That was awkward. When Stephen Colbert was invited to testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Security, it was bound to be an interesting moment for C-SPAN viewers. And Colbert didn't disappoint, offering up a spirited in-character attack on undocumented workers that was actually a sly attempt to undermine opponents of Read More
A study released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has found the key to America's economic recovery. There is a certain type of person who can provide our nation with a boost to employment, efficiency and investment. There's just one catch. That type of person wasn't born here.
The San Francisco Fed compared states with different Read More
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New York Post: The first great big summer blockbuster is here! And though this morning is a little springy for it, Lou Lumenick was getting pretty Read More
ALBANY—After
In Hyde Park on Monday, Gillibrand was asked about the subject as it related to agriculture in the Hudson Valley. She replied:
"My view has always been that we need to right-size immigration," she said. "We need to have the right number of visas to accommodate the right number of workers, particularly for Read More
Tuesday morning the pageant of democracy began in earnest. At 6:15am on West 120th street off Morningside Drive, I stood with my neighbors in the longest polling line I have seen in more than two decades of voting on the Upper West Side. Reading about the death of Barak Obama’s grandmother as I waited in Read More
McCain and his conservative critics learned different lessons from the ill-fated attempt in 2007 to create a comprehensive immigration reform scheme. Conservative opponents of immigration reform interpreted Read More
John McCain has been steadily rising in the polls for many weeks. But today, it looks like he may be on the verge of losing California--even though just one week ago he led the state. Here are a few points that could help make sense out the Golden State Republican primary.
1) Immigration. A Field Read More
The Caucus points out that Giuliani expressed the opposite opinion in 1994. Which is true.
But in a speech given much more recently, in Read More
He did not hold a press conference with the candidate, and he didn’t visit the district to campaign. Read More
A local Queens newspaper, the Queens Courier, has a rather over-the-top editorial today opposing Eliot Spitzer’s plan to allow illegal immigrants to obtain a New York State driver’s license. But they do raise one interesting point in their protest: “The bad news here is that his change of policy does not Read More
During Rudy Giuliani's campaign sweep through New Hampshire this week, he found generally receptive, if sedate, audiences as he talked about national security and the economy in town-hall-style meetings, or baked beans and baseball at a roadside grocery.
But at one point, at least, I saw Giuliani show a side of his personality perhaps Read More
Here's John Delgado, the business manager for Local 79 of the Construction and General Building Laborers, on the City Hall steps earlier today criticizing the immigration bill in Congress -- and the immigrant members of Congress who are supporting it.“Shame on those people in Washington,” Delgado said. “And you know what, funny part is, some Read More
