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Obama Plan Would Save/Create 2.5 Million Jobs -- Much Cheaper IMMIGRATION MORATORIUM Would Save 2.5 Million Jobs

Updated: December 5th, 2008, 9:35 am

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  by  Roy Beck

Mr. Obama announced a plan costing hundreds of billions of dollars that he hopes will put 2.5 million Americans to work over the next 2 years. But current immigration and visa policies are on auto-pilot so that during those same 2 years the government would bring in at least 2.5 million MORE foreign workers, potentially using up all of Mr. Obama's new jobs! A moratorium on immigration would reap virtually the same benefits (saving 2.5 million jobs for Americans) but not cost even 1% what Mr. Obama is proposing.

Virginia Commission Indicates High-Immigration Ideologues Have No Shame -- Little Heart

Updated: December 2nd, 2008, 3:19 pm

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  by  Roy Beck

For proof that political sanity can be in short-supply when too many ideologues gather in one place, consider the Virginia Commission on Immigration's answer to the state's immigration problems and rapidly rising unemployment: (1) Mass amnesty for the illegal businesses and the illegal aliens they hire, and (2) Increase the importation of foreign workers!

Va. Panel on Immigration Steps Back From Hard Line

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Virginia, known for some of the nation's toughest policies on illegal immigration, appears to be abandoning its hard-line approach as state officials consider proposals to help foreign-born residents assimilate, including increasing the number of English classes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/23/AR2008112302477.html?hpid=moreheadlines

By Anita Kumar, Washington Post

READERS UPBRAID ME -- Napolitano Has Vehement Critics For Her Lack Of Vigorous Enforcement In Arizona

Updated: November 26th, 2008, 1:41 pm

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  by  Roy Beck

Many readers are "convicting" me for my lack of strong conviction in my blog yesterday that said Pres-Elect Obama could have done worse in choosing Arizona Gov. Napolitano to head up Homeland Security. Read some of their comments here, and I'm sure more to come at the bottom of this blog. There is no question that Napolitano established herself as the enemy of most Arizonans who wanted vigorous enforcement against illegal immigration.

Governor of Arizona Is in Line for Cabinet

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"My first thought is that Obama could do a lot worse," said Roy Beck, president of Numbers USA, a policy group in the Washington area, who went on to praise Ms. Napolitano’s law enforcement background while denouncing her support for a guest worker program as "amnesty." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/us/politics/21napolitano.html?_r=1&ref=us

Randal C. Archibold, New York Times, 20 November 2008

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