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Opinion: Immigrants are driving the housing recovery – CNN.com

Opinion: Immigrants are driving the housing recovery – CNN.com

Posted by | Jul 21, 2013 | , |

Nearly five years after the housing bubble burst, American homeowners are beginning to see signs of relief as housing markets are finally showing signs of recovery. An untold story of this recovery, however, is the extent to which it is fueled by immigration.A new analysis of U.S. Census data by Americas Society/Council of the Americas and Partnership for a New American Economy shows that immigrants have collectively added $3.7 trillion to U.S. housing wealth. And over the last several years, as many families in cities and rural areas from the Sun Belt to Rust Belt have seen their largest...

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Mexico’s conservatives propose ‘deep’ energy reform, concessions | Reuters

Mexico’s conservatives propose ‘deep’ energy reform, concessions | Reuters

Posted by | Jul 19, 2013 | |

Leaders of Mexico’s opposition conservatives unveiled an outline for a market-friendly energy reform on Thursday, saying it would lure billions of dollars in private investment to the country’s struggling oil and gas sector.The plan put forward by leaders of the National Action Party, or PAN, aims to amend several articles of Mexico’s constitution, a long-standing roadblock to permitting private concessions or joint ventures with multinational oil companies.President Enrique Pena Nieto of the centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, has also promised a sweeping energy reform, but details are not expected until September.The PAN’s proposal follows the presentation of a...

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Immigration reform: It’s alive! – latimes.com

Posted by | Jul 18, 2013 | |

Reports of the death of immigration reform are greatly exaggerated. The debate isn’t over. Reform isn’t tanking. It’s alive and well, with the Republican-controlled House preparing to take up where the Democratic Senate left off a few weeks ago.Yes, the debate in the lower chamber will be very different than it was in the Senate. House Republicans are divided, with some, including many in the House leadership, eager to move ahead with reform, others adamantly opposed and yet others still uncertain. But that doesn’t mean they won’t make progress in months ahead — perhaps even surprising progress by House standards.Let’s be realistic. The Senate has been working on immigration since November. It’s been a highly public process, endlessly analyzed in Washington and in the media. But at no time during the Senate debate did any House Republicans, even those most favorable to an immigration overhaul, show the slightest inclination to take up the Senate bill.via Immigration reform: It’s alive! –...

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If Churchill Could See Us Now – NYTimes.com

If Churchill Could See Us Now – NYTimes.com

Posted by | Jul 17, 2013 | |

Whenever we go into political drift as a country, optimists often quote Winston Churchill’s line that Americans will always do the right thing, after they’ve “exhausted all other possibilities.” I don’t think that’s true anymore. Churchill never met the Tea Party, and he certainly never met today’s House Republicans, a group so narrow-minded and disinterested in governing — and the necessary compromises that go with it — that they’re ready to kill an immigration bill that is manifestly in the country’s economic, social and strategic interests.via If Churchill Could See Us Now –...

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Obama says capture of cartel boss shows Mexico serious about drug fight | Reuters

Posted by | Jul 17, 2013 | |

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Mexico’s capture of the leader of a notorious drug cartel provided reassurance that President Enrique Pena Nieto’s commitment to fighting drug trafficking was solid.“What it shows is that the new administration of President Pena Nieto is serious about continuing the efforts to break up these transnational drug operations,” Obama said in an interview with Univision’s Los Angeles affiliate. “And there had been some question about that, I think early on during his campaign, and immediately after his election.”Pena Nieto caused some concern in the United States by dialing back the aggressive campaign against drug trafficking pursued by his predecessor, Felipe Calderon, in favor of a policy emphasizing reducing violence.via Obama says capture of cartel boss shows Mexico serious about drug fight |...

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