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November 23, 2009 New 2008 FBI "Hate Crime" Data Reflects Positive Trends in "Anti-Hispanic" Incidents Shredded SPLC Credibility in the Tank The Federal Bureau of Investigation just released its "2008 Hate Crime Report." It is interesting to note that Anti-Hispanic crimes showed a significant drop for 2008 compared to the same data in 2007. This trend is positive and reflects an increase in public understanding and community cohesion. Specifically, the FBI 2008 hate crime statistics highlighted the following:
Curiously, there is no mention of these positive trends by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Sadly for the nattering bigots holed up in their Montgomery (AL) bunker, these positive trends again shred the SPLC's credibility and its absurd contention that the immigration debate was driving an increase in anti-Latino hate crimes - an assertion that had no basis in fact from the start.
High Unemployment Will Make "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" Very Tough With unemployment up over ten percent, even Democrats on Capitol Hill are realizing that passing mass amnesty for over 12 million illegal aliens will be very tough over the next year. The nation's unemployment rate was 4.5 percent when legislation sponsored by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) in 2007 stalemated in the Senate. At the end of last month, 22 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and dozens of metropolitan areas had average unemployment rates above 9 percent. Michigan's rate is above 15 percent. California's is 12.2 percent. Even Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Congress' biggest proponent of amnesty, admitted that "Each bill is reflective of a time. And with unemployment over 10 percent I think we need to have language that is very carefully tailored." Read the full story in today's The Hill.
Going Back Home is the Responsible Thing to Do In an opinion article published over the weekend, Ruben Navarrette, Jr., says that given recent statistics showing money flowing north to support unemployed illegal immigrants, there is no better time for those here illegally to go back home.
Economic Recession and Amnesty Don't Mix The White House is starting its push for amnesty of the more than 12 million illegal aliens in the United States citing improvement in border security and in enforcement measures against employers hiring illegal immigrants. However, it is hard to argue against the fact that this country is still in the midst of a deep economic recession and that our current employment environment is most likely the main cause of the current immigration pattern. This article by the Brookings Institute in the Gov Monitor gives three big reasons why we are seeing lower immigration patterns.
Napolitano Does the Washington Two-Step Dance How things change once a politician enters the Washington "Twilight Zone." As governor of Arizona in 2007, Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano signed one of the nation's toughest state immigration laws, the Legal Arizona Workers Act, which imposed harsh penalties on businesses that knowingly employed undocumented workers. However, now that she is the nation's top internal security cop, she is likely to reflect the position the President took as a candidate, supporting "comprehensive immigration reform so local communities do not continue to take matters into their own hands." This article in today's LA Times looks at how Sec. Napolitano is trying to play the political game since coming to Washington.
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