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By a ratio of three to one, Americans prefer to decrease rather than increase immigration into the U.S.[1] But the immigration bill passed by the Senate ("The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act," S.2611) contained a vast increase in legal immigration. This enormous increase in legal immigration has been effectively concealed from the public.  

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The Index raises concerns about the ability of local governments toprovide aid and other assistance. They raise as well a traditionalrepublican concern about the long-term viability of politicalinstitutions when a significant portion of the population becomesdependent on government for most or all of their income.

Fact-checkers are disputing my conclusion that the Obama administration gutted the 1996 welfare-reform law by bureaucratic edict.

More than 1.5 million payroll jobs, and nearly 2 million jobs onthe household survey, added over the past year; high output,manufacturing outlook, business confidence, and productivity;markedly improved long-term unemployment and manufacturingemployment outlooks; and a poverty rate that is low by historicalstandards: These are the facts that frame the debate on theeconomy.

(Archived document, may contain errors)   August 2,1991 HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION AMONG AMERICAN CHILDREN INTRODUCTION A startling number of children are in danger of starving... one out of eight children is going hungry tonight. So began a CBS Evening News broadcast last March 27th.

A common and false allegation about urban life in America is thatconditions in poor neighborhoods "force" residents into a life ofcrime.

For every black child whose economic condition has worsened in the past six years, six have risen out of poverty...

By all accounts, Bill Clinton seemed to thoroughly enjoy delivering his prime-time speech to a rapt audience at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. In his 48-minute tour de force, one of the former president’s whistle stops was welfare reform. Clinton warned his listeners that the charge he was about to rebut was “a real doozy”: President Obama wants to weaken the work requirements in the welfare reform bill I signed that moved millions of people from welfare to work. Apparent...