By CHRIS POWELL Whether the fatal shootings of Rene Good and Alex Pretti by immigration agents in Minneapolis were justified or excusable can be determined only by independent investigation, which, unfortunately, the Trump administration seems unlikely to permit. Secret payments are corrupt even when UConn teams win Medicaid could be reduced; and deliver the voterContinue reading “Complete immigration reform is easy, and Democrats will reject it”
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Immigration law enforcement can succeed without cruelty
By CHRIS POWELL Democratic U.S. senators, led by Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal, the ranking minority member of the Senate’s Permanent Committee on Investigations, held a hearing at the Capitol the other day to publicize mistakes and misconduct by federal immigration agents, particularly their arrests of U.S. citizens and their excessive use of force. The testimony, asContinue reading “Immigration law enforcement can succeed without cruelty”
Hamden’s leaders come out in support of open borders
By CHRIS POWELL This month’s immigration raid at a car wash in Hamden in which seven or eight people were arrested sparked hysteria from Mayor Lauren Garrett, state legislators, municipal officials, and clergy. At a press conference they declared they don’t want immigration law enforced in town. ‘This is what democracy looks like’? God helpContinue reading “Hamden’s leaders come out in support of open borders”
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