Election 2006: Will Worse Be Better For Immigration Reform Patriots?

By Steve Sailer
October 30th, 2006

Over the last twelve months, the patriotic immigration reform movement has shocked the Establishment—defeating a disastrous plan to import 66 million more unskilled immigrants that was backed by the President, the Senate, virtually the entire Mainstream Media, most of the corporate interests, as well as the ethnic lobbies.

We’ve even forced the Senate to pass and Mr. Bush to sign, grudgingly, a bill authorizing a 700-mile border fence…leaving a mere 1,252 miles unfenced. And that’s if the Bush Administration doesn’t sabotage the fence, which is a big If. But, hey, you’ve got to start somewhere.

(By the way, the video clip of the President signing the fence law is pretty funny. As Mickey Kaus blogged in Slate.com:

“Am I crazy, or does he seem not very happy doing it? He slaps down his pen in I-hope-that-keeps-you-happy fashion and gets out of there fast. …”

You can fast forward to the 1:00 mark of the clip to watch Mr. Bush affix his signature and then practically slam his pen through the top of his desk.)

Nevertheless, for structural reasons, the political environment for patriotic immigration reform is likely to get worse before it gets better. (…. Full Article Here)

Ottawa Rules Out Amnesty for 200,000 Illegal Workers
Construction industry hit hard by decision

By Marina Jimenez
October 28th, 2006

Ottawa has ruled out amnesty for the estimated 200,000 undocumented workers toiling in Canada’s underground economy, saying it would not be fair to those who have applied legally and are waiting in line, according to a letter obtained by The Globe and Mail.

Allowing illegal workers to stay would likely “encourage more illegal immigration,” noted Linda Arseneau of Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s ministerial enquiries division in an Oct. 18 letter to the Universal Workers Union.

“Even a small increase in the number who decide to come here and stay here illegally based on the hope of regularization would simply recreate the very problem the proposal is supposed to fix,” the letter says.

The decision is a bitter disappointment to Portuguese and Hispanic groups, home-builder associations and unions in Ontario that have lobbied CIC to allow undocumented workers in the construction industry to regularize their status. (…. Full Article Here)

 
 
Helpful Immigration Links:

http://profiles.numbersusa.com/
http://capwiz.com/aic/home/
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/featuredraces.html