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To: JDN who wrote (10455)8/10/2006 2:14:22 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14758
 
Study: Immigrants Not Hurting U.S. Jobs
AP ^ | August 10, 2006 | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

newsday.com

Big increases in immigration since 1990 have not hurt employment prospects for American workers, says a study released Thursday.

The report comes as Congress and much of the nation are debating immigration policy, a big issue in this fall's midterm congressional elections.

The Pew Hispanic Center found no evidence that increases in immigration led to higher unemployment among Americans, said Rakesh Kochhar, who authored the study.

Kochhar said other factors, such as economic growth, played a larger role than immigration in setting the job market for Americans.

The study, however, did not look at whether wages were affected by immigration. Advocates for tighter immigration policies argue that immigrant workers depress wages for American workers, especially those with few skills and little education.

Immigration supporters argue that foreign workers often take jobs that Americans don't want and won't take.

The Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organization that does not advocate policy positions. The center studied census data on the increase in immigrants from 1990 to 2000, and from 2000 to 2004, for each state. It matched those figures with state employment rates, unemployment rates and participation in the labor force among native-born Americans.

The U.S. had 28 million immigrants -- legal and illegal -- age 16 and older in 2000, an increase of 61 percent from 1990. By 2004, there were 32 million.



To: JDN who wrote (10455)8/10/2006 2:18:04 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14758
 
Michigan Men Charged In Ohio With Supporting Terrorism
NBC4i.com ^ | 8-10-06 | unknown

nbc4i.com

MARIETTA, Ohio -- Investigators in southeast Ohio said they were working to unravel how two Michigan men charged with supporting terrorism came to have airplane passenger lists and airport security information.

Osama Sabhi Abulhassan, 20, and Ali Houssaiky, 20, both of the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, were being held at the Washington County Jail on $200,000 bond each, which could be raised at a Thursday afternoon court hearing. Each was charged Wednesday with money laundering in support of terrorism.

Deputies stopped the two on a traffic violation Tuesday and found the flight documents along with $11,000 cash and 12 phones in their car, Sheriff Larry Mincks said....



To: JDN who wrote (10455)8/10/2006 2:19:30 PM
From: the_wheel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14758
 
I just heard on the radio they are banning SUNTAN lotion on International flights.

Think that'll work?