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Politics Before Science: the House Votes to Step Up Prohibition, Criminalizing Dozens of New Chemicals

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. December 13, 2011.

Anecdotal evidence beat out science in debate over the bill, which will ban 40 relatively unknown chemicals found in bath salts and fake pot, and make researching them difficult.

Enforcing Immigration Policy Does Not Save Money, But It Wastes A Whole Lot of It

Josh Breisblatt, Immigration Impact. August 31, 2011.

If the current DHS appropriations bill becomes law, the government’s budget for immigration detention and deportations will be $184 million more next year than it is this year.

Three Immigration Myths Meet the Facts

Michele Waslin, Immigration Impact. January 27, 2011.

There is little apparent relationship between recent immigration and unemployment rates at the regional, state, or county level.

Irony Alert: On Day of SOPA Protests, Guy Who Authored the Bill Broke Piracy Laws on His Own Website

Lauren Kelley, December 31, 1969.


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