Nothing will get done on the border situation so long as the topic works for political fund raising and vilifying the other party; politicians benefit from chaos at the border so don't expect any real changes.
Comprehensive immigration reform may be the most neglected issue in American politics. The DACA kids were and are the tip of an iceberg which I suspect could be several times as big as the number officially registered. Undocumented people have been such a large part of our economy for so long that no one knows what will happen if and when another amnesty and registration comes along.
I had not thought about it seriously until an INS agent audited my cafeteria about 30 years ago. Much has changed since then but the reality of millions of undocumented workers integral to the US economy has only grown bigger. I posted a Facebook note about it some time ago.
When I asked the INS agent at the time I was audited what was going to happen with US immigration policy he tossed it aside and replied candidly “Oh, someone will write a new policy. There will be another amnesty like we had during the Reagan years and we’ll start all over again.” I had been terrified about being audited. I didn’t dare mention it to anyone til my appointment was over, not even my associate manager or my wife! But he seemed unconcerned about the future. For him this was just another day at work.
In this case the term is used to identify a couple of individuals whose identities are not public who "schemed" [conspired] with Sam Bankman-Fried to make the donations to individual candidates instead of political parties. The term "co-conspirator" infers two or more individuals involved with a conspiracy. Think co-pilot or co-owner.
Agreed but conspirator by definition is more than one. You can have a single pilot or a single owner. It is just one of the things that annoys me; like the telephonically
Maybe you heard me laugh out loud when I stumbled onto that gem in the Congressional Record
Nothing will get done on the border situation so long as the topic works for political fund raising and vilifying the other party; politicians benefit from chaos at the border so don't expect any real changes.
Comprehensive immigration reform may be the most neglected issue in American politics. The DACA kids were and are the tip of an iceberg which I suspect could be several times as big as the number officially registered. Undocumented people have been such a large part of our economy for so long that no one knows what will happen if and when another amnesty and registration comes along.
I had not thought about it seriously until an INS agent audited my cafeteria about 30 years ago. Much has changed since then but the reality of millions of undocumented workers integral to the US economy has only grown bigger. I posted a Facebook note about it some time ago.
When I asked the INS agent at the time I was audited what was going to happen with US immigration policy he tossed it aside and replied candidly “Oh, someone will write a new policy. There will be another amnesty like we had during the Reagan years and we’ll start all over again.” I had been terrified about being audited. I didn’t dare mention it to anyone til my appointment was over, not even my associate manager or my wife! But he seemed unconcerned about the future. For him this was just another day at work.
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"I think the chief thing from which we suffer in the Senate is 'hot air.'"
Good catch, Jamie.
Excellent “Regular Order” today and a bonus column at the AJC.
Why do people use the word co-conspirator?
In this case the term is used to identify a couple of individuals whose identities are not public who "schemed" [conspired] with Sam Bankman-Fried to make the donations to individual candidates instead of political parties. The term "co-conspirator" infers two or more individuals involved with a conspiracy. Think co-pilot or co-owner.
Agreed but conspirator by definition is more than one. You can have a single pilot or a single owner. It is just one of the things that annoys me; like the telephonically
Regarding MTG’s complaint about the border, she made an excellent point… and that’s how gosh darn crowded it is in America.
You see, there are about 7 billion people in the world, and a full SIX Billion have come across our southern border!
That’s either a LOT of immigrants, or that fool needs to learn her numbers. Pitiful that she’s the real leader of the GOP.
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