Carlos Padilla - Leadership on Immigration Reform
Carlos Padilla has been a leader in the immigration reform move- ment since 2009. He co-founded the Washington Dream Act Coalition, which successfully pushed...
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Ronald N. Langston 12:04 a.m. CST February 23, 2015
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Everyone across the political spectrum agrees that the U.S. immigration policy is broken. The long march to the White House has begun. Beginning in Iowa, the presidential caucus provides Iowans with a historically unique opportunity to directly interact and challenge prospective presidential candidates on issues important to Iowa and the nation.
Now is the time for Iowa to focus the nations attention on immigration reform. Now is the time for American action. Now is the time for leadership. The recent introduction and location of global champions Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and others to Iowa are transforming the state into an emerging, major competitive global leader in high skilled, adaptive, and innovative service technologies.
A significant challenge for the Iowa presidential caucus process is whether Iowans will take seriously their critical role to clarify the choice on which candidate is the responsible adult in the room. Who will best demonstrate the moral responsibility to be intelligent, and who will exhibit the skill and courage to address the challenges facing Iowa, the nation, and the world?
The outcome of immigration reform will directly impact Iowas emergence as a technology state. In a recent Washington Examiner article, Republican leaders throughout the state made it clear there is no single opinion on this issue in Iowa. Our state and the nation need a leader to create a path forward, to secure the borders, and protect our economic interests.
It is unacceptable to ignore the business case reality of the impact that immigration has on the future economic growth of the nation. The talent found within the individuals coming to America is valuable and must continue to be harnessed by American businesses and entrepreneurs. Immigrants have been responsible for increasing the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by nearly $37 billion each year. Likewise, immigrant students contribute to the economy as they spend nearly $21.8 billion in tuition and living expenses annually. In fact, immigrant entrepreneurs play a large role in our nations entrepreneurial economy and we must embrace them in order to continue being a competitive global leader. We cannot afford to lose the economic benefits provided by our nations immigrant population.
Thus far, credible, actionable solutions have not been offered. Potential candidates who claim to be anti-reform, often waxing on about amnesty or merely emphasizing border security, fail to address clearly the immigration divide and, by default, they wallow in the quicksand of the pro-deportation debate and the politics of fear.
It is not just Republicans who do not get it. President Obamas recent executive order is not a viable or sustainable response, and U.S. Senate Democrats holding up critical Homeland Security legislation continue the stalemate in Congress. Ultimately, we need a comprehensive immigration plan to provide a permanent legislative solution to a national crisis. Otherwise, we risk America becoming the No. 1 exporter of both highly skilled workers and technology jobs to Canada, China, India and Europe.
Let us ask now for solutions not rhetoric. Let us take this opportunity to inspire a spirited debate on immigration reform. Let us remind those coming to this great state that the American mission should not be a dream deferred for those who are seeking freedom and security.
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"The First Amendment" Those Who Fear Lyric Video
I wanted to crank up the heat with this video to showcase the message and aggression behind Those Who Fear. As always, I do not claim the music as my own. If...
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BOSTON -- The Sun and its staff were honored with 10 awards, including four first-place awards, by the New England Newspaper and Press Association on Saturday night.
The awards were presented at the annual NENPA banquet at the Boston Seaport Hotel.
Judges from across the country pored over more than 3,000 entries in the New England Better Newspaper Contest, the region's largest writing, photography and multimedia contest. The Sun is in the highly competitive class of newspapers with a circulation of 30,000 or more.
The award winners are:
* Business/Economic Reporting, first place: Grant Welker, for his continuing coverage of the Market Basket family feud.
* Spot News Story, first place: Given to John Collins, Hiroko Sato, former staffers Lyle Moran and Rick Sobey, and summer intern Andy Mal, for their coverage of a July fire on Branch Street in Lowell that killed seven people.
* Right to know, first place: For a series of stories and editorials on the public's right to know and First Amendment issues. The Sun's entry included coverage of the Brame case, a fatal accident involving a Westford police officer, a secret payment given to a retiring Westford fire chief, and both stories and editorials about government limiting access to public meetings and records.
* Humor Columnist, first place: Given to Dan Phelps, for columns on Nashua schools banning tag and on the Dracut political scene.
* Crime and Courts Reporting, second place: Enterprise Editor Christopher Scott, reporters Rob Mills, Grant Welker and Lisa Redmond, and Moran, for wall-to-wall coverage of the death of Alyssa Brame in a Lowell cellblock.
* Editorial Writing, second place: Sun Editor Jim Campanini
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Hillary clinton exposed - not good
Mujahideen? Go fuck your selfs.
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