In order to garner the votes of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and to shore up support for his proposed health insurance reform from the National Council of La Raza and other Hispanic groups, President Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute last week that he would make health insurance available to everyone who is legally in the United States and that he would work to legalize illegal aliens by passing comprehensive immigration reform (amnesty). Read more...

The New York Times, in an editorial page item on Sunday, describes the use of illegal workers in the ongoing upstate New York apple harvest from the point of view of a poetic apple farmer.

Exploitation of illegal workers, and the exclusion of unemployed legal residents from the harvest, is described thusly: "It was the usual harvest race, under constant threat of disruption from bad weather and the Border Patrol... Read more...

As President Obama makes the rounds of this Sunday's talks shows, he will record an interview for the Univision program "Al Punto," with Jorge Ramos. There will likely be an interesting discussion of the president's plans to reform both health care and immigration policy. Read more...

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1. Napolitano presses PASS ID Act
2. $1.2 grant to aid naturalization
3. Drug case complicated by sanctuary
4. NC comm colleges OK illegals
5. ACORN's budget probed in AZ Read more...

The very worst sliver of America's immigration policy, one that brought both worker exploitation and a population explosion to an outlying set of U.S.-controlled islands, comes to an end on November 28 after more than a decade of controversy. Read more...

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1. President reiterates promise
2. DHS chief holds projects
3. Baucus bill 'closes' loopholes
4. Activists voice doubts
5. ACLU wins detention suit Read more...

On "60 Minutes" last Sunday, President Obama said Rep. Joe Wilson's "You lie!" outburst was an example of the "coarsening of our political dialogue that I've been running against since I got into politics."

Last night's Univision newscast provided more intemperate outbursts for the president's consideration. They came in the form of condemnations of the "Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2009 Radio-thon" that wraps up today on Capitol Hill. Read more...

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1. Admin under fire for stance
2. Military seeks foreign recruits
3. Cases overwhelming courts
4. MA city welcomes USCIS branch
5. Radio hosts attack Obama Read more...

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1. Admin presses for E-Verify
2. USCIS suffering shortfall
3. Astronaut supports amnesty
4. CA judge clears sanctuary suit
5. Activists escalate debate Read more...

Most of the news media have worked overtime to deny that health reform legislation covers illegal aliens (it most definitely does). But there are a few exceptions — thank God! One is the Courier out in Iowa. The Waterloo, Iowa, news people actually looked at the bill, H.R. 3200. Read more...

By guaranteeing that illegal aliens will not be included in any health insurance reform, the President risks losing support of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and their allies in the House and Senate. Read more...

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1. Raids open jobs for workers
2. DHHS Sec. dubs issue a 'red herring'
3. Issue at stake in health care
4. U.S. denies Honduran leader visa
5. Seaborne smuggling on the rise Read more...

Two of the Center's staffers spoke on Lou Dobbs Tonight on September 10. View the web videos below to hear their comments. Read more...

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1. Health care debate issue
2. Rep's dissent helps opponent
3. Slate of hawks eye AZ
4. CA co. joins Sec. Comm.
5. Woman seeks reprieve Read more...

On 9/11, I was in Old Town Alexandria, Va., celebrating the first morning of my son entering preschool. It wasn't long before I noticed the cars coming south from the Pentagon, the smoke billowing into the air into clear blue skies, and the looks of fear and sadness on the faces of the drivers moving past me. Read more...

An irony within the immigration policy debate relates to the treatment of incarcerated illegal aliens.

Immigrant advocate groups complain that those being held prior to deportation are sometimes mistreated and sometimes have inadequate medical care.

The irony is that if the immigrant advocate groups had not campaigned so successfully for so much due process for those in the deportation process there would be far fewer detained aliens to worry about in the first place. Read more...

Watching President Obama's health care speech before Congress Wednesday night, I was reminded of another President's words.

As the President flatly asserted that illegal aliens are definitely not covered in health reform, I thought of Ronald Reagan's jovial rejoinder when Jimmy Carter played fast and loose with the facts: "There you go again."

President Obama lashed at the work many have done over the past several weeks to examine actual legislation and speak the truth about it. His parrying included this visceral jab: Read more...

The role of immigration as the leading source of population growth is a divisive issue among U.S. environmentalists. The Sierra Club, which once called for immigration policies aimed at stabilizing the population, has backed away from the issue. Others (see here, for instance) make the case that curtailment of immigration is essential to efforts to safeguard the environment. Read more...

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1. Contractors to use E-Verify
2. Imm. judges struggling
3. Sen. Martinez departs
4. Report: better record keeping
5. Boycott worries activists Read more...

The Economist's website is hosting a "debate" on the following proposition: "This house believes there is too much international migration." Arguing against the proposition is one Dr. Danny Sriskandarajah, Director of the Royal Commonwealth Society, saying all the usual tranzi stuff. Read more...

Ann Corcoran over at Refugee Resettlement Watch points out that Refugees from Bhutan are the third-largest group of refugees resettled so far this year in the U.S. The perversity of this policy is clear when you learn that they're ethnic Nepalese kicked out by the Bhutanese government and living in refugee camps in — Nepal! Read more...

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1. CIS report warns $30b deficit
2. Feds requiring verification
3. Border traffic down
4. SBI project extends contract
5. BP increasingly attacked Read more...

Elected officials in Mexico often buy radio and TV time or use the Internet to distribute spots in which they describe their efforts to build a better future for their people. President Felipe Calderon has been particularly active with such efforts, including one on education that was released at the end of August and is posted on Youtube here. Read more...

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1. Contractor verification begins
2. Labor Dept to focus on wages
3. Labor Day gives rise to protests
4. Activists urge Census boycott
5. Ethnic press thrives in CA Read more...

The story Astronaut Jose Hernandez, the flight engineer on the Space Shuttle Discovery's ongoing mission, is being told two ways in Mexico: one of pride in the accomplishments of the son of poor immigrants and one of pain because of the lack of opportunities in Mexico. Read more...

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1. NJ AG warns against profiling
2. NJ mayor dismisses AG's concerns
3. AZ co. crime, illegal entry down
4. Miami leaders crafting stance
5. VA ACLU challenges ordinance Read more...

In today's Wall Street Journal:

Food Aid Grows in California's Agricultural Heart

SELMA, Calif. — The combined punch of drought, water restrictions and recession has created an ironic situation in California's Central Valley: Officials are handing out tons of food in the heart of one of the nation's most productive agricultural regions. ...

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1. GAO report criticizes USBP
2. HI ordered to continue care
3. Court to revisit case
4. Report alleges bias in NY
5. NC town hall to address issue Read more...

From a reader:

Interesting thing…the White House dedicated a whole website to debunking healthcare myths. They must finally realize that their claims that illegal immigrants won't be covered are untrue…because I can't find a single word about illegal immigrants on their page.

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1. USBP: Remote base camp helps
2. Panel: E-Verify for public housing
3. GAO critical of BP reporting
4. MA cuts health care benefits
5. Scam leads to alleged murder Read more...