June 2, 2007

Linda Chavez Doesn't Like Americans

This is Linda Chavez's latest column, which has cause a lot of discussion among the Republicans who were attacked:

NAFTA's Immigration Insanity reaches Common Dreams

Laura Carlsen writes at Common Dreams and Foreign Policy in Focus:

Economic integration under NAFTA has led to job loss and the erosion of job security and quality in the United States, while also increasing unemployment in Mexico. Over thirteen years, the model has confirmed, rather than reversed, Mexico’s status as the less-developed partner. The rise in immigration to the United States attests to the failure of NAFTA as a development mechanism.

Another Mexican Says Border Wall Would be an Opportunity For Mexico

As I've reported before, several Mexicans have had the temerity to suggest that if the U.S. got control of its border, it could be a good thing for Mexico. (See here and here.)

The most recent such pronouncement came from Ernesto Anaya Silva, in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.

Anaya is the regional president of COPARMEX, the prominent Mexican managers' organization.

Hillary Clinton destroys American Competiveness

Rachel Konrad writes at Associated Press:

The New York senator and Democratic presidential hopeful said she's trying to increase the number of so-called H1B visas aimed at highly educated workers. Silicon Valley companies use H1Bs to sponsor thousands of software engineers from Russia, India, China and other countries

Newcomers: Doing jobs establishment blogs won't do.

I keep track of which blogs link to VDARE.com. A heartening feature of the uproar over the Bush Amnesty/Immigration surge Bill is the large number of new blogs which have sprung up, seething with articulate rage and displaying an impeccable command of the subject.

A case in point is cheerful iconoclast, which raises a crucial question

Hal Netkin Recalculates "Fees" Aliens Must Pay For Amnesty; Tab Now Stands At $10,000. But Will It Be Paid?

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06/01/07 - A Texas Reader Tells About Jobs Americans "Will Do"

From: Hal Netkin: [e-mail him]

Media Bury Trailer-Park Killer Mom (Too Diverse for MSM)

A few days ago, TV cable news was blaring the shocking story of a Texas mother who hanged herself and her children. There were helicopter shots of the trailer-park crime scene, as another reprehensible mom story began to take shape. You know the sort -- monster mothers the press loves to hate, like Andrea Yates and Susan Smith.