You wanna know who the real Rick Perry is?
Well here you go:
EMBARRASSING: 40% Of Texas Job Growth Since 2007 Went To Illegal Immigrants
Gus Lubin | Sep. 22, 2011, 7:52 AM
Plenty of people have already attacked the Texas growth myth, but this report from the Center for Immigration Studies really stings.
The non-partisan group found that newly-arrived immigrants claimed 81% of state job growth from 2007 to 2011. What's worse, half of those immigrants were illegal -- representing 40% of state growth.
Obviously this won't go over well on the Perry campaign.
Newly-arrived immigrants dominated job growth despite representing only 29% of population growth.
Robert Reich, Paul Krugman and others have previously noted that most of the jobs added in Texas were low wage.
More from the CIS report:
Of jobs created in Texas since 2007, 81 percent were taken by newly arrived immigrant workers (legal and illegal).
In terms of numbers, between the second quarter of 2007, right before the recession began, and the second quarter of 2011, total employment in Texas increased by 279,000. Of this, 225,000 jobs went to immigrants (legal and illegal) who arrived in the United States in 2007 or later.
Of newly arrived immigrants who took a job in Texas, 93 percent were not U.S. citizens. Thus government data show that more than three-fourths of net job growth in Texas were taken by newly arrived non-citizens (legal and illegal).
The large share of job growth that went to immigrants is surprising because the native-born accounted for 69 percent of the growth in Texas’ working-age population (16 to 65). Thus, even though natives made up most of the growth in potential workers, most of the job growth went to immigrants.
The share of working-age natives holding a job in Texas declined significantly, from 71 percent in 2007 to 67 percent in 2011. This decline is very similar to the decline for natives in the United States as a whole and is an indication that the situation for native-born workers in Texas is very similar to the overall situation in the country despite the state’s job growth.
Of newly arrived immigrants who took jobs in Texas since 2007, we estimate that 50 percent (113,000) were illegal immigrants. Thus, about 40 percent of all the job growth in Texas since 2007 went to newly arrived illegal immigrants and 40 percent went to newly arrived legal immigrants.
Immigrants took jobs across the educational distribution. More than one out three (97,000) of newly arrived immigrants who took a job had at least some college.
These numbers raise the question of whether it makes sense to continue the current high level of legal immigration and also whether to continue to tolerate illegal immigration.
more here:
http://www.businessinsider.com/texas-jobs-immigrants-rick-perry-2011-9?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=politics
source(s):
Who Benefited from Job Growth In Texas?
A Look at Employment Gains for Immigrants and the Native-Born, 2007 to 2011
download this pdf ---> http://www.cis.org/articles/2011/immigrant-job-growth-texas.pdf
http://cis.org/immigrants-filled-most-new-jobs-in-Texas
How to Create More Jobs By Lowering Wages: Texas and America
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
http://robertreich.org/post/10183304775
OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Texas Unmiracle
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: August 14, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/the-texas-unmiracle.html?_r=1
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Rick Perry Said Something Nice to Hillary Clinton Eighteen Years Ago
8/30/11 at 4:40 PM
In a letter to Clinton, who is now U.S. Secretary of State, Perry wrote: “I think your efforts in trying to reform the nation’s health care system are most commendable.”
“I would like to request that the task force give particular consideration to the needs of the nation’s farmers, ranchers, and agriculture workers, and other members of rural communities,” Perry continued, noting his administration’s focus on economic development for rural Texans. “Rural populations have a high proportion of uninsured people, rising health care costs, and often experience lack of services.”
“Again, your efforts are worthy,” Perry concluded, ”and I hope you will remember this constituency as the task force progresses.”
This will not hurt Perry at all, for four reasons. One, it was eighteen years ago. Two, unlike Huntsman, Perry doesn't have a reputation as someone with liberal sympathies that this can play into. Three, he didn't even say anything about the substance of Clinton's health-care reform plan, just that it was "commendable" to try to reform the system in some way, which is hardly controversial. Four, this hardly even registers as a blip on the radar screen next to the Spruce Goose of Romneycare.
more here:
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/08/rick_perry_hillary_clinton_health_care.html
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14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President
found here: ----> http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/14-reasons-why-rick-perry-would-be-a-really-really-bad-president
Its well sourced, and it only takes a second to click the links and read the well sourced documentation.
Here we go, again.
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#1 Rick Perry is a "big government" politician. When Rick Perry became the governor of Texas in 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $90 billion. That is not exactly reducing the size of government.
source:
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/06/first-look-rick-perry.html
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#2 The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to usdebtclock.org, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.
Texas Debt Clock:
http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-texas-debt-clock.html
California Debt Clock:
http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-california-debt-clock.html
Compare the clocks, which are accurate, then make up your own mind.
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#3 The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?
source:
White says Texas debt has doubled under Perry
Bill White on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 in a speech
"Debt has almost doubled in Austin under Gov. Perry," White said. "They think you will not notice this!"
Game on.
Is White right?
We checked with the Texas Bond Review Board, which oversees the state's issuance of most bonds used to fund numerous activities, from helping local governments with economic development to building prisons to making housing loans to veterans. According to the board's annual reports, Texas had $34.08 billion in outstanding bonds and notes as of Aug. 31 — the end of the 2009 fiscal year.
Perry took office Dec. 21, 2000 — nearly five months into fiscal year 2001. At the end of that year, Texas had $13.7 billion in outstanding bonds and notes. Adjusting for inflation, that would have equaled $16.6 billion in 2009.
But there's a subset of state debt that hasn't surged, Perry's campaign pointed out — currently $3.07 billion to support parks and for construction of state facilities, among other activities. That debt has decreased by about 6 percent since 2001.
Then there's debt to be repaid with program revenue. For example, interest on student loans is used to repay the bond that funded it without the state having to commit general revenue. That "self-supporting" debt has increased by 173 percent since 2001.
more here:
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2010/mar/04/bill-white/white-says-texas-debt-has-doubled-under-perry/
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#4 Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system. If you really do deep research on this whole Trans-Texas Corridor nonsense you will see why no American should ever cast a single vote for Rick Perry.
What is interesting about the following source, this is the same group that has been saying Obama is from Kenya:
wnd.com
(I'll sum up what I think about the Birth Certificate issue with this.
If the Certificate in Hawaii can be a fake, the one in Kenya can be a fake as well.
No one knows the truth, if they did, it would be easy to prove.
Besides, you are not the federal government, you have no right to see mine, why should you see his?)
source:
NAFTA Superhighway plans advance south
Texas governor, Mexico agree to extend Trans-Texas Corridor
Posted: September 10, 2007
1:00 am Eastern
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=43433
updated source:
Trans Texas Corridor Renamed, Not Dead
Written by Kelly Taylor Holt
Thursday, 15 January 2009 12:46
"TxDOT continues to pretend that this is a Texas project designed to help Texans get around. In fact, Governor Rick Perry and the late Ric Williamson, then head of the Texas Transportation Commission are on record stating that all Texas roads will eventually be tolled, and have viewed the TTC as a revenue project, not a traffic solution. The TTC does nothing to address Texans' legitimate complaints about rush hour traffic, but will destroy rural Texas. The TTC and other planned corridors do not address the problems on existing roads, and one of them, La Entrada al Pacifico, is actually routed through the least populated area of the state! Since the TTC has very limited on/off ramps, it will place drivers in a position of having to drive many miles out of their way to get off the road. A solution in need of a problem, the corridor will really serve as a pipeline for the massive and deadly infusion of "trade" from China."
more here:
http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/election/681
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#5 Rick Perry claims that he has a "track record" of not raising taxes. That is a false claim. Rick Perry has repeatedly raised taxes and fees while he has been governor. Today, Texans are faced with significantly higher taxes and fees than they were before Rick Perry was elected.
source:
Gov. Rick Perry says he has a track record of not raising taxes
Rick Perry on Friday, October 15th, 2010 in an interview
"I think for anybody to stand up here and say categorically there's not going to be this or there's not going to be that —" Perry started, before Evan Smith of the Tribune edged in: "Well, you said it with taxes."
Perry's response: "Well, but I've got a track record of that too. We don't raise taxes."
To get a handle on tax changes made early in Perry's governorship, we consulted a 2004 report from the comptroller's office that details the history of revenue-related bills that have become law from 1972 through 2003. Some notables from 2001, Perry's first legislative session as governor, and 2003:
* House Bill 3667, which Perry signed into law on June 16, 2001, enacting a 2 percent tax on the retail sale of fireworks to help fund a rural volunteer fire department insurance fund. The new levy was projected to generate $848,000 over the next two years; it ended up raising about $1.4 million in that period.
* Senate Bill 5, which Perry signed into law June 15, 2001, creating the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Fund as part of an effort to help reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, which are air pollutants. Revenue for the fund was generated through "several new charges," including a tax of 1 percent on the purchase or rental of diesel equipment.
* House Bill 1365, signed by the governor on June 22, 2003, made tweaks in the emissions reduction fund to bring in more money. With the changes, the report says, the impact to the fund was projected to be $234.9 million in 2004-05.
more here:
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2010/nov/01/rick-perry/gov-rick-perry-says-he-has-track-record-not-raisin/
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#6 Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.
source:
msnbc - rick perry's texas not so miraculous
June 17: Rachel Maddow fact-checks the claims that comprise the celebrated Texas economic "miracle."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5EaX22ZP8E
Chart: Rick Perry's Texas Miracle
By Laura Conaway - Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:33 AM EDT
here:
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/22/7439128-chart-rick-perrys-texas-miracle
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#7 Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore's campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.
source:
Debra Medina claims Rick Perry was a Democrat and Al Gore's campaign manager
more and video:
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2010/jan/16/debra-medina/debra-medina-claims-rick-perry-was-democrat-and-al/
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#8 Between December 2007 and April 2011, weekly wages in the U.S. increased by about 5 percent. In the state of Texas they increased by just 0.6% over that same time period.
the source link provided is dead, and I did not take the time to keep looking.
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#9 Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year....
source ---> Barbara Bush:
We can't afford to cut education
BARBARA BUSH
, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Published 06:30 a.m., Sunday, February 6, 2011
• We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma.
• We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores.
• We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries.
• Despite our outstanding universities and colleges, we also lag behind in several critical higher education criteria. For example, California has nine nationally recognized research institutions, New York has seven and Pennsylvania has four. With the University of Houston's recent designation by the Carnegie Foundation as a top research institution, Texas, the second largest state, has four.
more here:
http://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/We-can-t-afford-to-cut-education-1691329.php
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#10 Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.
source:
News 8 Austin - TX Gov. Rick Perry Attends Bilderberg in Istanbul, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90jfQrb4wAE
Rick Perry Confronted! He Grabs Camera, talks Bilderberg, says NO to new 9/11 Investigation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCTgiwWNkgk
Regardless of what he said after he came back, he broke the Logan Act:
§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments.
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
1 Stat. 613, January 30, 1799, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953 (2004).
I found that on wikipedia, just so you know ----> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act#Text_of_the_Logan_Act
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#11 Texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all 50 states.
again, broken link, didn't take the time to dig in on this one.
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#12 Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.
Now this is interesting, the first link takes me to wikipedia:
Immigration
In 2001, Perry expressed his pride in the enactment of the statute extending in-state tuition to children of undocumented workers. He said:
We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, “we don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there.” And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers. That’s why Texas took the national lead in allowing such deserving young minds to attend a Texas college at a resident rate.[162]
Perry has opposed the creation of the Mexico – United States barrier, which is meant to keep out illegal aliens. Instead of barricading the border completely with a fence, Perry believes that the federal government should fulfill its responsibility to its citizens by securing the borders with "boots on the ground" and technology to improve safety while not harming trade with the state's biggest trading partner, Mexico.[163] Perry said the Arizona immigration law SB 1070 “would not be the right direction for Texas” and would distract law enforcement from fighting other crimes.[164]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry#Immigration
Do you see those numbers, they belong to the source links at the bottom of each wiki article:
[162] ^ Perry, Rick (August 22, 2001). "Gov. Rick Perry's Remarks to the Border Summit". Office of the Governor. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10688/
[163] # ^ "Rechaza gobernador de Texas muro fronterizo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2006-03-07.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/326377.html
[164] ^ "Rick Perry's View on Arizona SB1070". Retrieved 2011-06-18.
http://www.texasgopvote.com/blog/rick-perrys-view-arizona-sb1070-border-security-and-immigration-debate-05055
You see, wikipedia can be reliable, you just have to know how to use it.
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#13 In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.
another broken source link.
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#14 Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with a highly controversial vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when "apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $6,000 campaign contribution and Merck's hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work."
source, again, look at the links and read the articles.
HPV vaccine controversy
On February 2, 2007, Perry issued an executive order mandating that Texas girls receive HPV vaccine that protects against some strains of the human papilloma virus, a contributing factor to some forms of cervical cancer.[95] The order provided vaccination free of charge to those who were not covered by insurance,[96] and included an opt-out provision for parents. At the time of the order, Gardasil, a newly approved drug manufactured by Merck, was the only HPV vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The move made national headlines,[97] and apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $6,000 campaign contribution and Merck's hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work and Perry's "current chief of staff's mother-in-law, Texas Republican state Rep. Dianne White Delisi [as] state director for Women in Government".[95][98]
Perry's decision was criticized by some social conservatives and parents due to concerns about possible moral implications of the vaccine and safety concerns. On February 22, 2007, a group of families sued in an attempt to block Perry's executive order.[99]
In May 2007, the Texas Legislature passed a bill to undo Perry's executive order. Perry did not veto it, saying the Legislature would have sufficient time and votes to override his veto.[100]
[95] # ^ a b Carney, Timothy (June 21, 2011) "Rick Perry's mixed record on regulatory robbery", The Washington Examiner
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/06/rick-perrys-mixed-record-regulatory-robbery
[96] # ^ Texas Gov. Orders Anti-Cancer Vaccine The Washington Post, February 2, 2007, Liz Austin PETERSON
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/02/AR2007020201528.html
[97] # ^ "Monkey and other business". The Economist. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
http://www.economist.com/node/9264314?story_id=9264314
[98] # ^ Peterson, Liz Austin (February 22, 2007). "Perry's staff discussed vaccine on day Merck donated to campaign". Austin American-Statesman. Associated Press. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/02/22/22perry.html
[99] # ^ "Texas Families Seek to Block Gov's Order". Associated Press. Newsmax Media. February 25, 2007. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/2/25/111903.shtml
[100] # ^ MacLaggan, Corrie (May 9, 2007). "Perry lets HPV bill go into law". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/05/09/9hpv.html
more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry#HPV_vaccine_controversy
and more here:
04 Oct, 2010 | Number of Deaths Linked to HPV Vaccine Grows
Adverse report excerpts include heartbreaking personal stories:
* A nineteen year old girl with no medical history except occasional cases bronchitis received Gardasil and in 53 days, had “Headache, Nausea, dizziness, chilling, tiredness, shortness of breath, complained of chest plain, severe cramps.” She experienced an Acute Cardiac Arrhythmia. Attempts to resuscitate her resulted in a sternal fracture, but were unsuccessful and the patient died. — V. 356938
* A thirteen year old girl was vaccinated on July 17th, 2009. Ten days later, she developed a fever and was treated. However, “the patient did not recover and was admitted to the hospital on [August 8th]…She developed dyspnoea and went into a coma…she expired [that day] at around 9:00 pm. The cause of death was determined as ‘death due to viral fever.’ … This event occurred after 23 days of receiving first dose of Gardasil. — V. 380081
* Thirteen days after vaccination, a ten year old girl developed “progressive loss of strength in lower and upper extremities almost totally…Nerve conduction studies [showed Guillain Barre Syndrome].” Case was “considered to be immediately life-threatening.” — V. 339375
more here:
http://www.naturalmedicine.com/news/vaccines/number-of-deaths-linked-to-hpv-vaccine-grows/
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All that Rick Perry is doing, is making sure he is voted into office to continue the globalist agenda.
The same agenda the last 16 presidents have been pushing.
UPDATES:
Texas Governor Bolsters Border, and His Profile
By MANNY FERNANDEZ and MICHAEL D. SHEARJULY 21, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/us/perry-to-deploy-national-guard-troops-to-mexico-border.html?_r=0
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Rick Perry
Perry assumed the office of governor on December 21, 2000, following the resignation of George W. Bush – who was preparing to become President of the United States.[11]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry#Governor_of_Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry
A Record-Setting Decade of Immigration: 2000-2010
By Steven A. Camarota October 2011
New data from the Census Bureau show that the nation’s immigrant population (legal and illegal), also referred to as the foreign-born, reached 40 million in 2010, the highest number in American history. Nearly 14 million new immigrants (legal and illegal) settled in the country from 2000 to 2010, making it the highest decade of immigration in American history. This is the case even though there was a net decline of jobs during the decade. In contrast, from 1990 to 2000 job growth was 22 million and 13.2 million new immigrants arrived. Immigrants come for many reasons, such as a desire to join relatives or to access public services. As a result, immigration remains high even during a prolonged period of economic weakness.
more here;
http://cis.org/2000-2010-record-setting-decade-of-immigration
Illegal Immigration, Population Estimates in the United States, 1969-2011
http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000844
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DROPS AFTER DECADE-LONG RISE
By HOPE YEN
— Dec. 6, 2012 12:50 PM EST
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/illegal-immigration-drops-after-decade-long-rise
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/06/15727992-new-data-confirm-big-drop-in-illegal-immigration?lite
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14 facts that help explain America's child-migrant crisis
Updated by Dara Lind on July 16, 2014, 11:58 a.m. ET
http://www.vox.com/2014/6/16/5813406/explain-child-migrant-crisis-central-america-unaccompanied-children-immigrants-daca
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Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States
April 28, 2014
Spotlight
By
Chiamaka Nwosu, Jeanne Batalova, and Gregory Auclair
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states
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Deportation data won't dispel rumors drawing migrant minors to U.S.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-deport-children-20140706-story.html#page=1
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BONUS:
MON JUL 21, 2014 AT 03:00 PM PDT
'Serious' Question about the Hobby Lobby ruling: Can I stop paying my student loans?
byOllieGarkey
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/21/1315610/-Serious-Question-about-the-Hobby-Lobby-ruling-Can-I-stop-paying-my-student-loans#
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