Category: Immigration
Our Finest Hour (Not)
Chasing down maids and meatpackers will not go down as America’s finest moment. I commissioned these sketches back when I was active in the immigration movement.... Read More
Asylum Seekers
The two million people in Gaza sounds like a lot. But as a percent of the worlds population (approx ten billion) it amounts to 0.02%. Why don’t we allocate them among the countries who have expr... Read More
Gated Communities
“The United States is the world’s largest gated community” And like the Great Wall of China or Hadrian’s Wall in the UK it will ultimately fail. Tell me why I’m wrong.... Read More
A Diaspora
“The costs of migration are greatly eased by the presence in the host country of a diaspora from the country of origin.” Paul Collier in Exodus One of the reasons that the United States is so ... Read More
WWIT About: “Asylum Seekers”
WWIT is an Acronym for “What Was I Thinking.” “Asylum Seekers” are the new hole in the generally protectionist armor of our immigration policy. Judges have said and the administrat... Read More
Question of the Month
Why is it that when 8 million people a year move from one state to another within the USA it is no problem, but when a half million people a year move here from Mexico it is a big problem?... Read More
What a Great Country
“Americans are famous for their get up and go because all of us have ancestors who got up and came.”... Read More
Hamilton on Immigration
“Men are generally too much attached to their native country to leave it and dissolve all of their connexions, unless they are driven to it by necessity.” Alexander Hamilton as quoted by Ron Chern... Read More