All Posts Tagged With: "illegal immigrants"
In Defense of the Huddled Masses
In April Arizona attracted national attention when it enacted a strict anti-immigration law, SB1070, which authorizes police having “lawful contact” with a person who arouses “reasonable suspicion” that he is an illegal alien to make a “reasonable attempt . . . to determine the immigration status of the person.” The law is intended to make [...]
25Aug2010 | Aeon J. Skoble | 21 comments | ContinuedOpening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink its Borders and Immigration Law
In recent years there have been numerous highly publicized federal raids against companies that had violated the law by employing illegal aliens. The hapless people were deported and the companies slapped with stiff penalties. Generally, the reaction has been, “Well, it’s about time the government got tough!” For the most part, the strident voices of [...]
22Jan2009 | George C. Leef | 3 comments | ContinuedImmigrants: Your Country Needs Them
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1May2007 | FEE Admin | 0 comments | ContinuedAt the Intersection of the Minimum Wage and Illegal Immigration
Howard Baetjer is a lecturer in economics at Towson University. This question from a former student named Blake addresses the interaction of two hot political issues: “I remember in class that raising minimum wage is a bad thing to do. My question to you is, since illegal immigrants don’t get paid minimum wage most of [...]
1Mar2007 | Howard Baetjer Jr. | 6 comments | ContinuedRaising the Minimum Wage Will Discourage Migration? It Just Aint So!
In “Raise Wages, Not Walls,” an op-ed in the July 25 New York Times, Michael Dukakis and Daniel Mitchell make a proposal that is breathtaking in its misunderstanding of basic economics. After showing problems with the various congressional proposals to limit illegal immigration, they give their own solution: increase the minimum wage. They write, “If [...]
1Nov2006 | David R. Henderson | 2 comments | ContinuedHow Government Destroys Medical Care
News in August that Northridge Hospital Medical Center’s Sherman Way Campus, the San Fernando Valley’s oldest hospital, would be shutting its doors, was greeted by Los Angeles County residents with the same sense of resignation that has greeted other recently announced hospital closures. Another hospital or emergency room closing? What else is new? Earlier in [...]
1Feb2005 | Steven Greenhut | 0 comments | Continued-
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