Immigration Tidbits

The left splits over immigration?

Most liberals have celebrated the recent pro-immigration marches. But some leading progressives say illegal immigration hurts American workers. By Michelle Goldberg .  This, of course, is an argument championed in academic circles by, among others George Borjas and Vernon Briggs.  To see the latest incarnation of the argument, click here.

304,374 Visas Issued To Chinese Nationals

According to an Associated Press news report, “Chinese citizens received the highest number of US visas on record last year as China’s economic power expanded, a U.S. Embassy official said Friday.” For the full AP story, see here.  Will this information have any impact on the current immigration debate, which tends to focus on Mexico?

Silent Civil Rights Groups

Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes “The great irony in the gargantuan march of hundreds of thousands in Los Angeles and other cities for immigrant rights is that the old civil rights groups have been virtually mute on the explosively growing movement.”   See what Hutchinson says by clicking here.  Will the recent mass immigration demonstrations turn out to be something broader based, possibly ven a new civil rights movement?  Watch this blog for a story on this by one of your blog editors.

Tom Tancredo: Leader Of The Anti-Immigrant Populist Revolt  or Madman Seeking His next Elected Office Whatever the Cost?

Tom Barry writes “Rep. Tom Tancredo, who has represented Colorado’s Sixth District since 1999, has in the last six years succeeded in rallying an anti-immigrant populist revolt that brings together the nativists, religious right, cultural supremacists, militia movement, and anti-immigration policy institutes with a new anti-immigration wing of the Republican Party.”  CLick here to see the article.

KJ