The Immigration Dilemma

Texas Observer by Jon Roberts | Jul. 16, 2010 (Opinion)

Conservatives should support more open borders, not fences.

If we could secure the border against Mexican workers, it would still have no effect on the drug cartels. They are too powerful and too sinister to be stopped by fences or by National Guard patrols. Why? Because their influence stretches deep into the U.S. One need only think about the failures of Prohibition to understand that this is a war we will lose. There is a solution here as well, but this is a topic for another time. Full Story »

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by Jon Mitchell - Jul. 28, 2010

Roberts makes a rational case and strikes a good balance between Texas-specific and national points.

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by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 20, 2010

Quite simplistic. Unthinkingly parrots the pro-H-1B dogma, though he attacks some other right wing tenets.

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by Kristin Gorski - Jul. 28, 2010

Presents "the immigration dilemma" from a Texas perspective. Solid insights into how state government in border states can take a lead in working with the complicated realities of this issue. At times, the piece attempts to take on too many issues, and this dilutes its clarity.

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by Kaizar Campwala - Jul. 28, 2010

Using the example of Texas, Roberts challenges some assumptions about illegal immigration, and proposes broad policy directives for reform.

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by Fabrice Florin - Jul. 28, 2010

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Immigration reform should include guest worker program

Sentinel.com | Jul. 28, 2010 (Editorial)

Sure, foreign guest worker provisions should be reviewed under a comprehensive overhaul of our antiquated immigration laws. And, yes, employers should have to prove they can't ...

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