Immigration

Link: Subtopia: Orwellian Wormholes. An interesting and comprehensive post on the tunnels beneath the Arizona border and what happens in them. A great read with lots of interesting links to other resources on the subject.

Link: Foreign Affairs – Immigration Nation. It is not always apparent in the mainstream media what Americans really think about immigration. We see crosstabs on polling suggesting that immigration is the most important issue to voters by pluralities as much as 45%. It makes quite an impression when only 10-15% cite the war in Iraq. … Read more

Karl Reiner is a friend of this site and an active voice for a fact-based approach to the issue of immigration from Mexico, recently gave the following speech to the American Association of University Women in Green Valley. His remarks are reproduced here by permission. BlogForArizona published an exclusive essay by Karl in April of … Read more

Link: Sealing Our Border: Why it won’t work. This weekend the Arizona Daily Star introduced a four part series on the immigration issue. This is a timely topic for southern Arizona, coming as it does in the run-up to one of the top five most contentious Congressional races in the country. I have nothing but … Read more