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Politics, Economics, Religion and Illegal Immigration
The illegal immigration debate has divided the nation, and might produce the next confrontation between President Bush and his party in Congress. One side wants a guest-worker program to guarantee a source of cheap labor; the other wants to fence off the Mexican border and pass laws that might turn doctors, social workers and priests into "human traffickers." The nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center reports that there are currently some 12 million "unauthorized migrants" in the US, 4 million more than just 5 years ago; more than 7 million of those are working. Can the White House and Congress agree on measures that will stem the tide or is the northward flow of humanity as irresistible as a tidal wave? Making News: Moussaoui Sentencing Trial Halted, AgainThe death-penalty case against confessed al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui is in serious trouble. Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema told jurors today that federal prosecutors coached witnesses in violation of her direct order. She said it's the second government error that threatens the rights of the defendant and the rity of the criminal justice system" as Jerry Markon reports in the Washington Post.Reporter's Notebook: The Death of Slobodan MilosevicMurder and suicide have both been mentioned in the death of Slobodan Milosevic on Saturday. Whatever the circumstances, his five-year trial for genocide, ethnic cleansing and other war crimes has ended without a verdict. What does that mean for Serbia, where Milosevic still has supporters, even though he was forced out of office? What does the lengthy spectacle mean for the UN's war crimes tribunal? Marcus Tanner, author of Croatia: A Nation Forged in War, reported from Serbia for the Independent newspaper during six years of war.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe illegal immigration debate has divided the nation, and might produce the next confrontation between President Bush and his party in Congress. One side wants a guest-worker program to guarantee a source of cheap labor; the other wants to fence off the Mexican border and pass laws that might turn doctors, social workers and priests into "human traffickers." The nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center reports that there are currently some 12 million "unauthorized migrants" in the US, 4 million more than just 5 years ago; more than 7 million of those are working. Can the White House and Congress agree on measures that will stem the tide or is the northward flow of humanity as irresistible as a tidal wave?
Moussaoui Sentencing Trial Halted, Again
The death-penalty case against confessed al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui is in serious trouble. Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema told jurors today that federal prosecutors coached witnesses in violation of her direct order. She said it's the second government error that threatens the rights of the defendant and the rity of the criminal justice system" as Jerry Markon reports in the Washington Post.
The Death of Slobodan Milosevic
Murder and suicide have both been mentioned in the death of Slobodan Milosevic on Saturday. Whatever the circumstances, his five-year trial for genocide, ethnic cleansing and other war crimes has ended without a verdict. What does that mean for Serbia, where Milosevic still has supporters, even though he was forced out of office? What does the lengthy spectacle mean for the UN's war crimes tribunal? Marcus Tanner, author of
Croatia: A Nation Forged in War, reported from Serbia for the Independent newspaper during six years of war.
DOJ indictment of Zacarias Moussaoui
Markon's article on halting of Moussaoui trial
Pew Hispanic Center on size, characteristics of US' unauthorized migrant population
Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005 (McCain-Kennedy, S 1033)
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program II (S 1006; Cornyn and Kyle 2005)
Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act (Prop 200)
Cardinal Mahony's Lenten message
UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)