Friday, June 13, 2008

Mickey Kaus wonders about some of the electoral consequences of immigration "reform":

P.P.S.: According to The Hill, "Hispanic Democratic lawmakers" are warning:

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) must commit to helping illegal immigrants achieve citizenship or else risk losing the vital Latino vote in the general election ... [E.A.]

I thought the party line after the California primary was that it was a mistake to assume that Latino voters cared only about legalization. It seems to be practically all Latino politicians in Congress care about, though. ...

He also mentions a study exploring the ways in which multiple immigration amnesties in Spain may have lead to increased "illegal immigration."

SCOTUSblog has a number of posts on the Supreme Court's Boumediene v. Bush ruling. So does Volokh. Just keep scrolling...
An immigration-enforcement law is expanding its reach in Georgia.

Monday, June 9, 2008

President Bush signs an executive order requiring contractors with the federal government to check the legal status of their employees.