Change: For the first time since Depression, more Mexicans leave U.S. than enter

The border isn’t any stronger, folks. So what does this really mean? Oh: our economy is that bad. What an accomplishment! From the clueless WaPo: According to the report, the Mexican-born population, which had been increasing since 1970, peaked at 12.6 million in 2007 and has dropped to 12 million since then. The reversal appears [...]

“Illegal immigration: For the sake of the children”

That’s the headline of the article at the LA Times. No joke. Is there anything that can’t be rationalized with the argument but it’s for the children? Apparently not: This is what I learned in Mexico: that parents will make any sacrifice for their children. Why do so many come across the border illegally? If you [...]

Romney’s “crowning achievement” more than a blueprint for Obamacare

Who will repeal Obamacare? The one whose state mandate to purchase insurance provided Obama administration hacks not only the blueprint but also worked for Obama to get ‘er done? From  NBC: “The White House wanted to lean a lot on what we’d done in Massachusetts,” said Jon Gruber, an MIT economist who advised the Romney [...]

The exodus of illegals from Alabama

From the AP: Hispanic students have started vanishing from Alabama public schools in the wake of a court ruling that upheld the state’s tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration. Education officials say scores of immigrant families have withdrawn their children from classes or kept them home this week, afraid that sending the kids [...]

“Our taxes are too high, our schools don’t educate our children well enough, unions and other special interests have more clout in the Legislature than the general public”

So argues Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone, in explaining why he proposed his county and 13 others in Southern California secede from the state. More: Stone said in a statement late Thursday that Riverside, Imperial, San Diego, Orange, San Bernardino, Kings, Kern, Fresno, Tulare, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa and Mono counties should form the new state [...]

Tuesday Laundry

The Other McCain has the latest on the fanatic Lutheran who stormed the cockpit of American Airlines Flight 1561 screaming “Praise Jesus!”  GatorDoug thinks he was a Methodist. As a Catholic, I just lump ‘em all together as “Protestant.” Pundette: Obama heads to Texas to poke a stick in a hornet’s nest. Can you agree and [...]

Arizona building its own border fence? You betcha.

Wow! Can you spare $10 for a good cause? Via AP:  Arizona lawmakers want more fence along the border with Mexico — whether the federal government thinks it’s necessary or not. They’ve got a plan that could get a project started using online donations and prison labor. If they get enough money, all they would [...]

Good news from the border: mission complete!

No, they can’t catch smugglers of humans, but they can sieze those pesky chocolate eggs! Mark Steyn on his hazardous trip across the border with kids in tow: I am looking this bright Easter morn at a Department of Homeland Security “Custody Receipt for Seized Property and Evidence”. Late last night, crossing the Quebec/Vermont border, my [...]

That’s not the lesson you should have learned

Noor al-Maliki was a beautiful young American girl, except her parents didn’t want her to be. They wanted her to behave as if the family were still in Iraq, where she wouldn’t have access to jeans or boys.  So her father killed her. It’s all about honor, you see. What strikes me most is the attitude among other immigrants: [...]

Who knew, eh? UPDATED.

Who knew the border fence–the one just cancelled by the Obami–actually worked? Mickey Kaus via Instapundit: Here’s news, if you define “news” as something unexpected: You know that expensive “virtual” border fence the Obama administration recently cancelled? It actually worked, acording to Janice Kephart of the Center for Immigration Studies. There were big problems with the prototype, [...]