Without government investment in instruction, all language mandates do is make it harder for poor immigrants to become citizens.
Immigration
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The Gang of 8 Lobbies Fox News
Being the house organ of the Republican party can get complicated when it comes to immigration.
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Rand Paul Plays God Politics
On immigration, the Kentucky Senator tries to bridge the gap between the GOP and evangelical Latinos. But like the party, he just doesn’t get them.
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Ghosts of the Rio Grande
Every year hundreds of immigrants die along the U.S.-Mexico border. Too many are never identified.Â
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Is the GOP’s Tragedy of the Commons Problem Undoing Immigration Reform?
Republicans are starting to defect, because their individual interests and the party’s interests are diverging.
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When Bad Intentions Meet Bad Data
Can we dismiss a study once we know its author’s biases?
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Try to Find the Heritage Foundation’s Anti-Immigration Study on its Spanish-Language Site
div#in-article-ad {display:none !Important;} You’d think, based on the media blitz promoting the conservative Heritage Foundation’s recent study-which claims immigration reform will cost the country $6.3 trillion dollars-the organization would be using its full web presence to promote their work. Not so on the think tank’s Spanish-language site, Heritage Libertad. This may all be a coincidence, […]
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What We Talk about When We Talk about Immigration
Arguments about the financial costs and benefits of immigration reform aren’t going to persuade anyone.Â
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On Immigration, Gay Community Should Take One for the Team
Why LGBT-rights supporters may have to sit this one out if reform is to succeed.
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Is It Too Late for the GOP to Save Itself with Latinos?
The choice they now face is between bad and worse.
