Headlines and links from all over (5/12/2006 – 5/14/2006)
5/14/2006 (Afternoon Update)
Bush sees National Guard as stopgap on Mexico border
Economic Impact of Immigrants Unclear
Frist: Guard troops the best short-term border fix
Environmentalists Split On Immigration
Backlog At Borders, Cracks in The System
Looney-tune Chavez New Latin King
Unions Disagree on Guest-Worker Program’s Merits
Border Patrol Finds Fifth Stash House in Two Weeks
Democrats to Attack Right Flank on Immigration
Mexican Gov’t “Refused to Say” Where Info Comes From
5/14/2006 (pre-dawn update)
Is Bush overreaching his constitutional authority?
Border Security Plan Worries Texas Town
Tancredo, On Putting Troops at the Border
Bush Weighs Deploying Guard to U.S. Border
5/13/2006
Bush Weighs Deploying Guard to U.S. Border
Experts Debate Bush’s Use of His Powers
Guzzardi’s Letter to Atlanta Journal Constitution
Opposition grows to US-Canada border passport plan
More Discussion of Troops on The Border
A Grand Unified Theory of Immigration
Tom Wolfe on Latin American Pride
May 27th Fence Groundbreaking in Arizona
Hizballah’s Presence in the United States
MCDC Report on Troops at the Border
Doing the Work Americans Won’t Do
Schwarzenegger: Guard on Border ‘Not Right Way to Go’
Weekend Roundup May 13th 2006 (Excerpt below)
Bush Considering Troops to Mexican Border
Schwarzenegger Has Begun To Officially Blither
5/12/2006
CSM on Immigration and Environmentalism
Bush’s Upcoming Speech on Illegal Immigration
Bush’s Monday Immigration Speech
Pentagon weighs border deployment
Well There’s Yer Problem, Mac!
President to address nation on immigration
Border Patrol: Immigrants Raped, Robbed by Bandits
Survey: Bribes still a way of life in Mexico
Crack U.S. Unit Duels with Mexico Drug Tunnelers
Senators agree on ‘amnesty’ proposal
U.S. May Expand Fences on Mexico Border
Border Plan has Radar, Guard Funds
Illegal Aliens found Hiding in Water Truck
A Fifth Column Candidate, Maybe
Official: Agency does not tip Mexico to location of watch groups
Pentagon exploring ways to use the military for border security
When Libertarians Go Off the Tracks
Bush Plans Immigration Speech as Debate Heats Up
Minutemen, Protesters Square Off at Capitol
Tony Snow: dangerously incompetent?
Drudge: Bush Plans National Guard on Border?
Will The CINOs Give Bush Credit For This?
Leaders Hail Intimate Ties between Europe, Latin America
President Bush to address the nation on immigration
Pentagon May Help Secure Border
Congressmen Want Investigation of Border Patrol Info Sharing
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Excerpt from the Weekend Roundup, May 13, 2006:
Still think this isn’t a big deal? According to the 2000 census, the figure of 60 million brand new residents is equivalent to the entire current state populations of the following states:
Alabama – 4,351,999
Alaska – 614,010
Arizona – 4,668,631
Arkansas – 2,538,303
Colorado – 3,970,971
Connecticut – 3,274,069
Delaware – 743,603
Hawaii – 1,193,001
Idaho – 1,228,684
Iowa – 2,862,447
Kansas – 2,629,067
Kentucky – 3,936,499
Maine – 1,244,250
Maryland – 5,134,808
Mississippi – 2,752,092
Missouri – 5,438,559
Montana – 880,453
Nebraska – 1,662,719
Nevada – 1,746,898
New Hampshire – 1,185,048
New Mexico – 1,736,931
North Dakota – 638,244
South Dakota – 738,171
Vermont – 590,883
District of Columbia – 523,124TOTAL
56.3 Million
Wait, that is only 56 million, I guess we can throw in the state of Wisconsin too.
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