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Tijuana -- San Diego State is a U.S. university with one foot in Mexico. But studies south of the border are on hold after California State University administrators prohibited all university-sponsored activities in this sprawling city. Drug war violence, they say, poses a threat to visitors. Many students think the only thing threatened now is their education. "This ban is devastating.… It puts an end to my research here," said Alaina Gallegos, 29, a student of Latin American studies and public health. Such students as Gallegos, along with faculty and Baja California state officials, are mounting a campaign to overturn...

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Since the September 11 attacks, a new consensus appears to have developed on the need for tighter immigration enforcement and border controls. Gone are the days when the Wall Street Journal repeatedly called for a constitutional amendment declaring that “there shall be open borders.” Knowledgeable Americans have come to understand that our welcoming immigration policies are easily exploited by terrorists and that porous borders and lax immigration enforcement are no longer an option. With at least 8 million illegal aliens living in the United States and nearly one million new aliens arriving each year, the potential for terrorists entering the...

The National Research Council has estimated that the net fiscal cost of immigration ranges from $11 billion to $22 billion per year, with most government expenditures on immigrants coming from state and local coffers, while most taxes paid by immigrants go to the federal treasury. The net deficit is caused by a low level of tax payments by immigrants, because they are disproportionately low-skilled and thus earn low wages, and a higher rate of consumption of government services, both because of their relative poverty and their higher fertility. This is especially true of illegal immigration. Even though illegal aliens make...

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The major left wing commie sot water torture king slimer is very quite. Is he suffering from a bad case of dirrahea of the mouth? Or to busy sucking up to Chirac and the UN. Then again Pelosia may be pulling 30 inches of vacuum on the water king and he is to weak to travel. I am sure Teddy Sot Kennedy will arise from the water to screech nasties very soon. unless , of course, Pelosia can maintain that 30 inches of vacuum.