Mokhtar Tabet dislikes living in Britain rather a lot it seems: He said: “The council evicted me from my home in September and moved me to Streatham, which I don’t like. “The new place is small, and the kitchen closes at 9pm, so I can’t have anything to eat late at night. They have taken…
Category: Immigration
No Licenses for NY Illegals
Say goodbye to New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s plan to issue state-approved driver’s licenses to illegal aliens: Officials familiar with the decision told The Associated Press Tuesday night that Spitzer is due to meet Wednesday morning with New York’s congressional delegation, many of whom have openly opposed the program. … The governor’s office signaled to…
Fox, Navarette on Illegal Immigration
Ruben Navarrette says that Americans cannot blame immigration on Mexico and that country’s economic policies. Oh, it’s true that the United States is a country of immigrants. But in this case, what matters is that this also happens to be a country full of people who hire illegal immigrants. There is only one reason why…
Legal Immigration Dysfunction
The illegal immigration problem is out of control in the U.S. That’s not news. What may not be so obvious is that the legal immigration process is nearly as bad off. Delays – often they go on for years – are common for immigrants this country should be falling all over itself to bring in. …
Vancouver Muslims Smoke, Canucks Don’t
Mark Steyn writes that a proposed city bylaw in Vancouver, Canada would exempt Muslim "hookah lounges" from the no-smoking ordinance: In Vancouver, infidels can’t smoke but Muslims can: Vancouver’s hookah-parlour owners are celebrating after winning an exemption Thursday from a proposed new bylaw that will ban smoking on most sidewalks in commercial districts, in bus…
Who do we like in ’08?
Hispanics and the GOP
Let’s face it: Republicans have never (which politically speaking means “within recent memory”) been popular with Hispanic voters. The Houston Chronicle says that the GOP’s latest losses have been self-inflicted, brought on by their recent initiatives to reform immigration policy. Lionel Sosa has been a proud Republican for years. He produced campaign commercials for the…
Calderon: Mexico Doesn’t End at Border
The Houston Chronicle reports that Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico, doesn’t seem to respect America’s right to manage her borders: President Felipe Calderon blasted U.S. immigration policies on Sunday and promised to fight harder to protect the rights of Mexicans in the U.S., saying “Mexico does not end at its borders.” The criticism earned Calderon…
Elvira Arellano, Martyr
I recently discussed the arrest of Elvira Arellano, the flamboyant illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church to avoid deportation and proceeded to attach U.S. immigration policy from her sanctuary. One commenter to that post noted that he wasn’t all worked up about illegal immigration. But I can’t understand the attitude that condones…
Elvira Arellano Arrested
Elvira Arellano, perhaps America’s most famous illegal immigrant, was arrested earlier today in Los Angeles. Arellano had been holed up in a Chicago church for nearly all of the past year after defying the Homeland Security Department’s deportation order and fleeing to Adalberto United Methodist Church instead. Since then Arellano has been a vocal public…