Al Knight discusses immigration and it's effects on the U.S. economy (along with taking a couple of jabs at Governor Owens) in his column in today's Denver Post [November 16, 2005, "Owens' immigration stand is disappointing"]. From the article, "...the Center for Immigration Studies, which has just released a report on birth rates among immigrants in America. What that study shows is that immigrants (legal and illegal) plus the children born to these groups add some 2.3 million people to the United States each year, 'accounting for most of the nation's population increase.' It also shows that for most immigrant groups, especially Hispanics, the fertility rate is not only much higher than that of the native-born population, it is also higher than the fertility rates in their homelands. For Mexican immigrants, the rate is 3.5 children here compared to a rate of 2.4 children in Mexico. Keep in mind that the fertility rate for native-born women is 2. Education, or the lack of it, seems to play a very big role in current birth rates. The study shows that immigrants with less than a high school education have 3.3 children on average while those with a college education have just 1.9 children."
Tom Watson: "The terrible irony in this defense of torture by the Bush Administration is that these men came to power through the efforts of a coalition of Christians. And yet our western revulsion of torture -- the very reason all of our culture proscribes its use -- is a product of the central Christian story: the torture and death of Jesus Christ at the hands of a powerful, martial nation threatened by regional movements that nip at its heels and threaten its power." Thanks to The Moderate Voice for the link.
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
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