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Time for Paul Ryan to Go

Published on June 17, 2018 By sirrahc

I am on record as being frustrated with current Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI), in that sometimes he does things I can get behind, even wholeheartedly applaud, while other times he does things that leave me wondering “What the #&*(! is he thinking?!” Ryan was not my first (or second or third) choice […]

Unusually High Criminality among Arizona’s “DREAMers”

Published on January 21, 2018 By sirrahc

“Unfortunately, if the goal of DACA is to give citizenship to a particularly law-abiding group of undocumented immigrants, it is accomplishing the opposite of what was intended.” — John R. Lott Economists tend to be very good at number-crunching and statistics. John Lott, who holds a PhD in economics from UCLA, has worked for various […]

A Few Ideas Re DACA Replacement

Published on October 8, 2017 By sirrahc

While mulling over what to write on this week, I kept thinking about last week’s post. So, I decided to follow it up with a few thoughts — not entirely original, of course — on what I’d like to see in the imminent DACA/DREAMer-oriented legislation. Nothing profound, just my two cents. Knowing that I am […]

Dream On!

Published on October 1, 2017 By sirrahc

“DEFERRED, adj.: put off; postponed; delayed; withheld for or until a stated time” — definition consolidated from Merriam-Webster and American Heritage Before we look at this week’s topic, perhaps we should clarify a few terms…. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): a program implemented via President Obama’s Dept. of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, […]