Immigrants Drive Prison Profits
By Tom Barry
Immigrants are behind one of America’s fastest growing, most profitable industries. That shouldn’t come as a surprise. Immigrants have always been a core factor in U.S. economic development. Mining, railroads, agribusiness, and, recently, construction have been among the many U.S. industries that historically been driven by an abundant supply of immigrants. But now, when the [...]
Read more →Obama and Post-election Immigration Policy, Ecuador’s Illegitimate Debt
By CIP Americas
This Week in the Americas Obama and the Minority Majority By Laura Carlsen The election of Barack Obama as the nation’s first African-American has been heralded as proof that the United States has finally broken through the racial barrier. The image springs to mind of recalcitrant whites at last convinced to see beyond skin color [...]
Read more →Expect “Rule of Law” to Rule Immigration Policy
By Tom Barry
What does the likely nomination of Gov. Janet Napolitano as head of the Department of Homeland Security signal for immigration policy? The hopeful interpretation by immigrant advocacy organizations is that Napolitano’s appointment, along with the new immigration task force in the transition team, are signs that immigration reform will be a priority for the Obama [...]
Read more →Ecuador Seeks Non-payment of Illegitimate Foreign Debt
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced on Nov. 20 that his government "will seek to not pay the illegitimate, corrupt, and illegal foreign debt," while at the same time demanding sanctions for those guilty of a series of irregularities in the accumulation of the Ecuadorian foreign debt. He said that "its weight should be transferred in [...]
Read more →Latinos for Latinos
By Tom Barry
Identity politics get results in terms of the increased presence of the groups being promoted. But the election of an African-American president may signal that it’s time to leave identity politics behind when it comes to governance and embrace the politics of the common good. Every four years Latino groups come together to demand that [...]
Read more →Anti-Immigration Forces Ready to Challenge Obama
By Tom Barry
Editor’s note: This is the third article in a three-part series on the post-election debate on immigration reform. The first part is Both Sides of Immigration Debate Retrench, the second is Identity Politics and the Latino Payback on Immigration. While pro-immigration groups are hailing the Obama victory and the Latino turnout as a victory for [...]
Read more →Identity Politics and the Latino Payback on Immigration
By Tom Barry
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a three-part series on the post-election debate on immigration reform. The first part is Both Sides of Immigration Debate Retrench, and the third is Anti-Immigration Forces Ready to Challenge Obama. Over the past several years, pro-immigrant groups, Latino organizations, and Democratic Party-linked institutes in Washington have been [...]
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