06/23/2009 On Immigration, Bush and Obama Are No Different

In one extreme corner, we have the immigrant haters, with their never-ending list of excuses for denying some form of amnesty to foreigners living in this country without proper documents. And in the other corner, just as extreme, we have the ...

01/13/2009 Adios, Amigo?

President George W. Bush is going out the same way he came in: pretending to be compassionate with illegal immigrants while running an immigrant-bashing administration. With "amigos" such as Bush, immigrants don't need "enemigos&...

09/30/2008 Beating Around the Bush Bailout

With leaders such as Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, what's there to worry about? Did you see them in their highly anticipated first debate? Didn't you feel reassured that the nation's financial crisis soon will be in good hands? Not!...

08/14/2007 With Amigos Like Bush, Who Needs Enemigos?

When he first ran for president, George W. Bush wanted us to think he was a "compassionate conservative," the kind of leader who could be firm yet humane while fixing the nation's broken immigration system. But when members of his ...

03/13/2007 Bush Rediscovers the New World

Just when we thought Hugo Chavez had been given free rein to take over Latin America, President Bush suddenly remembered that there are 19 countries just south of the Mexican border. After neglecting Latin America for the past six years, and ........

02/06/2007 Bush Doesn't Practice What He Preaches

Since President Bush claims he wants to "resolve the status of the illegal immigrants who are already in our country, without animosity," you would think his administration would be putting the breaks on efforts to arrest and deport them. ...

01/30/2007 On Immigration Reform, There are Few True Leaders

Contrary to the wishful thinking of immigrant rights advocates who applauded President Bush's vague words on immigration reform during his State of the Union speech, I'm not impressed. He said he wants a guest workers' program and comprehensive...

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