Immigrant-Baiting
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A portion of elite opinion in the United States has taken a strong stand against what they label as "immigrant-baiting." For example, Business Week (Oct. 14, 1996) has argued that it is as loathsome as race-baiting and is often used for ugly political purposes. The magazine believes that stigmatizing immigrants cannot be tolerated. A think-tank in the state of California released a comprehensive report entitled "Why They Count: Immigrants Contributions to the Golden State." This report was intended to address the rising tide of anti-immigrant sentiment in the state of California through the presentation of what the report labeled as factual and education information on the historical and modern-day contributions of California immigrants (Aubry, 1996). The report states that the current debate has largely been framed by concern over the ability of the nation to absorb further population increases from immigration, given current levels of economic growth and corresponding resources available to support additional immigrants. Finally, an editorial in the New Republic (Nov. 21, 1994) magazine attacked Proposition 187 as overheated rhetoric that treated illegal aliens as scapegoats.However, from a more critical geopolitical perspective, the issue of immigration policy and specifically the passage of proposition 187 in California seems to raise more fundamental issues than simply the economic and social dimensions touched upon in the above co
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page)
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