Submitted by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,
Nigel Farage made a brief speech in European Parliament on Monday in which he stated:
“Chatham House, the reputable group, published a massive survey from 10 European states, and only 20% of people want immigration from Muslim countries to continue.”
Here is the Chatham House poll referenced by Farage: What Do Europeans Think About Muslim Immigration?
Chatham House Poll
The following article by David Haggith was published first on The Great Recession Blog:
Arguing with a liberal about the economic impact of rampant immigration will twist your brain into a pretzel. It inevitably goes something like this:
“Illegal aliens and legal immigrants are taking millions of our jobs.”
“No, they’re not.”
“Then they’re all on welfare.”
“No, they’re not. Even most undocumented workers are productive members of society.”
“How are they productive if they’re not taking jobs?”
As we noted over the weekend, one of the immediate consequences of the Trump immigration executive order - and one which has so far gone largely unchallenged - has been a crackdown against illegal immigrants residing in the US. Following reports that first surfaced over the weekend that US immigration officials had launched countrywide raids and arrested hundreds of illegal aliens across the nation as a result of that immigration executive order, President Trump weighed in on Twitter, stating that "the crackdown on illegal criminals is merely the keeping of my campaign promise.
Submitted by Peter Suderman via Reason.com,
The tax agency has stopped requiring individual filers to indicate whether they maintained health coverage or paid the mandate penalty as required under the law
How much difference does a single line on a tax form make? For Obamacare's individual mandate, the answer might be quite a lot.
The FBI has uncovered a massive pedophile ring after conducting a raid at an international adoption agency in Ohio. The raid on a Strongsville international adoption agency took place on Tuesday morning just months after the State Department barred the adoption agency from providing intercountry adoption services following a previous investigation into abuse. Wkyc.com reports: The FBI has confirmed to Channel 3 News that they executed a raid on a Strongsville international adoption agency Tuesday morning. Back in December the U.S.