Couldn’t Help But Notice (121306)
France Does Something about Illegal Immigration. Will We? First, deportations, something we seem to lack the nerve to do enough of:
France will have repatriated some 24,000 illegal immigrants by the end of 2006 — a 20 percent increase on 2005, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday.
Second, they’ve implemented an idea that would make the Wall Street Journal open-borders cheerleaders apoplectic:
Under a government decree published over the weekend, businesses that employ illegal immigrants will be obliged to contribute to the costs of their expulsion.
One Nevada town, Pahrump, has actually come up with two potentially meaningful responses (here and here; HT Interested-Participant). Remember that states and cities would not be resorting to these measures if the Federal Government was doing its job.
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Memo to Joe Farah at WorldNetDaily: Getting Chuck Norris as a commentator — Good. Getting this guy, not so much. (/understatement)
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The top three jailers of journalists in 2006 (HT USA Today) are China (31), Cuba (24), and Bob McEwen’s person fave, Eritrea (23), where “the government has refused to provide basic facts about the journalists’ whereabouts, their health, or whether they are still alive.”
And yes, this is relevant because there are some who seem to believe that Ol’ Bob’s gone native. Doubtful — After a brief absence during Ohio’s Second District Primary earlier this year, Mr. McMercenary’s picture and bio have returned to the relatively new-domain-named web site of the Washington lobbying firm (Advantage Associates) he would seldom, if ever, name during either of his campaigns.
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I’m not believing that I’m reading this from former Clinton Administration Press Secretary Mike McCurry. Go there and make sure it wasn’t a prank. If it’s still there, it’s a triple jaw-dropper. Oh, to have a full transcript.
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800,000 student, alumni, and other records exposed. For over a year. Wow.
