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Archive for the 'immigration' Category

Illegal Immigration
Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Just as the House of Representatives seems incapable of understanding human incentives with respect to competition, the Senate does little to address incentives in illegal immigration.
There are several facets I’d like to address.
The sheltering of illegal immigrants by churches, be they Roman Catholic, Methodist, or otherwise, flies in the face of the authority given to [...]

UK Seeks to Deny Services to Illegals
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Illegal immigration is too big a drain for even the UK to handle. Reuters reports that Home Secretary John Reid, a member of the liberal Labor Party, is seeking to deny illegals access to work, benefits, and services.
Measures include a watch list of illegal immigrants to alert government agencies if someone applies for [...]

Fox News reports that a bipartisan bill would give $500 to each child born in California, which they can use to either build a nest egg for college, a down payment for a home, or a retirement account.
Under the bill, every child born in California after Jan. 1, 2008, would receive the money, regardless of [...]

Texas Part of NAFTA Corridor Plan Unveiled
Thursday, September 28th, 2006

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports (link dead) that TXDOT has released a 1600-page master plan for the Trans-Texas Corridor, The road (link dead) would roughly parallel I-35 from the Oklahoma-Texas border to San Antonio. The TTC will form the southern end of the NAFTA Corridor.
The project is a gold mine for anyone affiliated with Cintra [...]

Mexican Oil Supplies Down Also
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

I’m surprised I didn’t catch sooner, but the LA Times isn’t in my read list.
Before BP’s leaky situation in Alaska, the LA Times reported that the PEMEX Cantarell oil complex in Mexico will miss its target by 7%. In 2004 production was as high as 2.1 million bbls/day.
The company has done extensive maintenance [...]