and see what we come up with.  First, and foremost, from the courts -

Bush immigration crackdown found unconstitutional

Lou Dobbs, Tom Tancredo and all their immigrant-bashing friends must be apoplectic right now. A federal judge ruled against the Bush plan to target illegal immigrants: "A U.S. federal court judge on Wednesday blocked a key part of the Bush administration's stepped-up efforts to crack down on illegal immigrant workers and those who employ them. Judge Charles Breyer [...]

Okay, that was pretty straightforward, wasn't it?  Let's take a deeper look at what the government wanted -

Our Immigration Laws are Busted, Small Business Owners Must Fix IT?

When in doubt our brightest of the lawmakers in Washington have pushed even more off of the Federal Govern-Mint onto the States and now the small business owners of America. With their failure to fix the immigration laws that they are supposed to enact, they figured that passing the buck was a far easier pill [...]

In case you need one surprising statistic to insert into your next immigration argument, this may be it.  Depending, of course, where you stand on the immigration issue!

Illegal Immigrants Turn Out To Be Good Mortgage Risks

Imagine that. Amid the housing loan debacle, one segment of the mortgage market is solid: illegal immigrants. As it turns out, home loans that don't require legal status are among the safest risks that banks can take. According to The [...]

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