Earlier in the week, Heritage released a study claiming that the immigration bill would bankrupt country due to welfare payments to regularized immigrants. Of course, another study from Heritage ("in peer review." I wonder if it will ever get out, given that Heritage is raising money off the restrictionist position) Read more…
Yesteday, I wrote about the possibility of Mitt Romney facing political problems in Florida because of his pandering flip-flop on immigration. ABC picked up on the issue, and pointed out that Jeb Bush was "disappointed." Turns out that the Miami Herald picked up the story too: But his immigration stance Read more…
Thomas Friedman (Times $elect) attended a graduation at Rensselaer Polytech. He noticed something: The reason I had to laugh was because it seemed like every one of the newly minted Ph.D.’s at Rensselaer was foreign born. For a moment, as the foreign names kept coming — “Hong Lu, Xu Xie, Read more…
ABC just wrote about the damage that Mitt Romney’s pandering on immigration will do to him in Florida. It even quotes Jeb Bush as "disappointed" in Romney. I think that this raises an interesting process point. There has been much talk about adding Nevada to the Democratic schedule having the Read more…
There has been speculation that Rudy Giuliani is playing very carefully on the immigration issue because he wants Schwarzenegger’s endorsement. I have a related theory. Is Mitt Romney hurting himself with Jeb Bush because of his flip-flopping pander on immigration? Several points as you think about this. First Jeb Bush Read more…
John McCain noted that once an illegal gets a Z visa, it is only convertible to a green card or a Y visa (which would put them out of the country in 2 years).
McCain discusses Romney’s position on immigration: Maybe I should wait a of couple weeks and see if it changes. Maybe he can get out his small varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his yard. McCain refers to Romney’s general flip-floppery, Romney’s gun gaffes, and the illegals who take care Read more…
This is a deal breaker for me: “A merit-based system for allocating green cards may sound good for business,” said Mr. Hoffman, who is co-chairman of Compete America, a coalition of technology companies. “But after reviewing the proposal, we have concluded that it is the wrong approach and will not Read more…
Hugh Hewitt says: If Senator Kyl comes forward with a half dozen revisions which the GOP will insist on, including construction of the entire fence and additional barriers that were authorized last year’s law prior to the beginning of the “paperwork period” [his emphasis] for regularization … that citizenship is Read more…
John from Powerline says: JOHN adds: As I wrote last night, I think the immigration bill is dead on arrival. This morning’s Washington Times contains a pessimistic evaluation of the compromise’s prospects, titled "Illegals Deal Alienates Everyone." It includes this quote from Congressman Mike Pence: I don’t believe the Senate Read more…