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Bedfellows along the border

Tell me something. Does this sound familiar to you?
[…] to combat a terrorist infiltration at the border, a tsunami of migrants and an unprecedented crime wave by drug smugglers, thieves, rapists, human traffickers and murderers who cross our frontier at will,”
Does it have, perhaps, just the slightest bit of commonality with this:
[…] there is a […]

What’s missing from the illegal immigration solutions

For purposes of this post, Polimom wants to focus on Mexico.
No matter how many ways I look at the illegal immigration issues, and the House v. Senate approaches, I can’t help feeling we’re missing the boat.
For any solution to be considered comprehensive, it must answer why people are so determined to come here.
Folks have, of […]

Lo siento

The other day at the pool, while watching our daughters practice for a swim meet, Polimom talked with another mother — a mom I met last year when our kids became friends.
Our daughters swim the same heats in the same events, and so this other mom and I spend a lot of time together.. just […]

Electronic eyes and “al-Qaida countries”

The Texas Republican Convention opened today, and Polimom’s unsurprised to learn that illegal immigration and border security are sizzling-hot topics (Houston Chronicle).
SAN ANTONIO - Irked by what he called federal “inaction” on border security, Gov. Rick Perry unveiled state plans to install hundreds of video surveillance cameras along the Rio Grande to allow anyone with […]

The broken SS system and immigration reform

Folks, I just posted this as part of a comment on yesterday afternoon’s post about the immigration bill:
And yes, many of the folks coming across our southern border are uneducated and appallingly poor. Anything we manage to put together in terms of long-term plans (including partial integration) is really an investment in their children. […]