Germans board a ship for the United States. (Library of Congress)
Those who oppose modern immigration often point to their own ancestors, who came from Europe in the 19th or early 20th century, as examples of immigration done right. Those immigrants came here legally, they say. They wanted to become Americans, and they learned English and [...]
Tag Archives: wisconsin
New Research Debunks Myth About Earlier Waves of Immigrants
October 21, 2008 – 6:10 pm
Illegal Immigration Initiative Nets U.S. Citizens and Legal Immigrants
October 19, 2008 – 2:05 pm
Non-Somali workers protest special accommodations for Muslims in Grand Island, Ne. (Grand Island Independent, via AP)
Like many local law enforcement offices around the country, the sheriff’s department in Outagamie County, Wisc., reports suspected illegal immigrants to I.C.E. through the Criminal Alien Program. But the Appleton Post Crescent reports that many of the people on the [...]
Bread, butter, and my brother-in-law
March 3, 2008 – 2:16 pm
Hillary Clinton got up really really early today to shake hands with workers at Chrysler’s Toledo assembly plant as part of the final push ahead of the all-important Ohio primary Tuesday.My-brother-in-law, Teddy, got up really early to go to work at an automotive castings plant in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.Clinton has been sparring with Democratic rival Barack [...]
