Immigration

==Background==
* More than 11 million illegal aliens currently in the United States. That's roughly the entire population of Ohio.
* Lawlessness along our southern border is out of control.
* Immigration is a topic that is sure to play a big role in the 2006 general election.
** Some politicians are willing to throw a few meatless bones in the direction of border security and enforcement for votes. Likewise, amnesty will reap political advantage among Hispanics.
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* Planks about immigration from Mark Rauterkus
* Dr. Keyes' response to President Bush on immigration
* Immigration-plank-Goldwater of AZ that called for forced labor camps
* Immigration-plank-American_Conservative_Union, email blast in September 2007
===Coverage===
* Santorum, Casey spar over immigration bill, Border divides Senate race, June 24, 2006 by James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- In a speech and in new television ads, U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum portrayed himself as a champion of strong borders yesterday while his challenger, Democratic state Treasurer Bob Casey, accused the incumbent of 'demagoguing the immigration issue." ...''
* Swann advocates 'common sense' in language debate The Morning Call Online, Speaking in King of Prussia, Swann says everyone deserves access to information.
==Op-Ed==
* Forum: The Bible is unabashedly pro-immigrant -- Jerry Bowyer has no patience for fellow conservatives who claim Christian principles, but take a hard line against immigration, June 25, 2006
* Immigration is no joke, from Zogby site in November, 2006
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==Links==
* Worker database
===Media===
* Asian influence molds old steel town as seen in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review from the A.P., November, 2006, The number of immigrants coming to the Pittsburgh region is relatively small compared with other American cities. Asians make up 1.3 percent of the Pittsburgh metropolitan region's 2.3 million population, according to Chris Briem, an economist at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Social and Urban Research. But, according to the Census, about half of the 25,000 immigrants who came to the Pittsburgh region in the 1990s were Asian.
==Insights==
===Is illegal immigration a serious problem? Does it justify the cost and lost rights necessary to keep people out?===
* 20.8% Illegal immigration is a serious problem. Institute a national ID for everyone.
* 38.5% Illegal immigration is a serious problem, but the solution is more border patrol and/or use of the military to guard the borders better.
* 13.2% Keep the current system more or less.
* 11.6% Keep the immigration quotas but keep our Constitutional rights also. Eliminate the proof of legal residency requirement to get a job.
* 16.0% Immigrants are a blessing to this country. Open the gates! Just require that they pay their own way.
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